by Tim Rowland | Aug 16, 2022 | Blog
The Addams Family brand just won’t die. But of course. Born in 1938 as a series of one-panel cartoons, this ghoulish family has lived through the generations as cartoon, TV show, film, video game, dance move, and musical comedy. Broadway critics tried to drive a stake...
by Tim Rowland | Jul 25, 2022 | Blog
There’s not too much about pretentious artists that hasn’t already been explored, but even by the breed standard, abstract expressionist Mark Rothko — as depicted in John Logan’s Red — takes the cake. “I’m fascinated by me,” Rothko (played by Jeff...
by Tim Rowland | Jul 4, 2022 | Blog
Stephen Sondheim was, by acclaim, the best composer/lyricist of the latter half of the 20th century, his name up on the marquee of Broadway titans along with Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. Sondheim died last fall at the age of 91, and in tribute, the Depot Theatre in...
by Tim Rowland | Aug 25, 2021 | Blog
By Tim Rowland The subset of the American population who remember Billie Holiday in her prime is precipitously dwindling, meaning we are more likely to remember her music, but not her. Some might argue this is for the best. Even in the lengthy canon of artistic...
by Tim Rowland | Aug 3, 2021 | Blog
“WORKING’s goal is to elevate the worker, making us see the person instead of the job.” The Depot Theatre had planned its production of the Broadway musical Working back in the dark ages of 2020, which was only one year ago, yet in some ways seems like a...
