The good people at VAI – Video Artists International – continue mining the gold of old kinescopes of early television shows much to the delight of musical theater lovers. Four new discs featuring performances by the likes of Alfred Drake, Celeste Holm, Barbara Cook, and Jo Sullivan document the genre of the “Spectaculars” that presented […]
Archives for January 15, 2013
Arena Stage’s Molly Smith organizes Washington March for Gun Control
Yesterday marked the one month anniversary of the massacre of 6 teachers and 20 school children at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Last night, on The Rachel Maddow Show, parents of 6 year old Ben Wheeler talked with Ms. Maddow about how they, and all the parents of the Sandy Hook victims, want the country to […]
Picnic
William Inge is one of those mid-20th century American playwrights who started late (he was 30 when his first play, Come Back, Little Sheba arrived on Broadway). It was a success, and ultimately was turned into a movie starring the same Shirley Booth who, after twenty years as a supporting player, became a genuine star […]