Patricia Milton Wraps Women’s Rights in Clever Mystery by Patricia L. Morin Central Works’ “Escape from the Asylum” returns us to the male-dominated Victorian era, to shine a powerful light on women’s fight for freedom. The first scene opens with an exciting sword fight—using umbrellas as swords—between two women of the Victorian Ladies Detective…
Stew & Heidi Rodewald’s Black “Youth” Takes Mystical Tour by Patricia L. Morin Director William Thomas Hodgson’s “Passing Strange” follows a young Black man called “Youth” down a twisted trail to self-discovery. We are greeted by the Narrator (dynamic Albert Hodge), Youth’s older self, standing high above the stage—a ringmaster announcing each spectacle. Hodge…
Matthew Lopez Unfolds a Straight Man’s Fears by Patricia L. Morin 6th Street Playhouse’s “The Legend of Georgia McBride” highlights both the humorous and disheartening challenges for men in drag. Boisterous Eddie (entertaining Peter Downey), the money-hungry owner of Clio’s dive bar, announces musical numbers using a small red microphone that lowers from the…
Will Arbery Builds Characters Who Embody Our Conflicts by Patricia L. Morin “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” at SF Playhouse tells a unique story mixing right-wing Catholic college graduates’ ideas and a 1977 doomsday philosophy. Will Arbery wants us to take a hard look at the real differences between liberal and conservative thinking,…