Taking a fairly straightforward mystery and giving it a theatrical spin is what live theatre is about. And Vertigo Theatre takes this lesson to heart with Peril in the Alps by Steven Dietz, based in part on Agatha Christie’s ‘Poirot Investigates.’ In this production, director Clare Preuss’ theatrical spin is having four artists play nearly 30 different […]
There have been many different adaptations on the short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. There is the 1999 Tim Burton movie, which takes the legend down a violent, horror path. There is also the ‘family friendly’ 1949 Disney version The adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. Then there is this version, […]
As it turns out, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien were great friends. They were both professors at Oxford and upon their first meeting, slowly discovered their shared interest of writing, literature, and debate. They were both members of The Inklings, an informal literary society at Oxford in the 1930’s and 40’s. The two bonded, in […]