By ROY BERKO The death penalty carries the inherent risk of executing an innocent person. Since 1973, more than 186 people who had been sentenced to death have been exonerated. Research b…
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic ("Steppin' Out") When it was announced that Ricky Graham would be in the director's chair for  Hello, Dolly! at Rivertown Theaters for the Perfo…
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic ("Steppin' Out") With its most recent production of God of Carnage, the Jefferson Performing Arts Society has taken the wraps off Yasmina Reza's contro…
By JACK LYONS When it comes to original stories made into movies and TV films about the subject of love and marriage, one would be hard pressed to ignore the angst-filled dramas of the great…
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic ("Steppin' Out") There are times when a single performance rises above all others within a given production. While these times are rare, when they occu…
By ANNE SIEGEL (Dashland, OREGON) " Water by the Spoonful is perhaps even more relevant today than when it was staged at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2014. The play initially appeared …
By ANNE SIEGEL SPRING GREEN, WI. " This summer, while audiences were flocking to the large, outdoor theater to view Shakespeare under the stars, another small miracle was taking place inside…
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic ("Steppin' Out") When the notices first went out proclaiming an upcoming production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard at Slidell's Cutting E…
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic ("Steppin' Out") Rob Ulin must be a very happy man. He obviously has been saying his prayers and living a proper and pious life. That must be the case …
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic ("Steppin' Out") Watch out, Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs, there are two dudes named Antipholus who are being confused for one another in the South Bea…
By ANNE SIEGEL Under a towering grove of old growth trees, on an exceptionally balmy evening, the Summit Players were hurriedly making preparations for their production of free Shakespeare i…
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic ("Steppin' Out") Jill Conner Browne has transformed herself into the head of a giant cottage industry of self-aware and loudly proud plus-sized and old…
By JACK LYONS It's amazing what the human mind can understand and accomplish when it comes to the world of theatre and its sister art form the motion picture.  Both are potent art form…
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic ("Steppin' Out") The second and final weekend of Summer Lyric Theatre at Tulane's Jesus Christ Superstar brings with it the final shows of the Michael …
By EDWIN RUBIN The very mention of the New York City's own wildly popular actress and comedian Jackie Hoffman " she of 1000 facial expressions, bodily quirks, a score of well-placed ad libs,…
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic ("Steppin' Out") When the shutdown of Broadway occurred in March of 2020, there were few devotees who expected it to drag on for more than 16 months. E…
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic ("Steppin' Out") It's taken two years for the darkened stage of Tulane University's Dixon Hall to be witness to the frenetic work of dozens of dedicate…
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic ("Steppin' Out") Tovah Feldshuh has made a career of originating memorable roles of strong female characters on both the small and large screens, but t…
By Edward Rubin The night I attended a live production of Jacob Storms' one man show, Tennessee Rising: The Dawn of Tennessee Williams, held at the Cell Theater in New City, it was raining l…
By JACK LYONS North Coast Repertory Theatre (NCRT) of Solana Beach, CA., brings gifted, multiple award-winning actor Tovah Feldshuh to their stage to star in playwright Mark St. Germain's br…
By ALAN SMASON, WYES Theatre Critic ("Steppin' Out") At the start of this pandemic-impacted season, New Jersey's George Street Playhouse unveiled bold plans to present four productions. The …
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic ("Steppin' Out") It's been a year of firsts for Summer Lyric Theatre at Tulane's (SLT) artistic director Michael McKelvey. After a year of shutdowns an…
By JACK LYONS If this COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, then it's forced the American viewing public to think outside the traditional creative arts box when it comes to entertainment…
By EDWARD RUBIN Tiny Beautiful Things, George Street Playhouse's filmed play, based on Cheryl Strayed's book, "Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar," a 2012 …
By ALAN SMASON, Theatre Critic, WYES-TV ("Steppin' Out") When Heather Massie arrived on the stage of BB's Stage Door Canteen after 14 months of postponed performances from COVID safety proto…