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Karen Tortora-Lee

 New-Boise

Why would anyone want a job at The Hobby Lobby? A Parts-R-Us for those who can’t stop themselves from scapbooking, and otherwise decorating what is probably already an over-decorated house . . . The Hobby Lobby is a buzzing little hub of activity filled with the quaintest of characters. But again . . . why ... Read The Full Article...

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Miss Saturn (Photo by Paule Saviano)

Hula Hell Is Miss Saturn? you ask?  Or, to rephrase a bit . . . Who The Hell Is Miss Saturn? you ask? That’s me giving you an assist on how to parse the title, since (quite frankly) until Miss Saturn herself shouted it from backstage it wasn’t quite as punny to my ear. That’s ... Read The Full Article...

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Donnie’s got it tough.  He’s not good at gym . . . the resident cool kid picks on him . . . his babysitter sees snakes in the furniture . . . his only friend at school is a gal even nerdier than he is . . . and his only friend at home is ... Read The Full Article...

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vda

Viewer Discretion Advised is about a chance encounter between mild mannered Norm and a mysterious stranger that starts at uneasy, takes you on past creepy, veers off into inappropriate and drops you off at completely bizarre.  For Norm, it’s a cautionary tale about letting strangers into your home and into your life.  For the audience, ... Read The Full Article...

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Made_For_Each_Other

If you weren’t one of the lucky ones who was able to get to Planet Connections to experience Made For Each Other- take heart!  It’s coming around again as part of an evening of theatre entitle BALLS: the Testosterone Plays of Monica Bauer.  In order to be able to get this production off the ground ... Read The Full Article...

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Seeing Whatever Happened To Beverly Daniels last night made me a little nostalgic for my high school days, when a group of people – talented actors, great dancers, good performers – would get together and put on a show.  Back then, there was an earnestness, a lot of heart, a lot of energy, a lot ... Read The Full Article...

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Fringe Encores

Nothing feels better than taking that final bow, and hearing the applause going on and on . . . begging you to come out one more time.  For some very special shows of Fringe, that’s exactly what gets to happen and we at The Happiest Medium are very pleased that some of our very favorites ... Read The Full Article...

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Boy, do I remember what it was like to be the new gal around the office – to not have the routine down yet, to get sneered at for ordering from wrong place for lunch (“We don’t use them ever since the egg salad incident . . . but that was before your time”) or ... Read The Full Article...

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AG

What is a magician really?  Is he an illusionist?  A storyteller?  A dream-weaver?  A showman? A creator? Is he meant to astonish you?  Amuse you?  Entertain you?  Scare you a little?  Touch your soul a little? A lot of magicians are giving away the “how” these days  - but in Ben Whiting’s solo show, American Gypsy, ... Read The Full Article...

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The Conveniences of Modern Living

You know your marriage is on the rocks when your husband would rather spend time with The Dryer than with you. I’m not talking about any ordinary dryer, mind you, in Daniel John Kelley and Emily Plumb’s The Conveniences of Modern Living Jessica Love plays about a cute a dryer as you’d ever want to ... Read The Full Article...

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Friends of Dorothy

When I was a child there were a few things you could count on, and one of them was that (in the days before VCRs – and yes, honey, I AM that old) if you waited long enough The Wizard of Oz was going to be on TV at some point that year.  Back in ... Read The Full Article...

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Carl Andress

One of the first interviews I ever did as an “official” theatre reviewer was with Carl Andress who was not only charming and lovely but also heaps of fun to chat with.  Back then he was directing Charles Busch and Kathleen Turner in The Third Story which was a show that highlighted the talent of everyone ... Read The Full Article...

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