The Audience is an Accomplice
You might want to bring your own pina colada to this production of Accomplice. For those with a long memory, playwright Rupert Holmes is actually most famous for a...
World Premiere in Tucson
written by Drs. C. Cunningham & M. Emanuele
Gretchen Wirges brought her one-woman show to the Invisible Theatre this week, marking its world premiere. Entitled The Photographer Discloses, it is...
The ‘Invisible’ Race Riot of 1969
This is a play that poignantly describes race relation in the United States, a topic that has dominated American life for more than 150 years. Like Middle East peace,...
Catwoman on the Prowl
Eartha Kitt recently paid a visit to Tucson, in the person of Dierdra McDowell.
By effectively channeling Kitt's persona in a one-woman show entitled Down To Eartha, she distilled the...
The Norwegians
The 2013 play by C. Denby Swansen, The Norwegians, has arrived in Tucson. Should you care? In a word, yes. If you want to laugh pretty much non-stop for...
Seeking a Great Idea in Theatre
If you are ready for a comedy show, Arts Express has the ticket for you. And if you are ready for a ribald comedy, be sure to bring your...
Herman’s Favourite Animal
Herman's favourite animal is a rabbit “because they were born prepared to listen.” Is this just a throw-away line, a bon mot of no substance, or is it rather...
Total Acceptance
Made For Each Other, by Tucson playwright Monica Bauer, is a play about total acceptance.
Multifaceted, it deals with gay marriage, Alzheimer's and smoking intervention. But ultimately it's all about...
Last Train to Nibroc
The meeting of Raleigh and May in this play, Last Train to Nibroc, reminds me of the 1938 movie Holiday. There Cary Grant meets a vivacious woman played by...
Dr. Ruth: Love Your Penis
At age 91 Dr. Ruth is still feisty. When I met her in 2014, she was appearing at a special performance of a play written about her life, Becoming...