Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade is solving crimes and slaying funny bones in a laugh-filled reimagining of “The Maltese Falcon,” a…
Lynne Friedmann
Lynne Friedmann, based in San Diego, is an award-winning, freelance writer of news, feature articles, and blogs on science, travel, and the arts. Her decades-long passion for theater was sparked as a teen when the Inner City Cultural Center commandeered classroom curricula by bringing classic plays to urban high schools in Los Angeles.
The power of the pen takes on new meaning when a letter written as an act of revenge on an…
In 1962, a group of 75 historians ranked US Presidents in terms of their contributions to the nation and effectiveness…
Dusk on a spring evening, in 1997, in downtown Los Angeles. I stood in the backyard of a multimillion-dollar residence…
Ever wonder what goes on backstage of a theater while actors are center stage? Wonder no more thanks to The…
Before the advent of DNA ancestry services streamlined the hunt for distant relatives, the British relied on Burke’s Peerage for…
A kidnapping, a gold digger, a whistling bricklayer, mysterious notations on a spouse’s calendar, a murder and endless cups of…
Care to hazard a guess as to which is the most produced play in America today? It’s Heidi Schreck’s “What…
You would think life would be a bed or roses for someone with two Nobel Prizes on their resume. So…
“Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help” is a comedy with a bite, centered on a singular event (and it’s…
An opulent train stranded without hope of rescue, a stone-cold corpse, suspects galore and a private investigator who thought he…
A landmark drama, written in the 1950s, about fidelity, toxic masculinity and the scapegoating of undocumented immigrants continues to resonate…
Want to learn all about or simply refresh your memory of what life was like in the 1970s? No need…
The 230-foot-long, medieval-era Bayeux Tapestry is among the most famous textiles in the world. But its needlework intricacy cannot hold…