Christian Tarzetti

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‘Steel Magnolias’ getting a bit rusty at Rivertown Theaters
March 9, 2018March 9, 2018

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) When Robert Harling first created the six Chinquapin, Louisiana leading ladies who hang at Truvy’s salon, America was still living through the Reagan years. Steel Magnolias was Harling’s reference to the nature of the ladies, who, season after season, stand firm and tall like trees, dealing with the…

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‘Tarzan’ swings across JPAS stage; Hwang’s book uneven
March 19, 2017March 20, 2017

By ALAN SMASON, Theatre Critic, WYES-TV (“Steppin’ Out“) In 1999 the Walt Disney Animation Studios released “Tarzan,” which would be its final major animated film during the Disney Renaissance era that began a decade earlier with “The Little Mermaid.” Based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel “Tarzan of the Apes,” told the story of the…

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