Giddens & Abels’ Resonant Rhythms Celebrate Fortitude & Faith by Barry David Horwitz We all know that Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” to wake up his fellow ministers about violent segregation in the South. Until now, few of us knew about Omar ibn Said, an Islamic scholar who…
August Wilson’s Portrait of a Man at War with Himself by Barry Willis Meet Troy Maxson, Pittsburgh garbage collector, former baseball talent, father of two sons, and a man grappling mightily with his own fierce demons. Now on the Monroe Stage at 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa, “Fences” is one of the finest…
Dickens’ Magical World Is Touching & Terrific! by Barry David Horwitz A Christmas Carol is everyone’s favorite holiday tradition. Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas story of transformation from greed to generosity still touches our hearts. Dickens may have been writing about Victorian England, but his tale of poverty and suffering resonates with our world outside the…
Julie Taymor’s Playful Parade of Animals, Ancestors Still Thrills by Barry David Horwitz The colors, the lights, the beautiful animals walking with acrobatic grace, the moving grasslands—they are gliding down the aisles. Rhinos, elephants, giraffes, and cheetahs lope along onstage with their distinctive gaits—miracles of puppetry and acrobatics. Still magnificent after 26 years, many…