Pioneer Valley Stage: Local Pros
Conventional theater wisdom has it that you can only be a professional actor in New York or Los Angeles, or at least in a metropolis like Boston or Chicago. But if the mark of a professional is working regularly and getting paid for it, there are actors here in the...
And the Statuette Goes To…
I saw 73 plays this year, and covered 30 of them in these pages and on WFCR Public Radio. I also directed five shows and performed in three. Call it a passion, call it an obsession, it's what I love. As the year draws down, I've enjoyed looking back over those...Holyoke Mulls Over Lowe's
In the 15 years since Greenfield voters famously turned back a Wal-Mart proposed for their town, the Big Box battle has played out time and again across the Valley, with mixed results. While the communities and corporations vary, the arguments are strikingly similar....
Iran: The Young and the Restless
Lily was late, but apologetic. I met her in the lobby of my Tehran hotel. She was out of breath from the long walk and the long bus ride from central to North Tehran, the area where the rich live in today's Islamic Republic of Iran. She says she's barely able...E-Edition
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