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Hitchcock – The Frightening Man Behind the Horror Films
Friday, November 23rd, 2012
by Claire McCurdy on Playing Around
Generally, when a movie watcher is asked “but what’s it all about?” it’s easy to come up with a fast summary statement. In the case
Tom Gualtieri’s Macbeth – That Play
Saturday, October 27th, 2012
by Claire McCurdy on Playing Around
This is the third play I have reviewed this year in which a single actor plays at least two major roles and up to 20
A Day for Grace—Doug Vincent’s Tour de Force
Monday, September 17th, 2012
by Claire McCurdy on Playing Around
A Day for Grace is another Off Broadway tour de force by Doug Vincent, a writer and actor (and group therapist) who stuns the audience
Pilobolus—From a Petri Dish to the Stage
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012
by Claire McCurdy on Playing Around
Pilobolus as everyone in the dance world and but perhaps not many outside will know, is a fungus. The life cycle of pilobolus begins with
Mingmei Yip’s Skeleton Women—Gripping Tale of a Courtesan and Spy
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
by Claire McCurdy on Reading Around
Skeleton Women, by multitalented musician, artist, and author Mingmei Yip, prompts a number of associations and comparisons. The title refers to Chinese courtesans in Shanghai in
Amelia, the Play—P.O.W.’s in the Civil War
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
by Claire McCurdy on Playing Around
Andersonville National Historic Site began as a stockade built about 18 months before the end of the Civil War to hold Union Army prisoners captured
As You Like It From a Woman’s Point of View
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
by Claire McCurdy on Playing Around
In Shakespeare’s day women were not allowed on the stage. Dewy eyed young boys with (at least in theory) many of the qualities of young
Degeneration X—Wrestling with Madness and Blindness
Monday, May 7th, 2012
by Claire McCurdy on Playing Around
Whether by accident or by design, the title of this production, Degeneration X-–a multimedia play about a young man living with a rare visual condition
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