Category Archives: Theater

The State of the Arts: Historian Paul Johnson Weighs In

The historian Paul Johnson has written on just about every subject, with wisdom, perspective, and passion. His latest book, Art.A New History is no exception. While his conclusion focuses on the fine/fashion arts, one may substitute any art – theater, film, music, dance – and find some truth concerning the current situation: The most worrying aspect …

March 23, 2013 – 7:53 am | By Paul | Posted in Art, Books, from Paul, History, Quotations, Theater | Comments (0)

HEAVEN IS FOR REAL. A Little Boy’s Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back

My review:   “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”  - Hamlet (1.5.166-7)

March 10, 2013 – 7:21 am | By Paul | Posted in Books, from Paul, Quotations, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology | Comments (0)

A CAROL FOR CLEVELAND: A Christmas Classic

Having been involved in several myself, I can attest to that fact that nothing is more exhilarating or harrowing than the production of a new play. Without a track record, all involved proceed on a wing and a prayer, with faith in great hopes and detailed plans. To produce a new play at Christmas time …

December 24, 2012 – 2:32 pm | By Paul | Posted in from Paul, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology, Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Now on Kindle…

Three of my books are now available for Kindle:                                                                                             …

November 27, 2012 – 8:34 pm | By Paul | Posted in Books, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology, Web Sites | Comments (0)

THE FOUR QUARTETS: T.S. Eliot’s Words Made Flesh

The promotional blurb read In a performance that “embodies an exquisite existential tension suspended between self and poetry,” John Farrell’s recitation of T.S. Eliot’s poetic masterwork brings us into the calm eye of Eliot’s turbulent philosophical and religious questing. Deeply concerned with humankind’s approach to the divine, Four Quartets is an extended meditation on our …

October 29, 2012 – 4:34 pm | By Paul | Posted in Poetry, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology, Uncategorized | Comments (0)

Life or Death in Black and White

Debates between the Christian worldview and the secular world view seem very popular at the moment. Richard Dawkins and the late Christopher Hitchens frequented the debate circuit. Currently on stage, Sigmund Freud and C. S. Lewis square off in Mark St. Germain’s  Freud’s Last Session. Recently cable television weighed in with HBO’s abbreviated  film version …

June 2, 2012 – 11:12 am | By Paul | Posted in from Paul, Movies, Television, The Gospel of the Kingdom, Theater, Theology, Videos | Comments (0)

Hotel Universe at Bates College

October 29, 2010 – 7:46 pm | By Paul | Posted in Theater | Comments (0)

ALL THE WORLD’S A GRAVE

October 14, 2009 – 6:26 pm | By Paul | Posted in Art, Books, from Paul, Theater | Comments (0)

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, R.I.P.

August 5, 2008 – 11:26 am | By Paul | Posted in History, Men and Women, Quotations, Theater, World Affairs | Comments (0)

The Drama in the Psalms

Recently, while traveling to Stratford, England, I was reminded of William Shakespeare’s possible association with Psalm 46. Reading that psalm got me thinking of the psalms as small dramas.

April 13, 2008 – 10:19 am | By Paul | Posted in Books, Poetry, Theater, Theology | Comments (0)