by RICK DANLEY // November 29, 2018 Marriage is the fat on which the modern American theater has feasted for years. Tennessee Williams. William Inge. Eugene O’Neill. Neil Simon. Sam Shepard. Sarah Ruhl. Tracy Letts. All playwrights who’ve cheerfully tucked their socks into their swamp boots and taken a flying leap into the nuptial morass … Continue reading Love Among the Lizards
by RICK DANLEY // May 4, 2017 Every play should have at least one character who describes another character as smelling “like a bucket of hot links” — but only one play does. The Allen Community College theater department delivers another knockout in their production of “Dearly Beloved,” an exuberant wedding comedy set in a gossipy … Continue reading ‘Dearly Beloved’
by RICK DANLEY // February 28, 2019 There are times when a small-town reporter, reviewing a local theatrical event, is obligated, out of kindness, to fudge the truth, to conceal from the reading public the production’s major blemishes and emphasize instead what a good job! everyone did or how great the costumes looked. But then, very occasionally, … Continue reading 5 Shorts Plays to Frighten & Amuse
by RICK DANLEY // February 1, 2019 There was a day in the middle 1950s when Spencer Ambler betrayed his instinct and agreed to join his friends at the Silver Grill Restaurant in Chanute. “All the kids said, ‘Let’s go to the Silver Grill,’” remembered Ambler. “I said, ‘No, I don’t want to go.’” But … Continue reading A Spirit of Love
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