The Poet Warriors

The lyrics are no more than serviceable, the story moves in random fits and starts, some of the acting is not of the greatest, and the dialogue is occluded with cliché (“time moves…like molasses in January,” writes Miriam [Arielle Goodman], ostensibly a Harvard graduate, to her war-bound husband), but when these folks open their mouths to sing – and I say this with the utmost of reverence – oh, my God! [Read more...]

My First Time

Whether it be scandalous celebrity tabloids, office gossip, or a juicy overheard conversation, people’s sex lives seem to provide endless entertainment for our nosy, voyeuristic population. Taking full advantage of this basic fact, Tantra Entertainment presents a hilarious and emotional peek into that most private corner of everyday life with their production of Ken Davenport’s My First Time. [Read more...]

Finishing the Hat

Finishing the Hat – Collected Lyrics of Stephen Sondheim

Everyone who recognizes the title of this book will want to read it … and Stephen Sondheim adds a subtitle just to explain it to the rest. “Finishing the Hat” is, of course, the title of the one song that Sondheim says is drawn from his personal experience as opposed to expressing the thoughts of the character for which it was written. [Read more...]