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Texas Tenors

December 22, 2019 Dr. Cliff Cunningham 0

The Texas Tenors have been entertaining audiences for 10 years, and did so again at the Tucson Music Hall in a concert largely devoted to Christmas music. A better choice would have been a concert […]

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Christmas in Tinsel, Texas

December 20, 2019 Dr. Cliff Cunningham 0

What could be more appropriate than a play entitled Dashing Through The Snow just before Christmas? The title is the only appropriate thing about Dashing Through The Snow. Inappropriate is the order of the day […]

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Show People

August 11, 2019 Dr. Cliff Cunningham 0

Show People is a rather vague play about 4 nutty people coming together to act in a ‘Grand Charade’. The driving force is Tom, who hires a couple to portray his parents in a weekend […]

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SPACE TREK

August 11, 2019 Dr. Cliff Cunningham 0

If you ever wondered what Star Trek on steroids would be like (and who hasn’t!) pay a visit to The Gaslight Theatre in Tucson. They are currently staging Space Trek, a version of Star Trek […]

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Ann Richards: The Play

August 4, 2019 Dr. Cliff Cunningham 0

The play Ann by Holland Taylor is just about as controversial as the person who is the subject of the play: Texas Governor Ann Richards (1933-2006), who served one term from 1991-1995. I often ask […]

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Cowboys in Space

August 2, 2019 Dr. Cliff Cunningham 0

If you thought the Wild West was only in Texas, look up to the sky. Cowboys In Space, a new exhibit at the Bullock Museum in Austin, shows that cowboys fly spaceships at least as […]

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Commander in Cheat

August 2, 2019 Dr. Cliff Cunningham 0

It is amazing that author Rick Reilly can say so much about Donald Trump’s personality based on a golf game. So much, in fact, it fills a whole book: Commander in Cheat. Reilly contends you […]

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Forever Plaid

August 2, 2019 Dr. Cliff Cunningham 0

Even though Forever Plaid has never been on Broadway, this feel-good musical from 1989 is now a staple of theatre productions all over the world. The Plaids in this production at the Georgetown Palace are: […]

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An Edwardian Fairytale of the Cosmos

July 28, 2019 Dr. Cliff Cunningham 0

A play about astronomy does not at first blush capture the imagination, perhaps because most people associate astronomy with mathematics. Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson breaks free of these inhibitions, focusing on the real-life struggles […]

Theatre Scene

Old Western Melodrama

July 27, 2019 Dr. Cliff Cunningham 0

When a melodrama opens with a marriage proposal, you know there will be dangerous shoals to navigate before it’s all over. In the case of Wake Up Napsville, the danger comes from a dynamite-throwing bad […]

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Dr. Cliff Cunningham is a planetary scientist, the acknowledged expert on the 19th century study of asteroids. He is a Research Fellow at the University of Southern Queensland in Australia. He serves as Editor of the History & Cultural Astronomy book series published by Springer; and Associate Editor of the Journal of Astronomical History & Heritage. Asteroid 4276 in space was named in his honour by the International Astronomical Union based in the recommendation of the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Dr. Cunningham has written or edited 15 books.
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