Robert Hitchcox

Our Little Angel by Steven Kobar, Torrance, CA and directed by Terry John. It's Halloween and Greg (Terry John) has brought his two-year-old daughter back from trick or treating.

An Episcopal Priest, her estranged son, and her ghost writer make for some interesting circumstances and dialog in Diversionary's current offering of The Busy World is Hushed.

It was just before the twentieth century when Henry James' novella, The Turn of the Screw, brought a ghost story to his readers. One is, to this day, in a dilemma.

A Terminal Affair by Lisa Kenner of Los Angeles presents a look at a phenomenon not familiar to most people, the role playing date.

What happens when you mix Shakespeare's The Tempest with that wild group from Gilligan's Island and just a touch of Robert Browning's Caliban Upon Setebos.

Lamplighters Community Theatre's One-Act Play Festival features two of the top playwrights in San Diego, David Wiener and Jim Caputo. Three of the plays are directed by actor Mark Loveless and one by actor Les Payne.

Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher researched extensively prior to writing Compleat Female Stage Beauty, bringing truth to his bawdy restoration comedy.

Blithe Spirit is guaranteed to elicit laughs from the audiences. Each character is well defined within the strictures of farce.

Back at the barracks is one Sgt. Toomey (Sean Vernon). To those of us who have survived boot camp, Toomey is a perfect stereotypical drill sergeant.

Al and Arlene (J. J. Rowley and Deborah Zimmer) are retired with a life of leisure or, one could say, boredom. He likes to watch 'The Lawrence Welk Show' and she likes to watch anything else.

Just short of 40 years old, Neil Simon's Plaza Suite maintains its quick, sometimes biting humor. It played almost 1100 performances on Broadway after opening in February, 1968.

Elmer Rice was not only a prolific writer; he was extremely versatile covering a myriad of genres including Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance, Mystery, Documentary, and Fantasy.

Play It Again, Sam is currently on stage at Scripps Ranch Theatre under the direction of Eric Poppick. 'Allan Felix's agonizing, heartbreaking and often hilarious quest for love.

They say every country song tells a story. A quick scan of the song titles in North Coast Rep's latest, Honky Tonk Angels, do tell the story. Ted Swindley, who also created Always... Patsy Cline, picked the right songs for his three singers.

I visited an old friend last night: Ira Levin's Deathtrap, which is the current offering at North Park Vaudeville and Candy Shop.