by Chris Rohmann | Jul 16, 2009 | Stage
One pits small-town values against big-city greed. The other takes an almost Freudian view of religious fundamentalism. One is a comedy with a cynical stone in its sentimental heart, the other a hard-edged drama of ideas with a rather soft-centered message.Both of...
by James Heflin | Sep 17, 2009 | Stage
The purveyors of puppety goodness join forces with Northampton's Primate Fiasco, a band of Dixieland proclivities and circus-like abandon. The event is dubbed The Happy Pill Circus, and promises to be a theatrical good time of rare dimension.It's sponsored by...
by Rachel Holliday | Jul 16, 2009 | Stage
If the kids are getting restless in July, take them to see an interactive performance of Winnie-the-Pooh at the Paintbox Theatre in Northampton. Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore and Tigger will be there, led by local storyteller Tom McCabe as A.A. Milne, author of the Pooh tales....
by Chris Rohmann | Sep 24, 2009 | Stage
Arthur Miller is considered by many to be America's Greatest Playwright, with only Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams the other obvious contenders for the crown. Interestingly, all three were prolific dramatists but their reputations are founded on less...
by Chris Rohmann | Jul 16, 2009 | Stage
During the intermission of Dividing the Estate, my companion said, "Does this take place in the '50s?" No, it's 1987, but the small Texas town it's set in seems frozen in time, and Horton Foote's script feels like it was written 50 years ago....
