Phillip Fazio, a youngish local stage director and artist in residence at Phoenix Theatre, e-mailed me recently to tell me, in effect, it isn't fair that I've given up on the smaller East Valley theaters because I think they do only tired old shows everyone's seen a hundred times. I wrote back to tell him he's right, it's not fair, and that I'd be willing to give his next show at Mesa Encore Theatre a whirl, in the name of "fairness." I admit my interest was piqued by Fazio's promise of a new twist on an old favorite, and I admired his gumption and the nervy way he nailed my boredom with a lot of... More >>>