This Christmas season, as in all others since its 1843 publication, Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is in vogue. What makes this season perhaps a little different is that many versions... Read more
And so Bugs Bunny, “The Rabbit of Seville” posing as a barber on the operatic stage, rubs the hair tonic “Figaro Fertilizer” on Elmer Fudd’s baldpate, and the latter reacts in comic fury whe... Read more
It is colonial Salem, Massachusetts, in the year 1692, at the height of the witchcraft hysteria. “If you refuse to answer this court, then by the Statute you will be condemned to have your... Read more
The Twin Beach Players have had a world premiere on their hands over the past few weeks – “The Time Machine” by Mark Scharf, based on the science-fiction novel by H.G. Wells. Wells was an i... Read more
The past few years have not been kind to circuses. The Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus – the self-styled “Greatest Show on Earth” — closed recently after 146 years in oper... Read more
Are you ready for the ghosts of Halloween? Audiences generally think of ghosts today as ghoulish staples in terrifying stories and frightening films. Yet there was a time when ghosts were... Read more
“On February 28, 1815, the three-masted Pharaon arrived at Marseilles from Smyrna, commanded by the first mate, young Edmond Dantès, the captain having died on the voyage. He had left... Read more
“Nothing is more difficult and demands more character than to find oneself in the public sphere in opposition to the trends of one’s time and to proclaim loudly: ‘No!’” So wrote the German... Read more
A recent visit to the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention reminded me of the origin of “Annie,” for there were displayed a 1930’s full-color Sunday comic strip and a mug with Annie advertising... Read more
Olney Theatre Center is currently producing Rodgers and Hammerstein’s timeless musical “South Pacific,” featuring a first-rate cast that will keep you engaged and enchanted... Read more
