EXTRA EXTRA – Remember Dragon!

A thoughtful ‘memory’
Dragon actors deftly handle painful yet funny script
by Kevin Kirby – Palo Alto Weekly
In Shelagh Stephenson’s “The Memory of Water,” currently on offer from Dragon Productions, three adult siblings gather at their childhood home following the death of their mother. What follows is much what one would expect: The sisters — physician Mary, [...]

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Princess’ Pick – Italian Style Party

 
During my junior year in college I succeed somehow in getting one of my English professors to sign off on a semester long independent study entitled ” An American in Italy”. Basically I read a ton of books whose plots revolved around a young girl being “educated” in Italy. Portrait of [...]

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Princess’ Pick – Turbo Charged Jazz

 I dont’ pretend to understand jazz in all it’s glory, but I love live music, great ambiance, and am willing to try just about anything. I also love free. One of my favorite places to check out bands at no cost is the Hotel De Anza’s Hedley Club, in Downtown San Jose. Elegant without elite [...]

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Princess’ Pick – Paztacular Palette!

 Bright. Colorful. Fun. Full of movement and whimsy! These are all words I would use to describe the artwork and style of local celebrity artist,  Sonya Paz. I would also like to point out that all these descriptive adjectives can be summed up in a single word of my own invention. Paztacular. From dancing winebottles, [...]

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NEW FEATURE – Music to Browse By

Being the third of four kids I learned early, how to get what I wanted. Actually being the third of four kids I learned to be patient knowing that anything my older siblings had, I would eventually get. This hand-me-down philosophy certainly has fed into my drive to be FIRST, and obtain and aquire NEW [...]

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EXTRA EXTRA – PRODUCER, I HARDLY KNOW HER!

A lot more than goose-stepping
Ready to offend (or delight) any demographic, Foothill’s ‘Producers’ is slick and funny
by Chad Jones – PA WEEKLY
Like a doomed Max Bialystock production come to life, the opening-night performance of Foothill Music Theatre’s “The Producers” was interrupted by the police.
Just as the overture was turning into the opening number, the orchestra [...]

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EXTRA EXTRA – STOP BY BUS STOP

Broadway West waits out blinding snow in “Bus Stop”
by W. Fred Crow
Playwright William Inge had a penchant for immersing an audience in the common characters of the 1950s, the decade of his best stage writing. He fleshed out characters of the commonplace and showed them in their melancholy and strength. Inge focused on capturing the [...]

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Princess’ Pick – 360 Degree Global Perspective

One of my most beloved luxeries is travel. I’ve been exceedingly fortunate to spend time on 5 continents, in 12 countires, and 32 US states. As I prepare for a 3 1/2 week safari in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zambi in April of 2010, my 6th continent, my eye certainly tends to catch all things [...]

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