In Eugene O’Neill’s classic drama A Moon for the Misbegotten,  two lost souls reach out to each other across a blighted stretch of earth, riding waves of hope and heartbreak in pursuit of a love that was doomed from the very beginning. [Read more...]

Among all of the sports, boxing consistently produces the most gripping stories. Rod Serling’s portrayal of one battered gladiator of the ring, Requiem for a Heavyweight, was originally written for live production on “Playhouse 90” in 1956 and became one of the most acclaimed works of the era.  If you see the superlative production by the Heritage-O’Neill Theatre Company, you will understand why. [Read more...]

The Missiles of October
adapted by Karey Faulkner from a teleplay by Stanley R. Greenberg
based in part on the book “Thirteen Days” by Robert F. Kennedy
directed by Karey Faulkner
produced by The Heritage Theatre Company
reviewed by Tim Treanor

Heritage, a relatively young company which, as its mission, produces plays about American history, presents us with an adaptation of Stanley Greenberg’s much admired teleplay about the Cuban Missile Crisis. It is staged in the beautiful old Round House Theater, now a Montgomery County municipal building, and features a very fine performance by Jeff Murray, a former Foreign Service Officer, as Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev. [Read more...]