All entries by this author

Todd Waring’s ‘Five Uneasy Pieces’ at Hollywood Fringe Festival

June 13, 2011 | By David Gerhardt | Category: Theater and Dance

Todd Waring’s one-man show, “Five Uneasy Pieces,” is definitely worth catching at this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival. The title is half accurate. Audiences will actually be treated to six unique characters, instead of five. The “uneasy” part remains true, in the most wonderful way possible. Each of the six characters is struggling with those demons [...]



‘Eccentricities of a Nightingale’ at A Noise Within

March 25, 2011 | By David Gerhardt | Category: Theater and Dance

From the first time we see Alma Winemiller on stage, we know she is an outsider. We can see the way other characters look at her and how they talk to her. In A Noise Within’s “Eccentricities of a Nightingale,” we must watch as Alma flits and gestures her way through life in this small, [...]



Theater Review: ‘The Frybread Queen’ at the Autry

March 14, 2011 | By David Gerhardt | Category: Featured Articles, Theater and Dance

What do you want to see at the theater? A story about traditional values eroding? A family drama? A conflict between generations? Loss? Love? Secrets? Beautiful women? A ghost story?
How about one play that weaves all of those elements together into an engaging and surprising narrative?
Native Voices at the Autry presents the world premiere of [...]



Native Voices at the Autry

March 10, 2011 | By David Gerhardt | Category: Theater and Dance

The next great theater movement is here. African-American theater had the 1960s, Latino theater had the 1970s and, thanks to Randy Reinholz and Jean Bruce Scott, Native American theater has the 2000s. They founded Native Voices at the Autry, the only equity theater company in the country dedicated exclusively to developing and presenting works by [...]