A SOARING MUSICAL DRAMEDY REVIVAL OF “THE SPITFIRE GRILL” AT NCRT
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic The world of today appears to be in constant turmoil. Culture wars and shooting wars abound here in America as well as on every continent on our fragile planet....
View Article“The nail that sticks out is the one that gets hit…”
So says young Gordon Hirabayashi’s father to his eldest son whose outgoing and curious disposition is being tested by the increased discrimination in Washington state against Asian Americans, both...
View Article50TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAN FRANCISCO’S ‘SUMMER OF LOVE’ REVOLUTION
By Jack Lyons Theatre and Film Critic Theatre critics have been known to wander from their traditional ‘two-on-the-aisle theatre seats to sally forth in the cities where they hold their annual...
View ArticleLorna Luft Guide Dog
Story and Photos by Pat Krause The Guide Dogs of the Desert held a special Valentines Day concert with the famous Lorna Luft at the Annenberg Center on the Eisenhower Medical Center Campus. There was...
View Article“DEZART PERFORMS” LAUNCHES “CHURCH & STATE” A “SERIOUS DARK COMEDY”
By Jack Lyons Theatre and Film Critic. Member of American Theatre Critics Association Is there such as thing as a “serious” comedy? The phrase itself is an oxymoron of sorts. And yet there is a...
View Article“KING KONG” NOW A MUSICAL ON BROADWAY IS A “HUGE” SPECTACULAR PRODUCTION
By Jack Lyons Theatre and Film Critic. Member of American Theatre Critics Association Whoever said that size didn’t matter was speaking about something other than what appears on the stage of NYC’s...
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