January 26, 2013
The limited-run play, "The Steadfast, " which is on view at the TGB Theater in New York City through February 3, is based on a painting called "Legacy" by Steve Alpert. The painting depicts…
November 1, 2012
The Vietnam War play "Tracers" was created by a group of Vietnam veterans in Los Angeles in 1980. The play---a collage of interrelated scenes that follows the lives of a group of infantrymen from basic training through…
September 26, 2012
Brian Delate is an actor, playwright, and director who served as a draftee infantry sergeant in the Vietnam War. His play, Memorial Day , centers on a Vietnam veteran on the verge of suicide during…
July 2, 2012
Pat Sajak, the famed long-time host of "Wheel of Fortune" who served a tour of duty in Vietnam during the war as a radio deejay with AFVN, occasionally steps out from the "Wheel" set to…
April 24, 2012
It's not every day that a play with a strong Vietnam War theme opens on Broadway. One of those days is tomorrow, Wednesday, April 25, when the drama "The Columnist , " written by…
November 7, 2011
Citrus College history professor Bruce Solheim's new play, “Bronze Star, ” based on the life of his friend, Vietnam veteran Carl Ferguson, an Army draftee who received a Bronze Star and who committed suicide in…
June 14, 2011
Citrus College history professor Bruce Solheim has written a new play, "Bronze Star, " based on the life of his friend, Vietnam veteran Carl Ferguson, an Army draftee who received a Bronze Star and who…
May 2, 2011
What's being bill as the "Pre-Broadway World Premiere" of the play, "A Time To Kill, " based on John Grisham’s first novel, begins May 6 at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C . Adopted for the…
November 19, 2010
Back in 2001 newspaper columnist Tom Philpott wrote a compelling book called Glory Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner of War, the amazing, true story of Col. Floyd James "Jim" Thompson. The…
October 22, 2010
The University Theatre at North Carolina State University in Raleigh is presenting six performances of the powerful Shirley Lauro play, A Piece of My Heart , which tells the stories of six women who served…