Incline’s Blithe Spirit is Supernaturally Sublime
Review by Laurel Humes of Blithe Spirit: Incline Theatre Lift your spirits for a couple of hours by sharing them with the ghosts in Blithe Spirit, the venerable Noel Coward comedy now onstage at Warsaw Federal Incline Theater. This must be said first: Even if the actors just did...
Join the Séance in Incline Theatre’s Blithe Spirit
Review by Rachel Brandenburg of Blithe Spirit: Incline Theatre Do you believe in ghosts? Or are mystics, mediums, and psychics simply frauds who have convinced themselves of their own power? This is the question raised in Warsaw Federal Incline Theatre’s Blithe Spirit, in the house of the Condomines, who...
The Human Race Brings Audiences Home in the World Premiere of Family Ties
Review by Rachel Brandenburg of Family Ties: Human Race Theatre Based on the television series of the same name, Family Ties, by Daniel Goldstein, brings a real treat to this cozy third-floor theatre. Set in 2008, about 20 years after the last episode aired, the play follows the characters...
Family Ties Bound To Be a Hit in for Human Race Theatre
Review by Liz Eichler of Family Ties: Human Race Theatre Imagine the television network pitch: liberal activist parents raising a conservative son. Comedy ensues. Would it work? Well, it worked for seven years on the CBS series Family Ties as a young Republican questioned his liberal parents’ values. It...
Incline’s Damn Yankees is Devilishly Engaging
Review by Laurel Humes of Damn Yankees: Incline Theatre I’m still humming “You’ve Got to Have Heart,†one of the pleasures of Damn Yankees, the baseball themed musical now onstage at Warsaw Federal Incline Theater. The 1955 show has historical fact – there was a Washington Senators team and...
Incline Theatre Has a Solid Hit in Damn Yankees
Review by Doug Iden of Damn Yankees: Incline Theatre If you are disappointed about the Reds season so far, imagine being a Washington Senators fan during the 1950’s when the New York Yankees routinely drubbed the home team. This is the premise of Damn Yankees, a classic musical which...
Quickstepping through Falcon Theatre’s Master Harold… And the Boys
Review by Alan Jozwiak of Master Harold…and the Boys: Falcon Theatre These days, ballroom dancing seems reserved for reality television shows like Dancing with the Stars—something that ordinary people do not participate in. However, learning the quickstep forms part of the basic storyline for Athol Fugard’s masterpiece Master Harold…And...
Growing up is Hard for Master Harold a Struggle Well Portrayed on Falcon’s Stage
Review by Ken Stern of Master Harold…and the Boys: Falcon Theatre In the best of all worlds, in an ideal setting, life is hard enough for teenagers growing into maturity, reaching towards their authentic adult human self. In the real world, fathers are crippled, physically and mentally as war...