Tag: Colonial Playhouse

  • Reading tonight at the Colonial Playhouse!

    It occurs to me this morning, that I have failed to blog about my impending reading tonight.  Which is a little silly.  Sure, I’ve had a lot going on and plenty to take up the pages of my blog, and yes, I certainly sent out plenty of emails (blanket and otherwise) to alert my gentle…

  • Murder mysteries and hidden beds

    Last weekend, we were infested by a pod of Fritzes.  And, I enjoy saying that, because I happen to know that Fritz the Elder, aka Bob, aka Fritzy, is a fan of this blog.  Their infestation is relevant to this blog for two reasons: First, we attended a murder mystery dinner theater.  Yeah, yeah, I…

  • Quickies on Father’s Day!

    As I more-or-less said I was going to do, I celebrated Father’s Day by going to the local community theater and watching amateur actors talk about dicks.  You wouldn’t necessarily expect that from a community theater, but after watching a piece last year about a sperm donor bank which included plastic jars of suspiciously-viscous substances…

  • Summertime lull

    Well, we’ve reached that point in the theater season where things are slowing down.  All the theater seasons are coming to a close, and the summer stock hasn’t begun, yet.  PlayPenn is doing its reading series in mid-to-late July, ditto for Orbiter 3’s next show, and the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival will also be starting shortly,…

  • Jarnsaxa and Mockingbirds

    The Pope’s whirlwind visit to Philadelphia was punctuated by an eerie lunar eclipse that turned the moon blood-red.  Foreboding portent of strange days to come? Nah.  Kinda doubt it.  Pretty moon, though. Anyway, two non-Pope-ish things occurred over the weekend that merit mention.  First, I caught the final performance of To Kill a Mockingbird at the…