It’s a Wonderful Life is now an undisputed holiday classic, but its road to perennial status was as long and difficult as its hero’s journey to happiness. It began as a short story called “The Greatest Gift” that its...
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Terry Morgan
“The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley” at The New Vic
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…except for theatergoers. December is generally when every show except for A Christmas Carol or The Nutcracker shuts down for the holidays, but thankfully there are usually a...
“A Hit Dog Will Holler” at Skylight Theatre
One of African American playwright Inda Craig Galván’s central themes is the struggle of African American women for self-realization and respect. A Hit Dog Will Holler isn’t her most profound or...
Deborah Klugman
“Poor Clare” – Echo Theater Company
The discussion of wealth inequality has come up a lot in this young century, as the accumulation of massive fortunes goes to fewer and fewer people while millions suffer all over the world. But t’was always so… From...
“Ascension” – theatre review
Theatre is an amazing artform, but one of the things it does less well is genre storytelling. Drama, comedy, musicals – absolutely. Even fantasy or thrillers. But horror, action, westerns – not so much. This leads us to...
