Lucas Hnath Writes A Smart, Funny, Relevant Update by Lynne Stevens Anne Marie, the housekeeper, dozes on a chair. A gentle knock at the enormous blue door, where Nora exited with a bang fifteen years ago, startles her. And there, standing in the softly falling snow, is Nora. Scenic Designer Christopher Fitzer creates an…
Joe Landry Grabs Our Hearts, Strikes the Bell by Lynne Stevens We are in radio STUDIO A at WBFR in Manhattan on Christmas Eve, 1946. The cast leisurely strolls onto the sound stage—straightening props, rustling scripts to let us know “We’re not quite ready yet.” The host of the show Freddie Filmore (jovial…
Tina Taylor Explores Women’s Secret Work in WWII by Lynne Stevens We hear World War II French jazz music as we descend into the Theatre Lunatico’s Subterranean Theatre—40s jazz of Stephane Grappeli, Django Rhinhardt, and a little Edith Piaf, with accordions and violins. Director-writer Tina Taylor takes us to the Olivette family’s neighborhood café…
Martin & Brickell Celebrate Blue Grass & Women’s Rights by Lynne Stevens The musical “Bright Star,” a bittersweet Romeo and Juliet story, shows “grown-ups” thwarting young lovers. Country music intensifies the love story as we flash back and forth between 1923 and 1946. Director Marilyn Langbehn takes us to three small towns in North…