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2010 Stories by Robrt L. Pela

• Splitsville

  published September 16, 2010

  Ah, alimony. Buster of dreams and bank accounts, you reside in law books and in the tiny, cold hearts of lawyers representing... More >>

• Summer Campesino

  published September 9, 2010

  Pretty much everyone has heard of Cesar Chavez, and a lot of us are familiar with Tomas and the Library Lady, a play by Jose Cruz... More >>

• Sette Summer Sun

  published September 9, 2010

  Rather than whine about the high temperatures, as we’ve spent the past three months doing, Lisa Sette got constructive about it. A new... More >>

• Repurposing Circle Ks Is a Phoenix Specialty

  published September 9, 2010

  I got into a lot of trouble in seventh grade for describing Phoenix, in a school newspaper article, as "pavement and cactus and Circle Ks." But... More >>

• We Have a Few Reservations with The Dinner Party

  published September 2, 2010

  Every eight years or so, I give Neil Simon another try. Usually I do this by trying to make it through one of the perfectly terrible film... More >>

• Shape-Shifting with The Tubes

  published August 26, 2010

  Somewhere, down deep inside each one of us, a Tubes song is playing. Possibly it's "White Punks on Dope" or it might be "What Do You Want from... More >>

• Spaced Out

  published August 26, 2010

  In a galaxy far, far away, a trio of Latex-clad space bimbos are busy fighting crime when they receive an alarming message: Someone is... More >>

• Still Waters

  published August 26, 2010

  Joan Waters is inspired by Phoenix, her home for more than 20 years. Originally from England, she studied African art at the University of... More >>

• Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens Is a Lot of Fun, But Where Have We Seen This Before?

  published August 19, 2010

  Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens was written, the story goes, for people who felt more at home in bars and discos than they did going to the... More >>

• Pinter Surprise

  published August 19, 2010

  Harold Pinter is sneaky. The playwright’s stories start out canted, and slowly slide from seemingly mundane settings and people --... More >>

• Break A Leg

  published August 19, 2010

  Early buzz on scenic designer Robert Kovach’s set for Noises Off, which launches Phoenix Theatre’s 90th season, is that the... More >>

• Art for Art's Sake

  published August 19, 2010

  Among our summer rituals is re-watching all 32 episodes of Gidget, the 1965 television series starring Sally Field. This year, we will... More >>

• Totally Cool

  published August 19, 2010

  Sunnyslope Mountain. Phoenix Financial Center. Phoenix Towers. The Bikini Lounge. If it’s in Phoenix and it’s a building and... More >>

• We Have the Light Rail. Does That Mean Phoenix Is a Metropolis Now?

  published August 12, 2010

  You've lived in Phoenix for so long that you still jump when you see one of the long, silver light-rail cars coming toward you in traffic. You've... More >>

• Boo Town

  published August 12, 2010

  Who knew that Phoenix was home to so many restless dead people and alien visitations? It must be true; why else would we be hosting the first... More >>

• Mystery Maven

  published August 12, 2010

  Poor Annie Bartlett. Her fiancé dumped her. Her dead mother is constantly criticizing her. And her lay-about father was beaten to death... More >>

• Hale Centre's Annie Get Your Gun Satisfies as Only a Summer Re-Run Can

  published August 5, 2010

  It hardly seems fair to comment on Hale Centre Theatre's hyper-cheerful Annie Get Your Gun. In a better world, a community theater... More >>

• Wherefore Art Thou, Zoomar?

  published August 5, 2010

  For those of us who grew up on the horror stories of Aunt Maud and for whom the phrase “Feed the birds” induces tittering, it’s... More >>

• Totally Cool

  published August 5, 2010

  Sunnyslope Mountain. Phoenix Financial Center. Phoenix Towers. The Bikini Lounge. If it’s in Phoenix and it’s a building and... More >>

• Totally Cool

  published July 29, 2010

  Sunnyslope Mountain. Phoenix Financial Center. Phoenix Towers. The Bikini Lounge. If it’s in Phoenix and it’s a building and... More >>

• Crossing the Border

  published July 29, 2010

  In most corners, there’s something missing from the current and seemingly endless debate over illegal immigration: Brown faces. Stories of... More >>

• Why Are There No Basements in Phoenix?

  published July 29, 2010

  I have an aunt and uncle back home who spend every summer "down cellar," which in Ohio means that in June, when the temperatures soar into... More >>

• Desert Stages' The Wedding Singer Brings Us '80s Nostalgia, but There's Nothing New About This Wave

  published July 22, 2010

  It's late to be further bemoaning the state of the American musical. Like it or not, staged musicalizations of popular motion pictures have become... More >>

• Frog 'O My Heart

  published July 22, 2010

  It’s likely that no one cares that one of the props used in FrogWoman, a new play by Theatre In My Basement founder Chris Danowski,... More >>

• Ride the White Horse

  published July 22, 2010

  Parno Graszt, in Romani, means “white horse,” a symbol of purity and freedom in Hungarian culture. The band that uses this name takes... More >>