Our heart was broken about 15 months ago when the roof collapsed on the Dollar Tree at Highland Hill in Tacoma. My wife and I have been waiting for them to re-open ever since. In the mean time we have used the Dollar Tree in Spanaway, Dollar Tree on Pacific, Dollar Tree by Target, University […]
Murder for Two – A Musical Review
Lavinia Hart contributed to this review. The Harlequin Theatre’s current production, Murder for Two, is a raucous, free-wheeling murder mystery in the genre of Physical Theatre. Two actors, he truth of this genre is that the literary value of the text ranks low in merit compared to the amazing physical theatre antics from two highly […]
Smoke, Mirrors, Pathos, and Ambition – The Magic of A Chorus Line – Review
Peg and I saw A Chorus Line at Tacoma Little Theatre two years ago . . . it did so well, they were bringing it back at the end of the season, however COVID darkened our lives and our theatres here in Tacoma and around the world. We’ve been waiting for A Chorus Line ever […]
Beating a Path to Your Door
Okay, so you have a commercial business website. Do you know how many visitors you need each day or week to make a sale? Shouldn’t you? I helped a client once who was only attracting 14 visitors a day. Sales were few and far between. When I left him he was getting over 800 visitors […]
Gas Change Money Grifters – A Short Story
Calling Doctor Weirdo Mystery – The Introduction of a New HeroEpisode 12 – Gas Change Money Grifters It had been a cold winter . . . a mostly unhappening, boring weekend except for the fact that Russia had invaded Ukraine and the price of gas was climbing as ex-president Bush claimed when we were younger. […]
The Case of the Wayward Unagi Slipper – A Short Story
I was installing some weather stripping at the bottom of my office door. I was kneeling down on all fours and when I stood up, I realized my Drew left foot house slipper was half off the sole. I had repaired both the right and left slippers numerous times with super glue and so I […]
Uneasy Reunion – Family and Death
“For death may come, with brow unpleasant . . . May come when least we wish him present . . “ Death is always nearby. Today it’s on the opposite side of the world, but our latest news brings it close and into our living rooms. Our very intimate local production house meets death with […]
Head Over Heels – Lakewood Playhouse Musical – Review
I think Head Over Heels is Showboat in disguise. Both musicals are about pretending and searching for love and acceptance. Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Head Over Heels by The Go-Go’s is a musical adapted from The Countess of Pembroke written by Sir Philip […]
80s Slang & Music – Head Over Heels at Lakewood Playhouse
LAKEWOOD PLAYHOUSE Presents “Head Over Heels” Music from the Eighties – March 4th through March 27th. “A fiery and funny musical, HEAD OVER HEELS juxtaposes Shakespearean-style language with popular 80s tunes. While you might think this is a merger most foul, the production has great music and you might get the urge to dance during […]