Posts from ‘January, 2010’

Farce mixes some facts, much fiction

A popular myth claims that if typewriters were supplied to a room full of monkeys, they eventually would create much of the world’s great literature. Fact or fiction, this is somewhat the premise of the South Bend Civic Theatre season opener, “Moonlight and Magnolias,” in which playwright Ron Hutchinson credits the film version of “Gone [...]

ECT spins Christie’s ‘Spider Web’

The blackmailing drug dealer is definitely dead and it’s no secret who struck the mortal blow. Or is it? That’s the puzzle posed by the prolific mistress of mystery Agatha Christie in her murderous comedy “Spider’s Web,” which began a two weekend run Friday evening at the Bristol Opera House. In the time honored Christie [...]