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LONESOME BLUES
Presented by Circle Theatre
Runs through 2/11/2023
Reviewed by Carla Wicks,
Associate Critic for John Garcia's THE COLUMN
Having no idea about this production, other than name recognition of the musician himself and his connection with Dallas, TX, I was eager to learn about the man – Blind Lemon Jefferson.
I enjoyed the portions of his life story given onstage between musical numbers but left yearning to find out more, which I promptly did via the web.
I want to applaud Mr. Davis on his beautiful portrayal of Blind Lemon. It is not easy to captivate an audience for about an hour and a half with a solo performance. Given he also introduced us to other characters in Blind Lemon’s life each was informatively portrayed with precision and was enjoyable especially as they tied to the musical numbers. I sometimes got lost in the accents wondering where each person represented ...
A FEW GOOD MEN
by Aaron SorkinPresented by Garland Civic Theatre
Runs through 2/12/2023
Reviewed by Scott Lee Clayton,
Associate Critic for John Garcia's THE COLUMN
When we are brought into Aaron’s Sorkin world as Garland Civic Theatre creates very vividly with Jennifer Patton’s set and lighting design, Aaron C. Butler does a very good job with inviting us into a time cycle of events leading us to the trial of the murder of PFC William Santi-ago. The one thing that I appreciated about this work is that while the play has graphic language in nature, Butler’s direction is very tasteful and integral to the language as it lands with the right sense of emotion to make you as the audience member feel uncomfortable in the events that are about to transpire.
The play follows the events leading to the trial of the murder of PFC. William Santiago’s death. It follows the story of trying to prove the ...
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG
(Regional Premier) Written by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer WaterTower Theatre Co-Production with Stage West TheatrePresented by WaterTower Theatre
Runs through 3/5/2023
Reviewed by Ann Saucer,
Associate Critic for John Garcia's THE COLUMN
The regional premier of The Play That Goes Wrong catapults to hilarious heights at Addison’s WaterTower Theatre, before moving to Stage West in Fort Worth. This Olivier Award-winning comedy has been defined as a hybrid of Monty Python and Sherlock Holmes. The ill-fated play-within-a-play is “The Murder at Haversham Manor,” to be performed by the prodigiously ill-equipped Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society. Every conceivable malfunction compounded by the most unwise improvisations conceivable meld to serve up this laugh-out-loud farce. Expect high-octane laughs as things go from bad to worse.
When we enter the theater, the audience is treated to black-clad putative crew members sweeping the stage and searching for a missing Duran Duran CD. The set presents a posh parlor and an upstairs study at Haversham Manor in the 1920s. Stage right features ...
