Po Boy Tango is the story of Richie Po, an immigrant from Taiwan. His TV cook mother, still in Taiwan, has died and he wants to honor her with a traditional Chinese Great Feast. A decade ago, Gloria had been hired to help care for Richie’s cancer-stricken daughter, Emma, and nurtured both of them throughout […]
Once On This Island – Tacoma Musical Playhouse Review
The island is Haiti. I love this quote about Haiti, which fits for most of the world, but perhaps Haiti the most: “Gods always behave like the people who make them.” – Zora Neale Hurston, Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica Many musical theatre goers may not have heard of Once […]
The Village Barbershop – a Nice Film About Caring
“A fading smalltime barber is forced to hire the last person on earth he’d want working in his shop – a woman.” Director: Chris J. Ford Writer: Chris J. Ford Staring: John Ratzenberger, Shelly Cole, and Cindy Pickett I watched this film in bed by myself, while my wife, Peggy read a book in the […]
Doctor Weirdo Five Minute Mystery Episode 26 – Threats in the Side Pocket?
Rose and I had a feeling that Jack would be stopping by soon, but we were surprised when he quietly walked into our kitchen without wrenching a couple rings on our mechanical doorbell. Both Rose and I did a head turning double take. Rose asked, “Are you okay?” Jack responded with a shrug of his […]
Where would we be without Duct Tape?
“The military called the waterproof, cloth-backed, green tape 100-mile-per-hour tape because they could use it to fix anything, from fenders on jeeps to boots.” — Margaret Gurowitz, Chief Historian, Johnson & Johnson “The iconic tape was invented by an Illinois mom named Vesta Stoudt who wanted to save soldiers’ lives in World War II. The […]
Once on This Island will leave memories…
If you’ve never been to a tour, a sample, a sharing experience at Tacoma Musical Playhouse, you need to attend the next one. Peg and I joined hundreds Sunday evening at TMP and were immensely convinced about the entertainment value of the production Once on This Island which opens on your lucky day, Friday the […]
The Last Sunset – Interesting Star Studded Western
Storyline: Brendan O’Malley (Kirk Douglas) arrives at the Mexican home of old flame Belle Breckenridge (Dorothy Malone) to find her married to a drunkard getting ready for a cattle drive to Texas. Hot on O’Malley’s heels is lawman Dana Stribling (Rock Hudson) who has a personal reason for getting him back into his jurisdiction. Both […]
Doctor Weirdo Five Minute Mystery Episode 25 – A Tad Judgmental?
Rose needed a present for a friend. I dropped her off near the west side door of Fred Meyer and then circled the parking spaces until I found an empty one that allowed me to check in the rearview mirror for Rose, to easily “beep” her for attention, so she could see where I had […]
Notre Dame and Frank Loesser – Music to enjoy…
A number of years ago, friends and I traveled to Indiana to see the Washington Huskies play football against the Irish of Notre Dame in Indiana. We went to a restaurant where the “Irish” sang our fight song better than we did. You could feel the history of Notre Dame weighing down on us. The […]