by April Johnson The weekend of June 6th, 2025, I had the opportunity to return to the quaint yet powerful Blue Moon Theater. I have to say that I was honored and excited to view another production from this impressive theater company. Although the venue is small in stature, it is packed with power to present popular as well lesser known productions. Arriving at the front door, I was welcomed by the surfside motif including a beach chair, ball, along with other items of be

by Don Toal Jr. Theatre is an art form steeped in traditions. We have our superstitions, our beliefs in what brings us good luck and fortune…and what will definitely not. We have our conventions, those storytelling techniques which are assumed as part of our craft. (Ever wonder where the ‘fourth wall’ came from? Theatre raised it – and broke it – first.) And we have certain works that are layered into the bedrock of our art form, that over decades have established the fr

by Don Toal Jr. “You’ve got to be carefully taught.” That line, sung briskly by Lt. Joseph Cable, a model military man haunted and hobbled by his own learned prejudices, is a biting statement on racism and intolerance that is just as relevant now as it was in 1949 when Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II penned it as part of their landmark musical, “South Pacific.” While the show was groundbreaking for many reasons both musically and culturally, it was this song in par