Alan Ayckbourn’s Second Act Surprises with Comic Mayhem by Zack Rogow I don’t want to be the spoiler, but I’ll just say that Act I of “Improbable Fiction” is as different from Act II as Kansas is from Oz. And yet …the two parts of Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy are connected, just as the people…
Note: This review is re-posted from March 2025, five months ago. Pearl Ong, All-Night Cabby, Speeds to Lesbian Liberation by Zack Rogow Pearl Ong has certainly lived a larger-than-life story. She went from Hong Kong princess to joining the lesbian liberation scene in San Francisco in the 70s, driving a taxi during late-night hours….
Streaming: May 6 – 17, 2025 Ngozi Anyanwu Energizes Paired Monologues with Music, Dance by Zack Rogow Theater and movies about love stories almost always show us the lead-up to a romance. It’s rare that we hear about the mechanics of an actual relationship, and even less frequent that a plot focuses on the…
Pearl Ong Speeds to Lesbian Liberation as All-Night Cabby by Zack Rogow Pearl Ong has certainly lived a larger-than-life story. She went from Hong Kong princess to joining the lesbian liberation scene in San Francisco in the 70s, driving a taxi during late-night hours. In “Night Driver,” Ong unfolds her privileged past with quick…