A.R. Gurney's 1995 play, "Sylvia," playing from April 24-May 3 at the Russell Hall Main Stage in Gorham, though it treads the fine line between "light" and "lite" comedy, is only partially a play about a dog. In the hands of a more experienced director, it has the potential to be a passable, though somewhat protracted and obvious, comedy about love, jealousy and the ramifications of impending old age.
June "The Proposal" promises audiences a Sandra Bullock ("Crash," "Miss Congeniality") romantic-comedy that we can all be proud of her in. I'm not knocking her talent, just her choice of movies over the last few years. Bullock plays an obtrusive boss that forces her young assistant, Ryan Reynolds ("Van Wilder," "Waiting"), to marry her.
'Bountiful' is the best word I can come up with to describe the music of Dan Deacon. It is bountiful in its sounds, styles, influences and directions. His latest album, Bromst, has the magnitude of a large piece of classical music with all of the benefits of a pop album.
Victor Wooten has done it again! Straight from the man who brought us "Soul Circus," and "Show of Hands" comes an album that will completely blow your mind. "Palmystery" shows the full extent of this bass playing virtuoso. Combining his classic 'slap and pop' technique to create a masterful display of musicianship, Wooten does the name of the album justice, for it is indeed a mystery.
