Theatre Spoken Here

Saturday, August 5, 2023

ONE MOMENT OF FREEDOM - Review

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In Massachusetts in 1781, an enslaved woman named Bet spoke these words:  " Any time while I was a slave, if one minute's freedom h...
Saturday, June 10, 2023

GETTING THERE - Review

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The Hollywood Fringe Festival is in full swing and due to some family crises I was unable to attend this always exciting series of original ...
Thursday, April 13, 2023

THE PILOT WHO CRASHED THE PARTY - Review

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   Paul Sand   This new play is set in a mansion in the Santa Monica Mountains on a stormy night where Sally, is celebrating her 50th birthd...
Friday, February 24, 2023

THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT – review

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  In this challenging play the question is: “ Does one need to have journalistic integrity when writing an emotional essay that will be publ...
Thursday, January 19, 2023

HOME FRONT - Review

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    A fter news broke that World War II was over, photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt took the famous picture of a sailor jubilantly kissing a w...
Thursday, November 3, 2022

EISENHOWER: THIS PIECE OF GROUND – review

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            It is the early 1960’s and retiree Dwight D. Eisenhower is writing his memoirs and, to satisfy his publisher, he is talking into...
Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Review. ABSOLUTELY HALLOWEEN in Santa Monica

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                To review a children’s show requires that I have a child to observe so I can see it from their perspective. Sophia is fo...
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THEATRE SPOKEN HERE by Morna Murphy Martell
I was the Broadway Critic for The Hollywood Reporter in the 1980s. Born in UK, Started in theater as Broadway actress then playwright/director in UK & USA. Artistic director at theatres in NY and Hollywood. Wrote musicals with ASCAP composer-lyricist husband, Ralph Martell, produced in NY & California. For 10 years directed outdoor Shakespeare in Manhattan through NY Dept Cultural Affairs. My play HARRIET TUBMAN HERSELF starring Christine Dixon, now in its 10th year. Contest winner for plays in Okla, W, Virginia, Texas. Books CLASSICS 4 KIDS and SHAKESPEARE IN AN HOUR published by Shakespeare, Inc. AWARDS: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) playwriting grant; 5 grants for children's musicals and 8 NY/DCA for Shakespeare productions. Member DGA, AEA & LA Press Club. Lecturer on The Impact of Yiddish Theatre on American Theatre. Co-founder NY Women in Film/TV. Monthly theater column in NOT BORN YESTERDAY California senior paper. Email: dramatist2006@yahoo.com
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