Empathizing with the American Soldier: A Conversation with Doug Taurel
by Erica L Moffett (first published at www.womanaroundtown.com on 9/7/16). Douglas Taurel has never served in the military but he possesses deep empathy for the soldier and the families of the soldiers. It is not…
Review: Men in Boats…Laughing & Having a Great Time!
The scenery for Men in Boats consists of floor to ceiling, grainy black and wide photos of massive rock formations, leaving little questions that this play is about the American West. Ah, the American West!…
Review: Indian Summer…Gentle Host to Young Love
Ah, to be 17 and in love in the summer at the beach! Gregory Moss said he “wanted to write a play about love and the ocean and the summertime,” and he has done that…
Review: The Golfer – If You Want Your Normal Life, Don’t Get Hit By Lightning!
by Erica L. Moffett, first published at www.womanaroundtown.com on 3/29/16. I have never spent very much time thinking about what would pass through my mind if I were struck by lightning. I have always been much more…
Review: Familiar, a play by Danai Gurira at Playwrights Horizons
First of all, I hadn’t realized that the playwright was Danai Gurira, the same one who wrote Eclipsed which had such a successful run off broadway last year and has now made it to Broadway…
Review: The Martian: Mark Watney – Phone Home!
The Martian: Mark Watney – Phone Home! Several weeks ago when I picked up the best selling book, The Martian, I wasn’t sure whether I would take to it since space exploration and sci-fi has never…
Review: Everest: At the Top of the World & Yet…Still Left Wanting
Movie Review: Everest At the Top of the World & Yet…Still Left Wanting Just back from seeing the movie Everest (yes, back from the movie, not from climbing the mountain itself!), and I want so much to…
Review: Bug Bite – Whatever Bit, Be Gone!
Review: Bug Bite – Whatever Bit, Be Gone! by Erica L. Moffett (first published at www.womanaroundtown.com on Monday 7/27/15) In the opening scene of Bug Bite, a woman, Liz Sipes (played by Lizabeth Sipes) arrives on…
Review: A Thousand Miles To Freedom – My Escape from North Korea
A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea by Erica L. Moffett (first published at www.womanaroundtown.com on Tuesday, July 21, 2015) In 2013, the United Nations Human Rights Council announced a commission to “investigate…
Review: Reclaiming Vietnam – Not At All What You Would Think
Reclaiming Vietnam – Not At All What You Would Think by Erica L Moffett (first published at www.womanaroundtown.com on Monday, 7/13/15) The half-Asian, half-Caucasian woman who jauntily bounds out on stage—handbag and smile in hand—at the beginning…
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