Matilda the Musical
Imagine being assaulted on all sides by horrific parents in the evening and a sadistic school headmistress during the day. Then imagine acting out all of the abuse on stage,…
Hagans: Art, Truth and Lies
“Art is cool because we get to tell the truth through lies.” When R.C. Hagans was three, he found a sharpie and scribbled around all four walls of his house.…
Parlour Game of Infidelity
English farce is a highly respected art form, but the play Don’t Dress for Dinner presents it with a twist of lemon: it was originally written for the French theatre.…
Grim Indeed
Even when the first volumes of Grimms’ Fairy Tales were published in the early 19th century they were not regarded as suitable for children, even though they were entitled “children’s…
The Johnny Appleseed of Fraud
The play is all about fraud, and fantastic as it may seem, it’s based on the real-life tale of a young guy named Frank. Being performed now at the Georgetown…
Schumann concerto “tough as nails”
During her lifetime Clara Schumann outshone her husband Robert, who was most often known as “Clara’s husband.” The tide of fashion turned, making Robert, who died in 1856, a household…
Is Aristotle an Embarrassment?
As we have heard countless times in the current attempt to make sense of verbal diarrhea emanating from the White House, WORDS MATTER. As part of the Distinguished Visiting Lecture…
A Deliciously Demented Landscape
Charlie Manx is a man out of time. This complex character is the brainchild of author Joe Hill, who was at SXSW along with two stars of the upcoming TV…
Kasparov: Humans Have Monopoly on Evil
World chess champion Garry Kasparov told an audience at SXSW in Austin that while some worry about robots taking over the world, “humans still have a monopoly on evil.” As…
Gladwell on Self-Driving Cars
A guru of the 21st century, Canadian writer Malcolm Gladwell envisions a “radical transformation of urban life” if the use of self-driving cars becomes the norm, but he is none…