Posts Tagged ‘1950s’
Christmas is Plaid at San Diego Musical Theatre
an earnest production of an earnest show…
Read MoreThe Old Globe Revives the Remarkably Fresh 1950s Play ‘Trouble in Mind’
Delicia Turner Sonnenberg’s production…encourages audiences to reflect on what has and hasn’t changed in 65 years…
Read MoreCygnet’s fair ‘Maple and Vine’ stumbles over itself
Technology has made the 1950s seem like centuries ago, and a lot more may (or may not) have happened to human interconnectedness in the meantime. Cygnet Theatre’s “Maple and Vine” takes a look at the simpler era and the very personal reasons behind the characters’ fascination with it — but amid the nice production values and fine acting, the script fuels a debate in which the playwright doesn’t want to take part.
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