Review: REEFER MADNESS at New Stage Theatreworks
by Emma Wasserman
- February 07, 2025
Wonder what would happen if some 1930’s high schoolers smoked weed for the first time? According to New Stage Theatreworks’s production of Reefer Madness, apparently, they would ruin their whole lives. Though this might sound dark, actual propaganda films of the time portrayed this message seriously. Reefer Madness, however, is a musical satire of the 1936 propaganda film of the same name. Set in 1936, the story is set up as a play within a play, with the Lecturer (John Lipian) telling a story that the school’s drama department would then put on.
DIE DREIGROSCHENOPER is Now Playing at Theatre Basel
by Stephi Wild
- January 21, 2025
Die Dreigroschenoper by Bertolt Brecht, with music by Kurt Weill, is now playing at Theatre Basel. Jörg Pohl, actor and co-director of the drama department at Theater Basel, was recently awarded the Gertrude Eysoldt Ring.
LSC-CyFair Will Perform A CHRISMTAS CAROL Comedy
by Stephi Wild
- October 29, 2024
Join Lone Star College-CyFair's Drama Department for a hilarious comical evening with 'A 1940s Christmas Carol, A Radio Play' performed for the enjoyment of all ages Nov. 7-16.