Diane K. Bass

Features | Southeast

TWTC’s ‘Summer and Smoke’ has smoke, lacks fire
August 10, 2022August 18, 2022

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) Since its founding, the mission of the Tennessee Williams Theatre Company (TWTC) has been to tell the stories of New Orleans’ best known playwright in bold and expressive ways. In addition to presenting well known pieces from his repertoire, the company’s two artistic directors, Augustin J. Correro…

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Tennessee’s memory play – ‘Glass Menagerie’ – needs better…timing
August 15, 2019August 15, 2019

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“) There is little doubt when Thomas Lanier Williams put pen to paper and drafted what became The Glass Menagerie that he was pouring out the poetic words that traced his own tortuous upbringing. Under the guise of his nom de plume, Tennessee Williams, his “memory play” was…

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