Burt Reynolds once said that when he was a football player at Florida State University, he would have rather had the chance to play the role of football legend Jim Thorpe in the film “Jim Thorpe All-American” than become a famous athlete. Thorpe, a Native American from Carlisle Indian ...
In its second year, Dance Maui has already seen an increase in participation and support, with 15 professional dance organizations and student groups taking the stage in back-to-back performances. “Maui is a hub for cultural diversity in every aspect of life, and as a professional dance ...
At the 2011 Tony Awards, Whoopi Goldberg made an appearance to introduce “Sister Act: A Divine Musical Comedy.” She joked about musical versions of her other hit films, naming “The Color Purple,” “Sister Act” and “Ghost” — “They’re all coming,” she said. Next season, ...
In April, I shared a great deal of history in regards to Clarence Darrow and the trial of John Scopes. Darrow was nicknamed “the attorney of the damned,” and a great adversary of the death penalty. The accounts of his larger-than-life courtroom trials made national front page news and ...
A few years ago, a frequent reader of Backstage emailed me. The reader had disagreed with my opinion of a show and asked, “You like dark topics, don’t you?” My answer was, “Yes.” “The House of Yes” is a very dark piece that offers a fly-on-the-wall vantage point of a disturbed ...
