Ten Gallon, straw man edition

Letting your mogwai get wet is not wise, as we all know by now. But I did it, and now I have a nice collection of straw men. When that happens, one must dry off that mogwai durn quick. So here goes the symbolic destruction of the straw man. May he run off to live on...
Wrung Dry

Wrung Dry

Chester Theatre doesn't mess around when it comes to casting. Their actors tend to have extensive, impressive bios. That often makes a visit to what used to be called "the miniature theatre" worthwhile. In the case of Chester Theatre's current...
Marathon Man

Marathon Man

Ten thirty. That’s 10:30 a.m.—not a respectable hour for theater people. Still digesting my morning coffee, I’m sitting in Shakespeare & Company’s mainstage theater amid a respectable, if compact, crowd of theatergoers. It’s the...

Why Can't We?

I'm speeding across the middle of France in a TGV train, the green and yellow fields a blur and low clouds looming all around us. It's morning here on the line between Tours and Paris; I am en route to Charles de Gaulle airport, where I will board a flight to...