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Crimes of the Heart

May 17, 2022 Dr. Cliff Cunningham 0

Crimes of the Heart, (made into a film flop in 1986) won the Pulitzer Prize in 1981/82. It was originally a three-act play, here performed in two. It transferred from the Manhattan Theater Club to […]

Death Tax

July 13, 2019 Dr. Cliff Cunningham 0

In the United States, the issue of death tax (euphemistically termed estate tax by the government) became a political football in 2010. Four billionaires died that year, which just happened to be the year federal […]

Texas Honey Bee Farm

June 23, 2022 0

Not far from Austin Zoo lies the Texas Honey Bee Farm, nestled in a wooded area close to Cedar Valley. I visited there recently for a honey tasting (available in the gift shop) and an [...]
WELCOME TO AUSTIN

December 27, 2017 0

The first post to the news website Sun News Austin features a welcoming embrace from First Lady Laura Bush. This exclusive Sun News Austin picture was taken in the House Chamber of the Texas State [...]
Christmas at the Bush43 White House

December 29, 2017 0

Christmas in 2005 at the George Bush White House was a much more elaborate affair than the 1967 Christmas profiled in a companion story on the Sun News Austin website. That one was when Lyndon [...]

The Sound of Music

June 22, 2022 0

Twenty years ago I saw Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer on stage in Toronto for a Sound of Music reunion. As Ms. Andrews had already pretty much stopped singing by then, her voice was replaced [...]
War of the Worlds

June 17, 2022 0

The threat of alien invasion is very much with us now, as it actually happened on Jan. 6, 2021. It was a worn-out Hollywood cliché that when aliens invaded they would naturally descend on Washington [...]
Dot: A Proverbial Play

May 16, 2022 0

A key dynamic in the play Dot, which had its premiere in 2015, is between Shelly and her Mother Dottie. Early in the play Shelly utters one of most famous proverbs of all time: The [...]
Birthday Club

May 3, 2022 0

What do five women do when they get together for a birthday? If this play is any indication, they drink a lot and whine (pun) even more. Birthday Club is currently being staged by the [...]
Drinking Habits: Lucifer’s Libation

May 2, 2022 0

What would result from a heady cocktail of Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors, Rocky Horror, and the TV show Laugh-In, most definitely not gently stirred? Answer is this play, Drinking Habits. This hilarious farce, currently being [...]