F-u-n-n-y. Q-u-i-r-k-y. G-r-e-a-t. You get the picture. The TAG production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a fun evening of theatre that features a cast of outstanding singer/dancer/actors. The first act includes three intrepid audience members who become part of the action as a band of misfit prodigies try to spell their […]
Pond Playhouse
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Deathtrap is killer
Deathtrap is bloody good fun, with emphasis on the “bloody.” Written in 1978 by Ira Levin, author of Rosemary’s Baby and The Boys from Brazil, it is a twist-filled comedy thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat. Calum MacLean plays washed-up playwright Sidney Bruhl, a man who’s willing to go to any […]
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Theatre Arts Guild: Thirteen Hands
The TAG production Carol Shield’s Thirteen Hands brought back a lot of memories. My mother belonged to a bridge club, as do the women in this play, and I remember being kept up by the sound of hysterical laughter, the acrid smell of cigarette smoke wafting up the stairs and that sickly sweet (but delicious) […]