The talk frequently turns to Iraq when among the regular diners at the counter of an LA restaurant during the deadliest years of the Iraq war, in Chuck Faerber’s Counter Men, at the Whitefire Theatre. The writer and director Richard Kuhlman discuss the play, joined by actors Marion Ramsey and Bart Braverman. READ MORE
Burmester’s War Cycle, Nabours’ Song Cycle
by Don Shirley | August 1, 2011
Gospel According to First Squad, the third play in Tom Burmester’s War Cycle, brings the chaos of America’s involvement in Afghanistan to full-bodied life. Gregory Nabours’ delightful song cycle The Trouble With Words was better in a 60-minute version at Fringe Central than it is in the 90-minute version at Actors Circle. READ MORE
Moby Dick — Rehearsed…A Drama In Two Worlds
by Aliah Whitmore | August 1, 2011
Three years ago, at the very first organizational board meeting of my now fledgling theater company, Whitmore Eclectic, a member of my board pulled me aside and said, “You guys should think about putting up Moby Dick. Orson Welles adapted it into a stage production in 1955 and I think it’s pretty amazing.” And so I began to pursue the white whale. READ MORE
