“Water by the Spoonful,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes, is the story of several characters intertwined through online relations and family connections.
Humans and animals have an inexplicable affinity for one another, be it between a person and a dog, a horse or a cat. Lucky humans are those who recognize and embrace this. They are rewarded in many ways, mainly with lives enriched.
Hof’s Hut is a Long Beach landmark, so naturally, I felt it necessary to check it out. The restaurant was started in 1947 and has been a staple in the community for many generations.
The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Once again, Citizens Against Virtually Anything (CAVE People) are lobbying against an increase in water rates of 19.2 percent during the past two budget cycles.
The date was July 20, 1969, when the first humans, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, set foot on the surface of the moon. The mission, dubbed Apollo 11, had its impetus some eight years earlier when, on May 25, 1961, then-President John F.
Thought to be penned in the year 1593 by William Shakespeare, “Richard III” – a historical play depicting King Richard III’s odious ascension to the throne – is the second longest play in the Shakespearean canon (Hamlet is the lengthiest).
Just because something is over doesn’t mean it really is finished and done with – there is often an aftermath. The allies were successful in bringing WWII to a close, but there were still conflicts taking place through the war zones – especially in Hamburg, Germany, the setting for this film.
There are times in a relationship, even a long happy one, when an event takes place that makes the friendship stronger and more powerful or tears it to shreds. Franky (Josh Wiggins) and Ballas (Darren Mann) have been close buddies since childhood.
One of the most powerful emotional experiences this critic has had in the theater was during the United States premiere production of “Ragtime: The Musical” at Los Angeles’s now demolished Shubert Theatre. That was 1997 and that stirring production – based on the 1975 E.L.
