Ty Mylnar

Marx Brothers, line dancing and drag add spice to Palmetto production of The Tempest

Octavio Solis is a prolific Latin American playwright with over 20 plays and numerous awards to his credit, or so I'm told. His drama Bethlehem, now playing in San Antonio, won the 2002 Latino Playwriting Award, but after seeing the show (my first introduction to Solis's work), I'm not exactly sure why. His text is the glaring weak link of the production. While the cast is fantastic, the text is a jumbled, long, and puzzling mess that seems more concerned with creating an 'ew' factor than an entertainment factor.

Though we're still experiencing mild May weather, things are getting steamy at The Playhouse in San Antonio. The Playhouse's solid production of Willima Inge's Picnic, which runs through May 26th, is a riveting exploration of love and loneliness in a small Kansas town. While many other plays explore the same themes, few do so with this much heat. If there really was this much going on in Kansas, Dorothy would have had no reason to go to Oz.

Though we're still experiencing mild May weather, things are getting steamy at The Playhouse in San Antonio. The Playhouse's solid production of Willima Inge's Picnic, which runs through May 26th, is a riveting exploration of love and loneliness in a small Kansas town. While many other plays explore the same themes, few do so with this much heat. If there really was this much going on in Kansas, Dorothy would have had no reason to go to Oz.

PICNIC, William Inge's beautiful story of love, regret, and the courage to pursue one's dreams in 1950's small-town America, will be directed by Tony Ciaravino at The Playhouse - Cellar Theater, tonight, May 3-26, 2013.

PICNIC, William Inge's beautiful story of love, regret, and the courage to pursue one's dreams in 1950's small-town America, will be directed by Tony Ciaravino at The Playhouse - Cellar Theater, May 3-26, 2013.

In January-February 2011, the Overtime Theater will stage the third and final installment of its original "Stage Noir" series: All Good Things, written by Scott McDowell and directed by Andrew Thornton.

In January-February 2011, the Overtime Theater will stage the third and final installment of its original "Stage Noir" series: All Good Things, written by Scott McDowell and directed by Andrew Thornton.

In January-February 2011, the Overtime Theater will stage the third and final installment of its original "Stage Noir" series: All Good Things, written by Scott McDowell and directed by Andrew Thornton.