Email Author Robrt L. Pela

2007 Stories by Robrt L. Pela

• Rave Revue

  published August 23, 2007

  Anyone who dares to wring some fun out of Alan Jay Lerner’s “How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You When You Know I've Been... More >>

• French Diss

  published August 16, 2007

  Has it really been three years since I last saw a production of The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the... More >>

• Wes Martin

  published August 16, 2007

  He’s a Shakespeare fan, a one-time Bill Thompson impersonator (he played Wallace in a series of Ladmo-centric plays), and an actor/director... More >>

• Theater Scene

  published August 16, 2007

  Pump Boys and Dinettes: It sounds like the name of an orgiastic furniture store, but Pump Boys and Dinettes is a... More >>

• The Izzard King

  published August 16, 2007

  J. Edgar Hoover was a "weirdo transvestite," but when Eddie Izzard puts on a dress, he's an "executive transvestite." "I'm a... More >>

• The Robbie Awards

  published August 2, 2007

  If it's true that all the world's a stage, then it's entirely possible that that world resides in a galaxy made up of phony awards programs, at... More >>

• Theater Scene

  published August 2, 2007

  Beehive: What would summer in Phoenix be without an endless parade of jukebox musicals? Beehive is that genre’s quee... More >>

• Sunnyslopetopia

  published July 26, 2007

  Mike Nielsen is talking about his dream again. It's about a Phoenix neighborhood so perfect he's not sure there's a single adjective that can do... More >>

• Message in a Battle

  published July 26, 2007

  They’re the most underappreciated talents in theater, falling somewhere between the ticket taker and the lighting designer in the... More >>

• Please, Louise

  published July 19, 2007

  My friend Michelle met me at Desert Stages the other night to watch its production of Footloose. I think Michelle looks exactly like Jodie... More >>

• Xana-don't!

  published July 19, 2007

  There appears to be a conspiracy afoot, one designed to prevent people of a certain age from forgetting one of the worst movie musicals of all... More >>

• Theater Scene

  published July 19, 2007

  Footloose: Kick off your Sunday shoes. No, seriously. Because the stage musical adaptation of Herbert Ross’ 1984 teen scen... More >>

• King of Kings

  published July 5, 2007

  Here's the page where I habitually whine about done-to-death musicals; where I make pissy comments about the dreary state of summer stock; where I... More >>

• The King (and Valium) and I

  published July 5, 2007

  I discovered Valium the other day. I know, I know — where have I been, right? But prescription meds and I don't get along well, so my... More >>

• Theater Scene

  published July 5, 2007

  Footloose: Kick off your Sunday shoes. No, seriously. Because the stage musical adaptation of Herbert Ross’ 1984 teen scen... More >>

• Wicked Revelation

  published June 21, 2007

  I guess I've been asleep on the job. I knew that Theater Works had, at last, moved into its new, permanent digs at the Peoria Center for the... More >>

• Theater Scene

  published June 21, 2007

  Bat Boy: The Musical: Although Nearly Naked Theatre’s production benefits from Damon Dering’s darkly comic, crafty directi... More >>

• Father's Day

  published June 14, 2007

  Growing up in South Dakota, Brian Boner remembers being surrounded by hummingbirds. "They were everywhere," he says, "and if you stood very still,... More >>

• Mail Call

  published June 14, 2007

  Mail artists are fond of telling their fans that the mail-art movement began with Cleopatra, who had herself delivered in a rolled-up carpet to... More >>

• Bat's Entertainment

  published June 7, 2007

  I ran from the theater during curtain calls for Nearly Naked's production of Bat Boy: The Musical the other night, but not because I was... More >>

• Theater Scene

  published June 7, 2007

  The King and I: In Thailand, it’s illegal to own any memorabilia related to either this Rodgers and Hammerstein musical o... More >>

• Disco Inferno

  published June 7, 2007

  I can tell it's summer because my left arm resembles a relief map of Utah. In middle age I've developed an aversion to sunlight, which causes my... More >>

• My Bad

  published May 24, 2007

  The play Bad Seed opened recently at the Herberger. (See capsule). Fans of Bad... More >>

• Theater Scene

  published May 24, 2007

  The Life: Cy Coleman and Ira Gasman wrote the music and lyrics for this seldom-seen Tony Award winner, with a book by Coleman,... More >>

• Transcendental

  published May 10, 2007

  Last weekend will remain in my memory as one of those rare weekends when each of the plays I attended was what people here rather regrettably... More >>