Fire on the MountainRandal Myler & Dan WheetmanTheatreWorks Silicon ValleyWith relatively few spoken words but instead with three dozen songs and several score of projected, vintage photographs, Fire on the Mountain tells a moving, powerful story of the Appalachian coal miner. The might of the media used in this timeline history that covers much of the twentieth … [Read more...] about “Fire on the Mountain”
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“The Lake Effect”
The Lake EffectRajiv JosephTheatreWorks Silicon ValleyAs the lights go down and the scene on the stage illuminates, much has already happened involving the threesome we are soon to meet that they themselves do not totally know. Just as the snow-covered ground outside the little Indian, family-owned café before us will get deeper as it snows vigorously for the play’s … [Read more...] about “The Lake Effect”
“2 Pianos, 4 Hands”
2 Pianos, 4 Hands Ted Dykstra & Richard GreenblattTheatreWorksEntering the theatre and seeing the two, ‘stretch’ Steinways fill the wide Mountain View stage, I wondered if I were the last person in the Bay Area finally to see this much-produced Canadian play since it had already appeared on several other, Bay Area stages (e.g., ACT, San Jose Rep, Center Rep) as well as over … [Read more...] about “2 Pianos, 4 Hands”
