BY ALAN SHERROD Although Charles Dickens’ novella A Christmas Carol was published to great popularity in London in 1843, it wasn’t until December of 1867 that the author managed to visit fans of the best-seller in the United States.…
Review: CBT’s ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ – A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
By Alan Sherrod It is said that there is a moment in a person’s life—usually in the adolescent or teenage years—when music begins to speak to them in a personal way, with that specific music magically acting as a…
Review: Clarence Brown Theatre’s ‘Alabama Story’
There is considerable humor, quaintness, and charm in Kenneth Jones’ play, ‘Alabama Story’, and in its current production, directed by Kate Buckley, at the Clarence Brown Theatre, in the play’s southeastern U.S. premiere.
Preview: ‘Alabama Story’ at CBT – A Play About Books, Censorship, and the American Condition
It would probably have been easy to thumb past the obituary of Emily Wheelock Reed in the New York Times in May 2000, its headline not really shouting out its significance: “Emily W. Reed, 89, Librarian in ’59 Alabama Racial…
Review: CBT Goes Global in ‘Around the World in 80 Days’
Review of the current Clarence Brown Theatre production of ‘Around the World in 80 Days.’ The work was adapted from the Jules Verne classic novel by Mark Brown.