#Shane Signorino

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LaBute Festival: New Plays Tackle Harsh Realities, Wild Absurdities in America Today

LaBute Festival: New Plays Tackle Harsh Realities, Wild Absurdities in America Today

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor Women rule in three of the four sturdy one-act plays presented in this year’s provocative first set of the four-week LaBute New Theater Festival, each revealing uncomfortable truths in contemporary America.

Actresses Colleen Backer, Carly Rosenbaum and Jenny Smith are in fine form playing diverse characters, different shades of personalities. Cool as a cucumber,…

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Silly Shenanigans Ensue in Two-Man Tour De Force 'Popcorn Falls'

Silly Shenanigans Ensue in Two-Man Tour De Force ‘Popcorn Falls’

By Lynn Venhaus Managing Editor Spry actors Joe Hanrahan and Shane Signorino slip into 21 different characters to play the denizens of “Popcorn Falls,” a daffy mix of vignettes designed to showcase performers’ strengths while paying tribute to small-town personalities – and the power of theater.

This average American town, whose residents prefer to be called ‘kernels,’ has seen better days,…

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“Now Playing Third Base For The St. Louis Cardinals…Bond, James Bond” Is a Home Run

“Now Playing Third Base For The St. Louis Cardinals…Bond, James Bond” Is a Home Run

By Jeff Ritter Contributing Writer A wonderfully woven tale of a child’s exuberant review of the Sean Connery spy flick, “From Russia With Love” interwoven with theater history, race relations in the 1960s, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the Beatles and the tumultuous yet successful 1964 Cardinals season is Joe Hanrahan’s latest one-man show, “Now Playing Third Base For The St.…