The Dukesbay Theatre is in downtown Tacoma and several floors up from the very popular Grand Cinema. For more details and ticket purchases: dukesbay.org/ Our review team of three were delighted Thursday evening at Dukesbay’s production of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. The play was adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the novella “Strange Case of Dr. […]
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The Good, The Bad, and Something Evil – Dr. Jekyll at Dukesbay
“Robert Louis Stevenson’s masterpiece of the duality of good and evil in man’s nature sprang from the darkest recesses of his own unconscious—during a nightmare from which his wife awakened him, alerted by his screams. More than a hundred years later, this tale of the mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll and the drug that unleashes his evil, […]
Taking Leave – Live Theater Review
In the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, Eliot, a learned professor (played by Kerry Bringman) is “taking leave” of his senses and the real world. Trying to help him cope is another version of Eliot (played by W. Scott Pinkston) who understands the problem and wants to help both Eliot and his three daughters. Producers […]
Meet the cast of Incorruptible
“What happens when faith alone can’t pay the bills?” At a decrepit medieval monastery in France, a traveling one-eyed con artist teaches the destitute monks an outrageous new way to pay old debts…with hilarious consequences. Incorruptible will show at the Lakewood Playhouse April 5-21. Click here to buy tickets. Let’s meet the cast. Devin FelixBrother […]
The Giver – Lakewood Playhouse Theatre Review
In the Broadway musical “A Chorus Line” the song “At the Ballet” repeats the phrase “It wasn’t Paradise, but it was home.” I found myself singing or at least humming that tune all the way from Lakewood to North Tacoma after seeing “The Giver” at Lakewood Playhouse. The Utopian life style perhaps never tried for […]
Meet the Cast of Lakewood Playhouse’s “The Giver”
The Giver is adapted by Eric Coble from the Newberry Award-winning book by Lois Lowry and is directed by Brittany D. Henderson. Show Dates are February 9-25, Evenings 7:30 pm, Sundays and Matinees 2 pm. The Cast Jane W. Davie – Fiona Jane W. Davie (she/her) is a Puget Sound based performer and theatre practitioner. […]
Play Review of Andelana – The Sailing Ship On the Bottom of Tacoma Harbor
The Andelana was a 4-masted bark which sank in Tacoma Harbor in 1899. A bark is a sailing ship of three or more masts. The Andelana with her 4 masts had a record of sailing difficulty in stormy seas because it was top heavy. When the ship was empty of cargo or ballast it was […]
Tartuffe – A Funny French Comedy Classic Review
When I graduated from Clover Park High School in 1964, Tartuffe by French playwright Moliere (first presented in 1664) was in the midst of its three-hundredth year anniversary. Peg and I were so looking forward to the production at CenterStage. My cousin, Lavinia, an actress, director, teacher, and theatre know-it-all was going to join us, […]
Empty Theaters Waiting for a Theatrical Rebirth
Submitted by Don and Peggy Doman. “Theatre is a series of insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster.” – Tom Stoppard Imminent disaster is almost always just around the corner for most live theatre companies around the United States. It’s probably always been that way . . . and that’s in good times. COVID-19 […]