Jon Robin Baitz’s Satire Shines in Vivid Vision of Family & Country by Barry David Horwitz Just beyond Palm Springs, a freeway sign points to “Other Desert Cities”—where meth labs, addicts, and homeless folk live just up the highway. But in Palm Springs in 2004, old Republicans in pants suits and tennis shorts are…
Robert Townsend Delivers Tales & Truths, Honestly by Robert M. Gardner When co-producer Don Reed steps forward to introduce Robert Townsend, enthusiasm for the show immediately energizes us. For 90 joyful minutes, Townsend astounds, confides, and reveals the challenges and triumphs of a remarkable life in show business. The common note through his…
Millennial Notes Robert Townsend Reveals Unique Hollywood Success by Jordan Freed —originally reviewed in Theatrius on November 21, 2019 Throughout his solo show “Living the Shuffle,” Robert Townsend recounts a touching journey with his faith. Faith comes up early on, as a young Townsend prays for God to keep his mother safe. It’s a…
Hershey Felder Plays Melancholy Maestro, Passionate Piano by Barry David Horwitz After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Sergei Rachmaninoff fled Russia, abandoned his aristocratic life, and moved to New York. The popular pianist-composer arrives in the U.S. with nothing. Hershey Felder plays the exiled Rachmaninoff with verve and passion, calling up vivid memories of…