So our wise editors came up with the idea of a column that would touch on theater in general, as well as giving heads up to entertainment events of special note, like the super-duper band concert by the regional Grand Champion J. And there isn't enough room in our paper to publish reviews for all their shows. There isn't enough of me to cover all these plays and still have a semi-retirement life. After that, I cut back to reviewing shows at Stage West Community Playhouse, Richey Suncoast Theatre and Show Palace Dinner Theatre while sitting in my breakfast room in my nightgown, sipping coffee, the morning after each opening night.īut the theater scene is growing in Pasco and Hernando counties, with the arrival of two beautiful venues, Live Oak Theatre Company in Brooksville and Dreamhouse Theatre in Lutz, as well as the addition of a Black Box season at Richey Suncoast. I retired in 2008, but I couldn't stay away, so I came back part-time for a few years covering entertainment. Somehow, my career survived that, and for the past 25 years, I've been covering theater for the Tampa Bay Times, mainly in the North Suncoast.
He also was the fellow who held the mortgage on our little newspaper, and I don't think he ever forgave me. It was the fellow who was playing the father in the show, and he was not amused. But as we chuckled at what we thought was a clever bon mot, an angry gentleman burst in, my review clutched in his fist.
