Director: Mark Robson Writers: Julius J. Epstein (screen play) – Philip G. Epstein (screen play) based on the J.D. Salinger story “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut” My Foolish Heart was a Samuel Goldwyn MGM production from 1949. The black and white images were crisp and clear . . . as was the story and the characters. […]
Looking for a Good Deal? Try St. Vinnies
It was a gorgeous day in Pierce County, so Peg and I thought: “Let’s go shopping at St. Vinnies.” I have no problem finding sweet deals at the St. Vinnies thrift store in Tacoma on South 56th Street. Just stepping two feet into the store I saw a treasure just waiting to be claimed. Although […]
Calling Doctor Weirdo Mystery – Episode 11 – The Sad Soul
The holidays were over. Rose and I didn’t really miss Jack, we just kind of just brought up his name occasionally and then went about our business with family and friends. It was rather pleasant, but still left a gnawing feeling in the back of my head that something was brewing and it wasn’t just […]
Musical Chairs and Beyond . . . Current Local Play Schedules
In this time of the Covid pandemic, theatres in the Pacific Northwest have their patrons’ best interests at heart. Some ticket holders may become a little irritated with the shuffling of productions and their performance dates, but most people understand that the theatres’ boards of directors are trying to accommodate patrons at the same time […]
Silent Sky – Tacoma Little Threatre – Henrietta Leavitt Gave Us the Tools to Measure Distances in the Universe
“Henrietta Swan Leavitt (July 4, 1868 – December 12, 1921) was an American astronomer. A graduate of Radcliffe College, she worked at the Harvard College Observatory as a “computer”, tasked with examining photographic plates in order to measure and catalog the brightness of stars. This work led her to discover the relation between the luminosity […]
Disenchanted is coming to Tacoma Musical Playhouse . . . Get Your Tickets NOW!
From Snow White to Rapunzel and the Princess Who Kissed the Frog and every little princess in-between . . . As the saying goes, “If Mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy.” The fairy tail princesses ain’t happy, so forget happily ever after . . . I’ve been waiting for this production ever since writing an […]
The Haunting of Hill House – Lakewood Playhouse Presentation
“The Haunting of Hill House is a 1959 gothic horror novel by American author Shirley Jackson. A finalist for the National Book Award and considered one of the best literary ghost stories published during the 20th century, it has been made into two feature films and a play, and is the basis of a Netflix […]
Go for Broke! Film Review about History and Racial Issues
I found Go for Broke! on Prime. You could probably find it on imdb as well. I saw Go for Broke! as a teenager in the 1950s and assumed the film was from the 1940s, since the action and the message was aimed at working together and fighting for America; but I was wrong, the […]
“The Oregon Trail” by Bekah Brunstetter is Being Re-opened
You don’t need a time machine to visit the past . . . you just need to open your eyes and read . . . and imagine. Funny, provocative, and intelligent, the play “The Oregon Trail” by Bekah Brunstetter follows 90’s kid Jane from Middle School, where she takes solace in her favorite 8-bit video […]