by Gerald C. Rivers | Aug 31, 2017 | Theater
Summer is almost over, but the calendar is still full through October 1st at the beautiful, rustic Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga Canyon. It is well worth the trip through the Valley to the shaded amphitheater where the atmosphere hasn’t changed since the...
by Gerald C. Rivers | Aug 22, 2017 | Theater
TROUBLE IN MIND, the scathingly funny and thought-provoking backstage drama about interracial politics by pioneering African American playwright Alice Childress, is currently enjoying a brilliant revival at Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum in Malibu thanks to...
by Gerald C. Rivers | Jun 9, 2016 | Theater
Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum presents TOM, a world premiere stage adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ that offers a new look at the power of Stowe’s most famous novel and at the true grit of its title...
by Gerald C. Rivers | Jun 9, 2016 | Theater
This week: A new drama inspired by a landmark anti-slavery tome. Plus, a Depression-era classic from Clifford Odets, and a new dark comedy about an Army colonel gone rogue in the Middle East. CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE!
by Gerald C. Rivers | Mar 29, 2016 | Theater
TOPANGA, CALIF.: Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum has set the lineup for its 2016 summer season, which will contain four classic plays, and a world premiere musical. All five shows will run in repertory. The repertory season will kick off with Shakespeare’s Romeo and...
by Gerald C. Rivers | Jun 22, 2015 | Theater
I went to see Christopher Sergel’s theatrical adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” with trepidations. After all, I’d read Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel and seen, many times, Robert Mulligan’s 1962 extremely faithful film version which won three Oscars,...
