A Steady Rain (Huff)

Fine production of an emotionally brutal play. I saw it with students from my English 298.

Recommend.

Wall Street Chamber Players

A predictably lovely Brahms Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano (a minor, Op. 114, 1891), and a surprisingly appealing Saint-Saens Quartet for Piano and Strings (Op 41, 1875). Oddly, the S-S is seldom performed and seems to be unrecorded. I found the 2nd movement particularly engaging.

Highly recommended.

Lincoln Lawyer (Brad Furman)

We saw this movie with our favorite 15-year-old friend, and it was a perfect follow up to his stories of spoiled bullies encountered at baseball camp.
Loved the multiple plot twists at the end.

Recommend.

The Great Divide (William Vaughan Moody)

Look About You (anonymous)

Not only had I never seen a production of this play, I had never heard of it before. A comical mash-up of Edward II history and Robin Hood antics, it deserves to be performed more often--but only if done as well as Blackfriars.

Recommend.

Henry the Sixth, Part 3 (Shakespeare)

I've never before seen a performance of this seldom produced play. Unwieldy with all its shifting allegiances, it's certainly difficult to read, and in the wrong hands a performance would be tedious to watch. The play was not in the wrong hands tonight. The characters were clearly delineated, and the plot carefully drawn. Margaret was powerfully performed.

Recommend. Enthusiastically.

The Malcontent ( Marston)

Another fabulous production of an underproduced play.

Highly recommend.

A Trick to Catch the Old One (Middleton)

Wonderful! Enchanting! I wanted it immediately to start from the beginning, so I could enjoy all over again!

Highly recommend.

Selected Shorts

Is there anything finer than sitting in an audience having a great voice read a wonderful story? Perhaps, but I'm not certain what that might be.

Highly recommended.

The Nightingale and other works (Stravinsky)

A visually stunning production by Canada Opera Company and Robert LePage of several, very compelling short works by Stravinsky.

Very highly recommend.

Asleep at the Wheel

Homesickness inducing evening of Western Swing.

Highly recommend.