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REVIEW: ‘The Things They Carried’ is a Vietnam-era soldier’s somber look at war
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 emotional struggles that spring from that.
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REVIEW: Lonely Soldiers: Women at War in Iraq
As a self-identified pacifist and feminist, I was interested in the prospect of hearing women soldier’s perspectives on the war in Iraq.
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REVIEW: ‘Lonely Soldiers: Women at War in Iraq,’ gets a combustible staging at History Theatre
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.
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REVIEW: A rare, sweet tale about a boy’s brushes with fame takes second place to national politics
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 for Sen. John Kennedy.
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REVIEW: ‘The Incredible Season of Ronnie Rabinovitz’ at the History Theatre
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 great play, except that it’s true.
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REVIEW: Historic icons, a boy and Sheboygan come together in ‘Ronnie Rabinovitz’
Ronnie was an ordinary boy with the good fortune to get to know two extraordinary men: Jackie Robinson and Jack Kennedy.