Author Archives: Bonnie Priever Curtain Up!

The messages in stories like “Scrooge” and “It’s A Wonderful Life” come to tell us of the importance of gratitude, friends, family , and community, especially at the holiday time, when we may feel most alone and vulnerable, rather than … Continue reading →

For those who can never get a full “fix” of holiday music and dance, Christmas luckily comes early at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion with George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, performed by the Miami City Ballet. The familiar (exquisite) Tchaikovsky score , … Continue reading →

“The Bitter Game,” which just completes its run at the Wallis Annenberg Promenade Terrace, is a sophisticated, honest telling of a hugely important subject matter affecting our society today, more than ever, and that is: black lives matter. Keith A. … Continue reading →

Having the privileged opportunity to visit Moscow last October, on a Jewish Federation sponsored mission, it was that much more meaningful to attend “The Cold War Gets Hot,” a Jewish Women’s Theatre event held at the Wende Museum. This show, … Continue reading →

PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) is all too common these days, and so therefore will resonate with many an audience member of “Cal in Camo,” now at The Rogue, presented by Red Dog Squadron and V.S. Theatre. Cal (Bree Turner) … Continue reading →

Rating: 5 stars The Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre in Larchmont presents “Double Play,” written by Dennis Danziger and directed by Matthew Leavitt. This play is so timely, as we’ve just completed the 2018 World Series and are still in baseball … Continue reading →

Steambath Sizzles at the Odyssey Paul Rodriguez, amongst a very talented cast, shines in the execution of the time honored play, “Steambath,” now at the Odyssey Theatre. From the fabulous mind of Bruce Jay Friedman comes this show, that he … Continue reading →