by Chris Rohmann | Jul 30, 2009 | Stage
"Dying is easy. Comedy is hard." Those famous last words, variously attributed to a number of great actors, are famous because every performer knows they're true. It's all, as they say, in the timing. The throwaway quip, the perfectly placed punch...
by Chris Rohmann | Oct 15, 2009 | Stage
Harrison, Texas, is a fictional small town that playwright Horton Foote superimposed over his real-life hometown of Wharton. Many of his plays are set in "Harrison," and he developed almost a repertory company of characters who show up in various works. All...
by Rachel Cummings | Aug 6, 2009 | Stage
New Century Theatre presents Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, a play of love, lust and academia set in an English country house during both the 19th century and the present. July 30-Aug. 8: Sun.-Thu., 7:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m., $14-28, New Century Theatre, Theatre 14,...
by Michael Cimaomo | Oct 22, 2009 | Stage
What if Pablo Picasso met Albert Einstein at a bohemian Parisian nightspot on the same night it was visited by a time-traveling rock star on a mission? This is just one of the many zany questions raised in comedian Steve Martin's most popular play, Picasso at the...
by Chris Rohmann | Aug 6, 2009 | Stage
"If you had an hour to speak to the world, what would you want to say?"That question, posed to participants in the Springfield-based youth program First Generation, was one of the sparking points for their creation of a theater piece based on their life...
