It’s no secret that playwright Harold Pinter (1930-2008) is one of the world’s most celebrated writers of his generation. A recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Literature, Pinter is widely known …
[Ed. note: Jonathan’s away this week, so here is an autumnal column from 2020 (and reprinted at least once since). It honors the fall and reminds us that each of the seasons here carries its own …
Believe it or not (insert sarcasm here), the title above is also the title of a song, and for something completely different (more sarcasm), I’m actually writing about the theatre—a subject I …
Tuesday, September 15
Not to be confused with “Bread: On the Waters,” the album recorded by the soft-rock group (“The Guitar Man” and “Baby, I’m-a Want You”), which peaked at No. 12 in 1970. Nope, the …
Tuesday, September 8
No, this column has virtually nothing to do with the 1961 film about repressed love and the sexual frustrations of a teenage couple in Kansas, circa 1928. At least I don’t think so. In fact upon …
Tuesday, September 1
Oh, I know what you’re thinking, because I was as well: who needs a Broadway musical about 9/11? I’ve no idea if the husband and wife team of “Come from Away” (CFA)—creators Irene Sankoff …
Tuesday, August 25
I mean, I’m pretty sure that it is. I imagine that if I were playing football (which has never actually occurred), my imaginary coach would put an imaginary finger in my face and say something …
Tuesday, August 18
It’s a good word, and one that I haven’t needed to look up in the dictionary this time around, because I’m living proof of the definition: “confused, disconcerted and looking a little …
Tuesday, August 11
By now, some of you may have heard. The Hurleyville Performing Arts Centre (HPAC) is closing its doors. Oh, sure, there will be restructuring, reconfiguring and rebranding and the building itself …
Tuesday, August 4
“Wait a minute,” I said to the dog. “Is it ‘weary’ or ‘wicked’? I think I’ve heard both. If I could lay hands on my phone, I’d look it up, but at the moment, I have no clue where it …
Tuesday, July 28
(Ed. note: Jonathan Charles Fox had to take a breather this week, so we’re rerunning this column, from 2012.) There are some things that, no matter how old I get, make me feel like a kid …
Wednesday, July 22
I didn’t know much about the Broadway musical “Dear Evan Hansen” save for the fact that the show had won multiple Tony Awards in 2017, including Best Musical, Best Original Score (Benj Pasek …
Tuesday, July 14
So here we are, smack-dab in the middle of summer and entertainment reigns supreme. There’s literally something for everyone being offered up throughout the Upper Delaware River region at this time …
