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Review: Noises Off! at the Alley Theatre
Noises Off! is the creation of playwright, novelist, and journalist Michael Frayn. The play is a play within a play – a farce depicting the travails of a small British company attempting to put
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Review: The Toxic Avenger at the Alley Theatre
The Toxic Avenger is a comedy musical based on a low budget movie made in 1984. Melvin Ferd III is a lonely nerd that thanks to exposure to radioactive sludge becomes the Toxic Avenger,
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Review: Dividing the Estate at the Alley Theatre
Horton Foote has deservedly been called “the Chekhov of the South”. Growing up in Wharton, Texas, he developed an ear for the way the people spoke and used that to create vivid and memorable
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Review: The Farnsworth Invention at the Alley Theatre
In September, 1921, fifteen year old farmboy, Philo Farnsworth showed his science teacher a diagram he had drawn. This diagram was of an image dissector that he believed could make possible the idea of
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Review: The Man Who Came to Dinner at the Alley Theatre
The Man Who Came to Dinner is a comedy written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, in 1939. Sheridan Whiteside (played by James Black) is a famous critic and radio personality. Upon arriving to
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Review: Mrs. Warren’s Profession at the Alley Theatre
Mrs. Warren’s Profession is a play written by the great George Bernard Shaw. It is an entertaining and witty play, and of course the Alley company gives their usual great performances. I have to say,
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Review: A Christmas Carol at the Alley Theatre
A Christmas Carol is one of my favorite stories. Every Christmas season I reread the book, watch the George C. Scott version on TV and go to see the play. The excellent company at the
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Review: Cyrano de Bergerac at the Alley Theatre
Unfortunately I must admit I have never actually read Cyrano de Bergerac. I’m of course familiar with the story (partly I’m sure from the Steve Martin film Roxanne.) I also have to admit I
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