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All content by Anna Mae Ludlum

In Memorium: 2014 – 15

Anna Mae Ludlum
May 13, 2015
Brent Gibbs, associate professor and artistic director of Arizona Repertory Theatre, said he believes William Shakespeare's work can still relate to today’s world. Gibbs has directed several of Shakespeare’s pieces, including "Henry V," "Hamlet" and his most recent play, "Othello."

Four centuries later, Shakespeare still proves ‘the play’s the thing’

Anna Mae Ludlum
May 1, 2015
Courtesy of Michael L. KaufmanShirley Temple in "Glad Rags to Riches" (1933).

Celebrating Shirley Temple’s sweet legacy

Anna Mae Ludlum
April 22, 2015
A young man bites into a tangy lime. Like the popular Ice Bucket Challenge, The "Take a Bite Out of Lyme Disease" challenge encourages participants to raise money and awareness for Lyme disease.

Taking a bite out of Lyme disease

Anna Mae Ludlum
April 14, 2015

Review: ‘Once’ brings audience into the action

Anna Mae Ludlum
April 3, 2015
A classic April Fools' Day prank: replacing the cream of a sandwich cookie with toothpaste. Holiday pranks can vary from something as simple as saran wrapping a toilet seat to as major as a news station telling listeners they'd have to pay a toll upon entering freeway ramps.

April Fools’ oldies still goldies

Anna Mae Ludlum
April 1, 2015
Courtesy of Ed Flores / Arizona Repertory TheatreIago (Matt Bowdren, top right) plots against Othello (Chris Okawa) and his love as he plants the idea that Desdemona (Kierna Conner) is having an affair with Cassio (Ethan Kirschbaum) in William Shakespeare’s "Othello." The play runs until Sunday at the Tornabene Theatre.

Review: Tenacious, top-notch ‘Othello’

Anna Mae Ludlum
March 30, 2015
Universal International Pictures

Watch this, not that: classic films with millenial themes

Anna Mae Ludlum
March 27, 2015
3 Arts Entertainment

Review: Netfix’s latest is an unbreakable joy

Anna Mae Ludlum
March 25, 2015
Courtesy of Erica Spyres

Behind the scenes of ‘Once’

Anna Mae Ludlum
March 23, 2015
HarperCollins

Banned books from Waldo to wild things

Anna Mae Ludlum
March 13, 2015
Thomas Dunne Books

Alum returns to talk historical fiction

Anna Mae Ludlum
March 11, 2015
Carnival Film & Television

The downlow on ‘Downton Abbey’

Anna Mae Ludlum
March 9, 2015
Courtesy of Live Theatre Workshop(Top row) Janet Roby, Cliff Madison, Allison Akmajian, and India Osborne. (Bottom row) Christopher Younggren, Matthew Copley, Michael Woodson and Shanna Brock in "Move Over Mrs. Markham" at Live Theatre Workshop. The play is a subpar sexual farce.

Review: Move out of way of ‘Mrs. Markham’

Anna Mae Ludlum
March 9, 2015
Courtesy of Tim Fuller / Arizona Theatre CompanyRichard Baird, Paul David Story, Chelsea Kurtz and Kyle Sorrell in Arizona Theatre Company's "Romeo and Juliet." The 1960s-inspired adaptation will run through March 21 in Tucson.

Review: Recreating ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Anna Mae Ludlum
March 6, 2015
Courtesy of The Rogue TheatreCynthia Jeffery, left, Patty Gallagher, center, and Ryan Parker Knox, right, in The Rogue Theatre's "The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Concert of Seven Stories by Virginia Woolf." The adapation for this literary work for the stage runs through March 15. 

Review: Rogue Theatre Woolf production is ‘magic’

Anna Mae Ludlum
March 4, 2015
A cozy dining table looks out at a garden at the El Presidio Inn Bed & Breakfast on Feb. 6. The bed and breakfast has been in business for 27 years.

Cozy up in historic El Presidio Inn

Anna Mae Ludlum
February 27, 2015
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Sculptors, science, sequels: Anticipated books of 2015

Anna Mae Ludlum
February 17, 2015
Courtesy of Sean MacArthur / Great American PlayhouseJesus Limon as Chang (left), Jennifer Ackerley Lawrence as Mindy Anna Jones with her trusty whip (center) and Brian Paradis as Cade (right) onstage at the Great American Playhouse. Despite Lawrence's noticeable talent, the play underutilizes her singing and dancing abilities.

Review: Tech issues doom ‘Mindy Anna Jones’

Anna Mae Ludlum
February 17, 2015
Pemberley BooksC. E. Brock illustration for the 1895 edition of Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice."

Darcy, Rochester among lame literary lovers

Anna Mae Ludlum
February 13, 2015
A man and woman hold hands at their home in Tucson on Tuesday. During college, many students feel pressured to get engaged or married by spring semester. 

Don’t fret over feeling forever alone

Anna Mae Ludlum
February 13, 2015
Courtesy of Ed Flores / UA Arizona Repertory TheatreJean Pierre (Aaron Arseneault) gets a disturbing phone call while his friends Marrell (Rhetta Kampel), Alan (Micah Bond), Jane (Heather Marie Cox) and Tom (Zackry Colston) eavesdrop in The Arizona Repertory Theatre’s contemporary comedy, “This,” running now to March 1. The play was effective at leaving its audience wiser by the end.

Review: ‘This’ play suffers from lack of clarity

Anna Mae Ludlum
February 10, 2015
Emily Gauci Members of the Alzheimer's Association work on creating art of their own. The art is supposed to reflect memories the members have and help trigger past memories.

Art advocates for Alzheimer’s

Anna Mae Ludlum
February 9, 2015
Jordan Glenn/The Daily Wildcat A 1/4 size replica of Catherine the Great stands, displaying her crown of diamonds with The Orlov gem at the center.

Diamonds are a dynasty’s best friend

Anna Mae Ludlum
February 4, 2015

Experimental students’ play a mixed bag

Anna Mae Ludlum
February 2, 2015
Courtesy of Benjamin ZandBenjamin Zand, left, and Matt Danzico, right, in August of 2014 in Bushwick, NY on part of an 1,800 mile road trip.

Q&A: BBC POP-UP With Benjamin Zand

Anna Mae Ludlum
February 1, 2015
Berkley Hardcover

Review: Nazi narrative chills readers to the bone

Anna Mae Ludlum
January 30, 2015
Brittan Bates / The Daily Wildcat Senior theatre students, Laura Bargfeld, Simon Ridley and Andrea Head talk about their upcoming play that they wrote and are starring in on the benches outside the library on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. Laura, Simon and Andrea's play "These Watches Don't Tell Time" opens Thursday night at live theatre workshop and is about how you tell a story when you do not know how it ends.

Students collaborate to create play

Anna Mae Ludlum
January 28, 2015
Monkey Puzzle Records

‘Elastic Heart’ is striking, not sexual

Anna Mae Ludlum
January 23, 2015
Courtesy of Lynn DavisA still from "The Outrageous Sophie Tucker."

Film festival exposes Jewish experience

Anna Mae Ludlum
January 23, 2015
Courtesy of Rachel DavisActresses Denise Blum (left) and Bebe Fischer perform in the play "Women and Guns" by Steve Gold. The play addresses the various issues modern-day military women must face.

‘Women and Guns’ shoots blanks

Anna Mae Ludlum
January 20, 2015
Courtesy of Brian Gawne / The Gaslight TheatreMike Yarema performs as Two-Gun McGraw in "The Ballad of Two-Gun McGraw." The play will be showing until March 29 at The Gaslight Theatre.

‘Two-Gun’ rides into Tucson

Anna Mae Ludlum
January 16, 2015
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