Stage West Theatre’s latest production Screwball Comedy is a homage to the genre of… you guessed it… screwball comedy. The genre was popular during the Great Depression and usually satirizes the traditional love story. During the 1930s there was a rise in demand for films and storylines that critiqued social class, and screwball comedy was […]
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Perceived political inadequacy bring laughter in Stage West’s ‘The Outsider’
If you went on a date with Stage West’s production of The Outsider, the first half would be the equivalent of adequate conversation and you would be looking at your watch. If you parted at this point, you probably wouldn’t be looking for a second date. But if you got to the second half, you’d […]
Stage West’s Drinking Habits 2: Caught in the Act is flat fun
The cast from Drinking Habits are back with a bigger farce than the first time. The sisters of Perpetual Sewing miss the excitement of the old days. The old days where they had to make wine to save their convent. But now things are calm and the sisters wish something would happen to stir things […]