Story Line: An Afrikaner veteran of the Boer War has just immigrated to New Zealand and is hired to track a man accused of killing a soldier. While hunting through the countryside he captures his fugitive, only to learn that he’s innocent of the crime. When faced with the life-changing decision to turn him in […]
Oh, Come On – You Know You Like to Joke About Tacoma
Dukesbay Productions presents Java Tacoma: To Bean or Not to Bean by Aya Hashiguchi Clark Something unique is happening in Tacoma theatre: an original situation-comedy for the stage about three life-long friends who meet every day at a Tacoma coffee house, will tickle our collective funny bones for an eighth time. Jeri, Kate and Linda […]
Singin’ in the Rain – A ‘Wonderful Tribute to a Popular Classical Movie – at Tacoma Musical Theatre
A few years ago, Peg and I saw a production of “Singin’ in the Rain” at the Fifth Avenue in Seattle and we loved every minute of it. Now, Tacoma Musical Theatre is offering up its version. We had seats four rows back from the stage for the two of us and two granddaughters – […]
Sean Astin – Excellent Actor, Common Man, and Completely Believable
Sean Astin is an American actor, producer, and director. He was born in 1971 and stands five foot seven. He followed in his parents’ acting footsteps: John Astin and Patty Duke. His net worth is ten million dollars. He is probably best known for his role of Sam in the trilogy Lord of the Rings. […]
Empty Savings = Empty Carts
I’ve seen complaints about the use of digital coupons for some time . . . and have thought about them even longer. Newspaper rants haven’t worked, so perhaps an empty shopping cart will. Here is a comment from the Seattle Times (September 15th, 2022 edition) “RANT to the Attorney General’s office for permitting grocery stores […]
Noon – Movie Review
After trying a few minutes of several films available on Roku I settled on watching Noon. Roku has a number of really good selections, but sometimes the ones from the sixties as well as the fairly new ones, just fall short in story and acting. The basic description of Noon didn’t excite me, but I […]
Roaring Twenties: The Theme for the Annual Indoor Golf Tournament
The theme this year for the 26th Annual Indoor Golf Tournament is the Roaring Twenties! Too young to know much about the Roaring Twenties? The Roaring Twenties, following World War I was a decade of economic growth and widespread prosperity, driven by recovery from devastation and deferred spending, a boom in construction, and the rapid […]
Singing in the Rain – Live Stage Production
I grew up with films and TV. This means nothing to kids today, but in the early 1950s family entertainment was severely limited compared to what we have today. Our home on South Ferry in Tacoma was the first on the block to have a TV set. I think we were one of the very […]
STEEL MAGNOLIAS opens next Friday
STEEL MAGNOLIAS opens next Friday evening at Tacoma Little Theatre! You probably don’t recognize Stephanie Leeper (on the left) as the Wicked Witch from last year’s Wizard of Oz at Tacoma Little Theatre, but that’s what makes live theatre so interesting. Seen here is Ouiser (Stephanie Leeper), Anelle (Samantha Jane Lobberegt) & Clairee (Laurice Roberts) […]