With a flimsy storyline amounting to little more than an evocation of the old Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland "Let's put on a show!" films of the '30s wrapped around a love story, "Crazy for You"…
At the close of a year in which Coronado's Lamb's Players Theatre distinguished itself with a long-running, unforgettable production of the musical "Once," it's appropriate that its annual F…
The story of Saartjie Baartman is horrific. A Khoikhoi woman who lived in southwestern Africa around the turn of the 19th century, she would leave her native country upon a British trafficke…
In spite of the whimsicality of its title, Mark St. Germain's "Camping with Henry & Tom" is a confrontational play. In imagining what might have happened when the automaking titan Henry Ford…
The moors of 19th century literature are lonely and isolated, as enigmatic as the shifting fog that enshrouds them. Mystery and even danger inevitably await. They are also a "savage" place i…
At one point amid the crushing drama and disappointment of Polish immigrant Darja's life in a New Jersey at its seediest, she confides: "I'm not someone who wonders why." She's not someone w…
Twenty-five years after it touched audiences at the movies, "The Bodyguard" is having the same effect on theatergoers. "People are really moved and inspired when they leave the show," said D…