Email Author Neal Weaver

2010 Stories by Neal Weaver

• Broadway Holiday

  published December 30, 2010

  Creator/musical director/producer/accompanist Neil Berg has assembled a rich garland of Broadway and movie showstoppers that, whether you call... More >>

• Ken Roht's Same-O, A 99¢ Only Electric Ballad

  published December 9, 2010

  Writer-director-choreographer-composer Ken Roht originally launched his series of annual extravaganzas as shows utilizing mostly cheap materials... More >>

• Von Bach

  published November 4, 2010

  Owen Hammer's zany farce tells the tale of Dr. Von Bach (think Dr. Frankenstein) whose adventures are being told in the 100th remake "not counting... More >>

• Blithe Spirit

  published October 14, 2010

  Noël Coward's comedy faced an acid test in its first outing: It opened in the darkest days of World War II, when London was undergoing the... More >>

• Take Me Out

  published September 30, 2010

  Baseball star Darren Leming (Ary Katz), the central figure in Richard Greenberg's provocative 2002 comedy-drama, is a paragon of talend, skill... More >>

• The Web

  published September 23, 2010

  This paranoid fantasy by Michael John Garcés tells a wildly baroque tale of identity theft. New Yorker Chris Quinones (Ian Forester)... More >>

• Waiting for Lefty

  published September 9, 2010

  This dynamic 1935 one-act launched the career of playwright Clifford Odets, became an important social document and solidified the reputation of... More >>

• Chess in Concert

  published August 26, 2010

  This rock opera, with lyrics by Tim Rice, book by Richard Nelson, and music by Benny Anderson and Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA, was first produced... More >>

• Bedroom Farce

  published July 29, 2010

  The title is apt, since the action occurs in three radically different bedrooms in a 1975 English suburb. Kate (blond and taffy-voiced Kate... More >>

• Brooklyn, USA

  published July 22, 2010

  This crime melodrama by John Bright and Asa Bordages, who wrote many of the classic Warner Bros. gangster flicks, was first produced on Broadway... More >>

• Beyond

  published July 8, 2010

  This musical extravaganza, conceived and directed by Aurelien Roulin, is described as a cross between French cabaret and Cirque du Soleil, but... More >>

• Burton

  published June 24, 2010

  In his 75-minute solo drama, Welsh actor Rhodri Miles delivers a brilliant and gripping full-length portrait of fellow Welshman, actor and movie... More >>

• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

  published May 20, 2010

  This 1961 musical, with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert, depicts the spectacular rise... More >>

• Canned Ham

  published May 13, 2010

  While performing at the Ahmanson Theater in 42nd Street, performer Tom Judson shot his first scene in a porn-film, under the direction of... More >>

• tempOdyssey

  published April 29, 2010

  Dan Dietz's absurdist comedy attempts to be both a coming-of-age story and a zany satire. The two intentions don't always mesh, but the piece is... More >>

• See What I Wanna See

  published April 22, 2010

  Michael John LaChiusa's dynamic 2005 musical, based on short stories by Rynosuke Akutagawa, examines the nature of truth. The title refers to our... More >>

• Looking for Trouble

  published April 22, 2010

  These five clever one-acts are stylishly directed by Kerrie Kean: "Resin," by Brian Lennon, the most substantial work, is a Strindbergian tale of... More >>

• Awake and Sing

  published March 25, 2010

  Clifford Odets painted a loving portrait of the Berger family in the darkest days of the Great Depression. Three generations live together in... More >>

• The Diviners

  published March 25, 2010

  Writer Jim Leonard Jr. sets his Depression-era fable in the Indiana community of Zion, population 40. C.C. Showers (Nathan Graham Smith), a... More >>

• Liberty Inn: The Musical

  published March 18, 2010

  Carlo Goldoni’s La Locandiera, first produced in Venice circa 1750, has held the stage sporadically ever since, providing a vehicle... More >>

• Influence

  published March 11, 2010

  The brief, scandal-ridden tenure of Paul Wolfowitz as the director of the World Bank inspired this, Shem Bitterman's third play in his Iraq War... More >>

• Hamlet

  published February 5, 2010

  When this Hamlet (Charles Pasternak) says he’ll “put an antic disposition on,” he means it. Pasternak’s prince is sometimes... More >>

• Shakespeare Unscripted

  published January 14, 2010

  The Impro Theatre specializes in improvising full-length plays in the literary style of prominent writers, including Jane Austen, Tennessee... More >>