Email Author Robrt L. Pela

2007 Stories by Robrt L. Pela

• Theater Scene

  published October 25, 2007

  Dracula: The Musical?: The question mark in this Scottsdale Desert Stages production’s title screams “Careful! Hyper-clev... More >>

• Scenes From a Mall

  published October 18, 2007

  After more than a year of scouring my wee brain to come up with a reason not to hate the never-gonna-get-here light rail, I've finally come up... More >>

• Nylon Curtain Call

  published October 18, 2007

  Conceived by dance maven Twyla Tharp, Movin' Out is a jukebox musical welded together with Billy Joel songs and set in... More >>

• Twice Bitten

  published October 11, 2007

  Welcome to Phoenix, where the sun never sets and one can typically find on local stages the same half-dozen shows (Little Shop of Horrors,... More >>

• Shane Dean

  published October 11, 2007

  He's one of three Draculas currently flapping their capes on local stages, but future Oscar contender Shane Dean is not willing to take third... More >>

• Theater Scene

  published October 11, 2007

  Forever Plaid: They’re dead and they like to sing close harmonies, so what’s not to love about The Plaids, a fictional g... More >>

• Winnie the Shrew

  published October 11, 2007

  Growing up in Geneva, New York, Scott Coblio's storybooks were all about murder. "My mother was a huge true-crime buff," the filmmaker recalls... More >>

• History Lessen

  published October 4, 2007

  Mr. Blackwell has his annual Best Dressed List. Condé Nast Traveler has its Best Destinations List. And Phoenix, Land of a Thousand... More >>

• He Will, He Will Rock You

  published October 4, 2007

  He's dead, so the closest you'll get to a Freddie Mercury concert these days is one of the several Freddie-tribute shows currently trekking the... More >>

• Bloody Horror

  published September 27, 2007

  Fifteen minutes after the curtain went up on Actors Theatre's The Lieutenant of Inishmore, two audience members ran for the exits. Ten... More >>

• Oliver Wadsworth

  published September 27, 2007

  Given his name (not to mention his memorably lilting speaking voice), how could Oliver Wadsworth be anything but an actor? Here, The... More >>

• Theater Scene

  published September 27, 2007

  Diet! The Musical: Like nose hair or the flu, it’s back to trouble us again. This mean-spirited, barely entertaining... More >>

• Phoenix, the Final Frontier

  published September 20, 2007

  People refer to Phoenix as an up-and-coming city; they call it a late-night ghost town, a sweatbox, a suburban desert. But what it looks more and... More >>

• We-Were-Here-First Fridays

  published September 20, 2007

  Mayor Gordon may have declared last November 10 “Alwun House Day,” but for locals looking for offbeat and sometimes off-putting art,... More >>

• My Three Sons

  published September 13, 2007

  Two years after its New York Theatre Workshop debut, Caryl Churchill's A Number is remembered primarily as the play that brought... More >>

• Alfredo Macias

  published September 13, 2007

  We've heard of stage managers, but who knows exactly what they do? Alfredo Macias does, and he — the stage manager of Stray Cat Theater's... More >>

• Theater Scene

  published September 13, 2007

  Dracula: The Musical?: The question mark in this Scottsdale Desert Stages production’s title screams, “Careful! Hyper-clev... More >>

• Arizona Byways

  published September 13, 2007

  Internet sites like MapQuest and Yahoo! Maps help us blaze the most expedient trails through the desert, getting us quickly to where we need to... More >>

• Scene of the Crime

  published September 6, 2007

  My housekeeper busted me again. "You know," she said, pointing her hot-pink feather duster at me, "there are other books in the world.... More >>

• Winnie Ruth Judd: A Tour

  published September 6, 2007

  Leigh Ford’s home, 510 West Lynwood Street. Next door to the Halloran family home, this is the house where Winnie Ruth lived after he... More >>

• The Fax of Life

  published September 6, 2007

  In Caryl Churchill’s A Number, a young man discovers that he is one of a number of clones produced by his father. Despite... More >>

• The Tools of My Tirade

  published August 30, 2007

  It's become a little embarrassing, frankly. I find myself answering the same handful of disgruntled questions, time and again, about how and why I... More >>

• Theater Scene

  published August 30, 2007

  Snake in Fridge: Dubbed “a gothic horror story for the 21st century” and “The Amityville Horror meets Boo... More >>

• Magical History Tour

  published August 30, 2007

  They resemble picture postcards from the recent past: the one of the big, pink, stucco apartment house on Central Avenue; the one of that... More >>

• Location, Location, Location!

  published August 23, 2007

  Every time I pass them, I'm reminded of Italy. Their Tuscan-inspired curves and Venetian-centric palette bring to mind my favorite Italian... More >>