Sandy Rustin Illuminates “Girls Just Want To Have Fun”! by Robert M. Gardner “Mystic Pizza” soars with song, dance, and comedy, featuring a dazzling cast and your favorite 80s songs. The beautiful, detailed set recreates the seaport town of Mystic, Connecticut, exciting us with its artful construction and whisking us back in time. On…
Mary Kathryn Nagle Links Colonial Greed & Wall Street Wolves by Robert M. Gardner In this time of deep division, “Manahatta” points a direction for America. It is refreshing to see a play about Native Americans that portrays them honestly. As an anthropologist who has studied Great Plains’ cultures, I have witnessed the continuing…
John Fisher [aka Tom Cruise] Spoofs Action Heroes Onstage by Barry David Horwitz The Rhino has its own Mission Impossible action hero—it’s John Fisher of course. John Fisher, The Rhino’s multi-award-winning Artistic Director does it again. Fisher’s talents shine in the writing, directing, and acting of “Billy,” the story of two CIA assassins in…
August Wilson Slaps Us in the Face Till We Laugh! by Phyllis Chrisman Steven Anthony Jones single-handedly wrings our hearts and makes our sides ache from laughing. In August Wilson’s memoir, he reveals what it means to be a Black artist in America. Wearing baggy chinos and a black shirt with the words: “I…