For the Love of a Glove (Review)
Full disclosure: Almost 15 years ago, I fell in love with another theatrical tour de force penned by Julien Nitzberg, the writer, lyricist and director of For the Love of a Glove, running now at the Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan theater in L.A.’s Echo Park. That show, The Beastly Bombing, was an operetta about would-be terrorists (yes, operetta) and so brilliantly inventive and funny I returned to the theater the next day to offer my meager talents to the production as a volunteer. I was not a born assistant propmaster, but the effort was well worth it. I never tired of watching the show night after night because Julien’s lyrics were incredibly witty and each time I heard them, I appreciated some bit of wordplay I had somehow missed before.