Theatre Reviews

Selma — The Insane Reasons Behind The Paraphrasing MLK Speeches

I have a dream. I also have copyright restrictions!

Laurie Birmingham Does It Again. Three Views – One Phenomenal Actress.

By 12 Step Cult Religion Exposed April 7, 2014 Leave a comment

“Birmingham delivers a great performance, giving us a harrowing reincarnation of Albee’s Martha. Her Jesse drinks and says too much, spewing the toxic anger of a woman whose husband never made enough money or gave enough intimacy. Even the tradeoff — security — has now vanished; Poppy has had the audacity to not only get […]

The Mind of A Writer

By 12 Step Cult Religion Exposed March 11, 2014 3 Comments

When Robert Deniro presented the award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the March 2nd Oscar ceremony, he introduced writers with this: “The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic, self-loathing, and soul-crushing inadequacy. And that’s on a good day.” How true. […]

What Makes A Person “Good?” A review of Good People.

By 12 Step Cult Religion Exposed April 19, 2012 Leave a comment

David Lindsay-Abaire knows how to write a play. Good People, now playing at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood California, is one of them. Last season on Broadway, Good People won the Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play of the Year. If you know Rabbit Hole, Linsday-Abaire won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as five Tony Awards for […]