Having salvaged the Divergent series with his fine work on Insurgent, director Robert Schwentke pulls off a similar stunt with Allegiant, the first part of the third entry in Veronica Roth’s dystopia trilogy. Though no one will ever argue that there’s anything remotely original about the story of the author’s heroine Tris and her continued […]
Shakespeare
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A murderous meeting
Join the Lanphier High School Drama Club for a murder mystery involving a gathering of the world’s greatest mystery writers, all attending under aliases of famous authors. A poetry-spouting “Shakespeare” quickly captures the affections of “Shelley”, “Bronte” and “Alcott” but the romance is thwarted when “Poe” reveals a nasty bit of correspondence and authors suddenly […]
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Madness and humor
Shakespeare’s classic play Hamlet comes to the Hoogland Center for the Arts. What’s great about this performance is that local actress Aasne Vigesaa is playing the role of Hamlet. Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, but Springfield is coming up roses with Vigesaa taking the lead. Vigesaa’s talent is sure to make this […]
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Play of lovers
Three performances of Romeo and Juliet will be shown on the big screen at AMC Showplace 12 on the Westside Valentine’s Day weekend. This is not the classic 1968 movie, or the 1996 Leonardo Dicaprio version of the film. This is a film of the critically acclaimed Broadway production starring Orlando Bloom opposite Tony-nominated Condola […]
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The Bard meets the undead in Warm Bodies
By now, one would think that the whole zombie thing had been played out. However, Jonathan Levine delivers something quite unique with his adaptation of Isaac Marion’s Warm Bodies, a zombie love story that is far more interested in what it means to be alive than dead. Using Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as its template, […]
