American Buffalo revisited

Any production which changes a third of its cast undertakes an adventure, and every adventure deserves examination. Studio’s American Buffalo, now extended through July 11, has replaced the actor playing Donny, the excellent Ed Gero, with Thomas G. Waites, also excellent but in a completely different way. Change ensues. [Read more...]

Playing Patsy Cline

Tiffany Walker Porta on Always…Patsy Cline

I’m a big fan of Patsy Cline and when I saw Always…Patsy Cline on press night at Toby’s Baltimore, I was amazed how Tiffany Walker Porta’s renditions of many of Patsy’s hit songs  - including “I Fall to Pieces”, “Crazy”, and “Walkin’ After Midnight”, had that unique Patsy “sound”. [Read more...]

It’s Lonely Out in Space

Is there a friend you would be willing to die for if they asked you to make this ultimate sacrifice? And in exchange would they be willing to take on all the guilt you carry for people you have hurt and wrongs you have committed? Such questions sound like something out of Dickens or the Bible but they emerged tonight at the Source. [Read more...]