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  • REVIEW: ‘The Things They Carried’ is a Vietnam-era soldier’s somber look at war

    Special to the Star Tribuneby John TownsendMarch 17, 2014 Stephen D’Ambrose is superb in an emotional one-man show based on the Vietnam-era stories of Tim O’Brien. Minnesota native Tim O’Brien is a preeminent author of the Vietnam experience. His semi-autobiographical story collection, “The Things We Carried,” portrays a platoon under constant deadly threat and the…

  • REVIEW: Lonely Soldiers: Women at War in Iraq

    Aisle Say Twin Citiesby Liz ByronMarch 18, 2014 As a self-identified pacifist and feminist, I was interested in the prospect of hearing women soldier’s perspectives on the war in Iraq. And as I’ll admit that my knowledge of life in the US armed forces is very much limited to major news headlines and Hollywood blockbusters,…

  • REVIEW: ‘Lonely Soldiers: Women at War in Iraq,’ gets a combustible staging at History Theatre

    Star Tribuneby Rohan PrestonMarch 18, 2014 A soldier yells “Incoming!” then dives to safety. Lights blink on and off as the boom of an exploding mortar round rocks the theater. Eerie, held-breath silence follows as soldiers pat themselves to make sure arms and legs are still there. Still in one physical piece, even as their…

  • REVIEW: A rare, sweet tale about a boy’s brushes with fame takes second place to national politics

    by Graydon RoyceStar Tribune Feburary 3, 2014 Ron Rabinovitz really did live a charmed childhood, thanks to a politically connected dad who happened to be a Brooklyn Dodgers fan. In conversation, Rabinovitz’s story sounds unreal — about how he became Jackie Robinson’s pen pal, and how he used to run peanut-butter sandwiches and clam chowder…

  • REVIEW: ‘The Incredible Season of Ronnie Rabinovitz’ at the History Theatre

    by Jill SchaferCherry and Spoon February 2, 2014 This really is an incredible true story. In 1960, a 15-year-old Wisconsin boy was friends with both Jackie Robinson, who broke major league baseball’s color barrier, and the 35th American President John F. Kennedy. One would think that this was a story made up to create a…

  • REVIEW: Historic icons, a boy and Sheboygan come together in ‘Ronnie Rabinovitz’

    By Renee ValoisSpecial to the Pioneer Press February 2, 2014 Ronnie was an ordinary boy with the good fortune to get to know two extraordinary men: Jackie Robinson and Jack Kennedy. The world premiere of “The Incredible Season of Ronnie Rabinovitz” at The History Theatre pulls these very different people together, along with the tangled…