By Erik Engman Author, Clown and Improvisation Teacher, Theatre Critic EatMoreArtVegas.com IG: ErikReviewsVegas It is the 250th birthday of the United States of America, and what better way to celebrate than with a good ol’ American musical! And just in time, Super Summer Theatre and Hynes-Sight Entertainment bring 1776, with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and book by Peter Stone. So bring your picnic basket, a blanket, some hot dogs, and little American flags to wave as

By Erik Engman Author, Clown and Improvisation Teacher, Theatre Critic EatMoreArtVegas.com IG: ErikReviewsVegas Like many aspects of life over five hundred years old (dueling to defend your honor, emptying bodily waste into the streets, the Monarchy), there are certain things that can be perceived as problematic in today’s day and age. And even though he is considered to be the greatest writer in Western civilization, some of William Shakespeare’s plays fall into that problem

By Erik Engman Author, Clown and Improvisation Teacher, Theatre Critic EatMoreArtVegas.com IG: ErikReviewsVegas Henry V (also known as The Life of Henry the Fifth ) by William Shakespeare is one of the more well-known of his history plays (thanks in part to the brilliant 1989 Kenneth Branagh film). One of the strengths of this play is that the plot is straightforward: King Henry V of England, after being insulted by the French Dauphin, wages war across France to claim the