Lawrence C. Connolly

Tag: Prime Stage Theatre

  • More than a Monster:
    Karloff Reveals the Man behind the Icon

    Arrayed with costumes and memorabilia, the set of Karloff: The Man and the Monster presents a snapshot of the actor’s career. There’s a sheep’s wool vest from Son of Frankenstein, sarcophagus from The Mummy, gurney from The Bride of Frankenstein, wheelchair from the set of Targets. Behind it all, a projection screen displays the iconic…

  • Talking Frankenstein

    “You’re going to see and feel the essence of who this man was.”   – Director Art DeConciliis discussing Prime Stage’s upcoming production of Karloff: The Man and the Monster. In an earlier post, I mentioned how actor Boris Karloff—the man who gave us cinema’s iconic performance as the Frankenstein creature—worked for years as a…

  • Frankenstein, Karloff, and Spike the Mutant

    “I was euphoric in June. Look where we are now.” So begins a new essay in the New York Times that considers how the summer we hoped for got preempted by Covid-Delta. That’s the thing with monsters. You can never be sure they’re gone for good. Cartoon by Dana Summers, Copyright 2021 Tribune Content Agency,…

  • Prime Stage Theatre Presents:
    A Knavish Piece of Mystery – Act II

    Strange things are afoot at the New Town Theatre! Two actors are missing. Another has run off to hide in a water closet. And the New Town players are struggling to open a locked room that may harbor a terrible secret. But August LaFleur holds back. An expert at devising and solving mysteries, he’s convinced…

  • Countdown to Mystery: The Last of Shelia

    One strategy for writing an effective mystery: plot backward. Determine the ending, build from there. I’ve heard that’s the strategy employed by actor Anthony Perkins (Murder in the Orient Express, Psycho) and Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim (A Little Night Music, West Side Story) in writing their only produced screenplay – the intricately plotted who-done-it The…