Signal Tribune Newspaper

In characterizing the event as “a tragic act of violence,” the press release for the World Premiere production of Calling Aphrodite suggests that the United States was responsible for the horrific injuries and deaths resulting from the bombing of Hiroshima in WWII. Never mind the truth that the bombing was absolutely necessary to end the […]

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By Vicki Paris Goodman, Arts & Entertainment Editor
At once far-fetched and bursting with realism, Noel Coward’s Private Lives takes its audience to a place that feels all too familiar.
I mean, how likely is it that a divorced couple will re-marry other people at the same instant and wind up in adjacent suites at the very […]

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Always a must-read book for children, Charlotte’s Web illustrates the value of true friendship and what it really means to have a friend and be a friend.
Now adults and children alike have the chance to see the stage version of the E. B. White classic adapted for theater by Joseph Robinette and presented by the […]

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beau-jest.jpgby Vicki Paris Goodman
Arts & Entertainment Editor
First, may I alert you to the spelling—Beau Jest, not Beau Geste as in the adventure novel about life in the French Foreign Legion. In fact the clever title turns out to be quite apt and itself worthy of a few chuckles.
Playhouse veteran director Elaine Herman directs this enchanting […]

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So I left the theater feeling profound empathy for a man who had abandoned his young family 16 years ago, all because his wife—the mother of his two small children— hadn’t been much fun. My misty eyes on behalf of such a man would certainly garner the disapproval of many. Eee gads! What would Laura […]

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Tired of modern musicals with no catchy melodies you can hum as you exit the theater? Weary of talky numbers that all sound the same? Sick of brand new shows that are anything but fresh? Wondering why-oh-why can’t there be just one talented writer of the American musical creating masterpieces in the 21st century?
I have […]

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By Vicki Paris Goodman
The proof was in my willingness—no, my excited anticipation—at the prospect of seeing Proof again only a few years after my first viewing. Generally speaking, I don’t care to see a play twice in one decade. It is easy to make an exception for Proof, however, in my estimation one of the […]

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By Vicki Paris Goodman, Arts & Entertainment Editor
Wilde’s traits show up in wild mystery for An Ideal Husband on Playhouse’s Mainstage
For me the amusement began before the play even started, as I read the cast of characters. The roster’s names are themselves enough to elicit a smile and encourage a chuckle.
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by Vicki Paris Goodman

A murder mystery that aspires to far more, Spider’s Web would much rather concentrate on its characters’ tall tales, eccentricities and enthusiasm. In fact the murder plays such a distinct second fiddle to the suspense thriller’s intriguing inhabitants, and to the clear division drawn between good and evil, that the ugly deed […]

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