http://sharedwww.localtvllc.com/wqad/blogs/thomwhite WQAD's Thom White offers his thoughts on new movie releases and theater productions in the Quad Cities Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:20:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've waited a year for this one.  The Full Monty -- the story of out of work men who decide to bare it all before they lose it all. The show takes place in Buffalo, New York, where the plant was unexpectedly shut down, leaving many of the men in town ... http://sharedwww.localtvllc.com/wqad/blogs/thomwhite/2008/10/02/on-stage-the-full-monty-at-circa-21/ This blog is usually used to share my reviews.  However, I'd like to take some time to share some personal thoughts. I got into this review gig for two reasons: as a means of moving my career in a new direction and as a way to be involved with local theater ... http://sharedwww.localtvllc.com/wqad/blogs/thomwhite/2008/09/15/the-community-of-theater/ There is only one new movie in theaters this weekend, but, does Bangkok Dangerous starring Nicolas Cage actually count?Okay, it does, since it is new.  It's just lucky there's no new competition.Cage stars as a hitman  in, of course, Bangkok, one night in which will make the tough guys tumble.  ... http://sharedwww.localtvllc.com/wqad/blogs/thomwhite/2008/09/04/on-film-bangkok-dangerous/ Despite my theater background, I've never seen A Streetcar Named Desire, not on stage nor on film.  So, until last night, all I knew of it was seeing clips of Marlon Brando yelling Stella.A Streetcar Named Desire is the story of Blanche DuBois, sister to Stella.  Blanche shows up at ... http://sharedwww.localtvllc.com/wqad/blogs/thomwhite/2008/08/28/on-stage-a-streetcar-names-desire-at-harrison-hilltop-theatre/ There are moments almost every family experiences, moments that can stir up quite a laugh when remembered.  In Circa 21's "Are We There Yet?", it's a string of those moments, one after another, with many of them set to song. "Are We There Yet?" is not a linear show, in that there's ... http://sharedwww.localtvllc.com/wqad/blogs/thomwhite/2008/08/15/on-stage-are-we-there-yet-at-circa-21/ Staging the works of Stephen Sondheim is quite an undertaking for any production company.   Make it Assassins and you've got a subject matter than may not appeal to many people.  But, it should.Sondheim's Assassins is populated with assassins throughout U.S. history, successful and attempted, from John Wilkes Booth to John ... http://sharedwww.localtvllc.com/wqad/blogs/thomwhite/2008/08/08/on-stage-assassins-at-the-green-room-theatre/ It's a familiar story, being an American classic, but that doesn't mean Little Women: The Musical lacks a freshness making it worth watching. The story centers aroung the March sisters -- Meg, Beth, Jo and Amy -- the little women of the title.  Vowing to always stay together, the storyline follows their ... http://sharedwww.localtvllc.com/wqad/blogs/thomwhite/2008/07/17/on-stage-little-women-the-musical-at-quad-city-music-guild/ To be honest, I didn't look forward to seeing Riverbend's current show, a play, not a musical.  But, Kimberly Akimbo took me complete by surprise as a truly delightful production.Kimberly Akimbo centers around Kimberly, a soon to be sixteen year old girl with that disease that ages your body four-and-a-half ... http://sharedwww.localtvllc.com/wqad/blogs/thomwhite/2008/06/26/on-stage-kimberly-akimbo-at-riverbend-theatre-collective/ The show begins with George and Helene packing up their youngest son Keith and sending him off to college.  The front door closes and, phew, finally, after too many years, they have the house to themselves.  They can run around naked, if they want to.  They no longer have three ... http://sharedwww.localtvllc.com/wqad/blogs/thomwhite/2008/06/12/on-stage-empty-nest-at-circa-21/ I am a sucker for animated features and Jack Black, so "Kung Fu Panda" has me in movie viewing overload, hoping two positives don't make a negative.Black is the voice of Po, a panda bear working in a noodle restaurant, who may be the prophesied chosen one to protect the ... http://sharedwww.localtvllc.com/wqad/blogs/thomwhite/2008/06/05/on-film-for-june-6-2008/