Hollywood 360 7-25-09
Tom Williams discusses the following stage plays with Carl Amari: Bye, Bye Birdi at Northwestern University, Footloose at the Theatre
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Author: Tom Williams
The Last Barbecue
The Last Barbeque is a dark comedy about a backyard barbeque to commemorate the one-year anniversary of a neighbor’s death, which coincides with a ten-year high school reunion. The plot is simple, so the excitement comes from being a voyeur into human interaction, or lack thereof.
Read More‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore
John Ford’s famous and best known work is irresistible enough for there to be periodic productions around town, and it remains for each to stamp its identity on the great play.
Read MoreThe Mistress Cycle
The Mistress Cycle is not a traditional book musical, but a song cycle (a series of songs by one composer tied together by a story). The story jump cuts the lives and loves of five notorious mistresses:
Read MoreMillion Dollar Quartet
Here is the premise: Fact: on December 4, 1956 a twist of fate brought together Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley at Sun Records’ storefront recording studio in Memphis. Sam Phillips (Brian McCaskill) known as ‘the Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ and owner of Sun Records discovered each of them. This event became an impromptu jam session that Phillips recorded.
Read MoreThe Zoo Story & The Sandbox
The play explores themes of isolation, loneliness, social disparity and dehumanization in a commercial world. The action moved swiftly in the 50 minute drama that many consider among the finest one-acts ever penned for the stage
Read MoreHollywood 360 7-18-09
Tom Williams discusses the following stage plays with Carl Amari: Macbeth at First Folio Theatre and Blackbird at Victory Gardens
Read MoreThe Conduct of Life
Director Marti Lyons uses a guitar rich and cello band to add an opening and closing song (with incoherent lyrics) to cover for the many blackouts. The show is told in a series of short vignettes that have no through line nor do they work together to make for a coherent story
Read MoreEl Grito del Bronx (in English)
El Grito del Bronx is a story about rage. It is set against the violent backdrop of a Bronx family tragedy in 1977 and the aftermath of those events 15 years later in a federal prison in Ohio and in a middle class apartment in Connecticut.
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