Joe Landry Reinterprets Heart-Warming Holiday Classic by Mary Lou Herlihy My first trip up to the Spreckels Performing Arts Center did not disappoint. Easy to find, easy to park and a beautiful sprawling courtyard and campus suggest that this community supports the arts. “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play” presents a world…
August Wilson Delivers Raw Power, Community, and Unforgiving Truths by: Kheven Lee LaGrone In “King Hedley II,” August Wilson gives us characters who reach for better lives while knowing the odds are stacked against them. Living outside the white American mainstream, they lack access to good jobs, strong social networks, or financial safety nets….
Jessica Huang Foresees Cruel Comforts & Climate Catastrophe by Mary Lou Herlihy “Mother of Exiles” by Jessica Huang reveals cruelties that our modern life delivers. Abuse of immigrants and neglect of environmental perils accumulate in her sweeping epic—until catastrophe becomes reality. Urgent issues resonate: How will Trump’s brutal immigration actions plague future generations? How…
Stephen Sondheim’s Beloved Musical Shines as Seurat Revolutionizes Art by Emily S. Mendel Winner of the 1985 Pulitzer Prize and nominated for 10 Tony Awards, Stephen Sondheim’s “Sunday in the Park with George” is adored by the legion of Sondheim groupies. Not really being one of them, I had never seen “Sunday in the…