Rock 'n' Roll High School?

Rock 'n' Roll High School?

Rock 'n' Roll High School?I've always been guiltily familiar with tabloid culture, and quick to concede the merits of The O.C. and the cross-generational appeal of Mean Girls. However, in my old age, I've apparently fallen slightly out of the loop:...
There's a Hole…

There's a Hole…

The word "lacuna" means gap, missing information, the space between, a hiatus. It is appropriate, then, that Amherst college student Jonah Shepp chose Lacuna Park for the title of his play to be performed at Amherst College's intimate Studio 3. The play...
With Forks and Hope

With Forks and Hope

Lewis Carroll's work has been inspirational to a host of authors, illustrators, filmmakers and playwrights alike, his writings perhaps spearheading the genres of modern fantasy and/or literary surrealism. One can detect his influence everywhere from The...
Scout and Clown

Scout and Clown

Commedia dell Smartass By Sonya Sobieski; directed by Dan and Ellen Morbyrne. Serious Play New Directors Series, East Street Studios, 47 East St., Hadley, March 7-9, 14-15, (413) 584-5535. That title is intentionally double-take-inducing. It opens with the...
Pick of the Week: Enchanted March

Pick of the Week: Enchanted March

Enchanted April, which premiered in Hartford, is the story of two World War II-era British women who meet at a social club. The pair, tired of their stuffy lives, decide to rent an Italian castle for the month of April, along with two other women. All four experience...