White people especially need to prioritize attending this gripping drama depicting the devastation caused by microaggressions It doesn’t happen too often, but once in a while I witness a piece of theater that directly reflects some of my experiences and I visibly cringe. The White Card, now showing at the

It’s that time of year again…   It’s been a while since I did a reading roundup and it’s the last day of 2019, so I figured – why not? Long-time followers know that I am an avid reader. I try to hit at least 100 books read every year,

When you think of vaunted authors of American Theater, few names loom larger than Tennessee Williams.   Photo by T. Charles Erickson Pick just about any famous play or screenplay from the mid-20th century – A Streetcar Named Desire, Camino Real, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – and his

Lavish. Painterly. Sumptuous. Elegant. Winsome.   T Charles Erickson These are just a few of the words that floated through my mind while watching the Guthrie’s delicious new show Cyrano de Bergerac (Cyrano) last night. T Charles Erickson The tale of the monster and the damsel falling in love has

Some excellent #beachreads for your consideration I’m always game for a good #shelfie Reading roundups have become one of my favorite perennial posts, and for good reason. I’m an avid reader and started tracking the books I read on Goodreads a few years ago to have a better way to

Every once in a while, someone surprises theatergoers with a sublimely fresh take on an old story.   Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Baskerville), the latest in Park Square Theatre’s annual mystery series, offers a totally new perspective of The Hound of the Baskervilles, perhaps the most famous of

It’s amazing how some themes endure.   Photo by Dan Norman Something about the human condition seems to render us unable to answer one simple question – why don’t we ever learn? A lust for power, flawed focus on short-term gains rather than long-term consequences, the allure of quick money

The Children’s Theatre Company’s latest show is a perfect piece for Earth Day.   Photo by Dan Norman Literary adaptations to stage or screen are always a tricky thing. Few fans are as ardent about faithful story-lines as book readers, and navigating the process of visualizing the collective imagination of

What is the responsibility of great art?  Photo by Dan Norman Is it to the artist? The audience? The culture it portrays? The abstract idea of art itself?  This is an impossible question to answer; every person will approach it from a different lived perspective, and every person will find

“Let me say that we have failed to say something to America enough. However difficult it is to hear, however shocking it is to hear, we’ve got to face the fact that America is a racist country. We have got to face the fact that racism still occupies the throne