Category Archives: Theater

Oliver Twist & Topdog/Underdog: Fables for Today?

Posted on September 24, 2012 by

Though I like to be entertained when I watch a movie or see a play, I don’t require that everything I watch ends happily or promises rosy futures. This weekend I swallowed a double dose of dark drama that reminded … Continue reading →

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Summer in NYC: Theater & Yoga

Posted on July 27, 2012 by

With only a few weeks left in my daughter’s summer internship in New York City, I knew I had to make good on my promise I’d made in May.  I’d attend a Bikram Yoga class with her. A yoga devotee … Continue reading →

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Behind the Scenes: Auditions & Acting

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

Getting off the elevator and entering the rehearsal studio, a maze of small, pastel-painted,  mirrored rooms, complete with ballet barres,  and  seeing the young actors primping and pacing, perusing scripts and listening to music on their iPods, I was happy … Continue reading →

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Happy 200th, Charles Dickens!

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

Charles Dickens would have been 200 years old this month.  His birth is being celebrated with museum and library exhibits throughout Britain and internationally. Prince Charles, attending a celebration in Portsmouth, Dickens’ birthplace, read:  ”Despite the many years that have passed, … Continue reading →

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Actor Ray Fisher: Being Tom Robinson

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

Ray Fisher’s best friend bet him he’d get into acting school. The stakes? The loser would have to shave his head.  Sure enough, Fisher’s head was bald shortly after receiving his acceptance letter to the American Musical & Dramatic Academy … Continue reading →

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Mary Badham: “Looking Back with Scout”

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

Nearly 50 years after appearing as “Scout” in the 1962 film To Kill A Mockingbird,  Mary Badham continues to bring the movie’s messages about equality, compassion and tolerance around the world. Badham shared her memories of making the movie, her … Continue reading →

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My Glimpse into the Green Room: To Kill A Mockingbird

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

“Ladies and gentlemen, we’re at half hour.” The stage manager reminded the cast and crew over the intercom. Sitting before my mirror in the dressing room, I joined the professional actors as we completed our final preparations: applying make-up, repinning … Continue reading →

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West Side Story & 9/11: Anniversaries

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

 There’s a place for us Somewhere a place for us Peace and quiet and open air Wait for us Somewhere… In 1961, “West Side Story,” the movie based on the Broadway musical, nabbed 10 Oscars, including Best Picture.     … Continue reading →

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“Midsummer” & Me

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

How many of you remember the part you played in a summer camp play? I was “The Wall” in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and can still recite the lines. In this same interlude it doth befall That I, one … Continue reading →

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Brown’s “R3,” Actors on Shakespeare

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

The complaints: Ms. Winkler, why do we have to learn about Shakespeare? This is way too hard. Why do they talk this way?   Once they got the hang of hurling insults- “Thou art a craven, folly-fallen hedge-pig!”  Or showering compliments- … Continue reading →

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