Not to take anything away from the injured victims, but retractable leashes are bad news anyways. They are cheap and don't give you the control you might need while walking a dog, or two. Listen to the dog whisperer, he'll set you straight!

Two great pillars in the arts community. I don't know much about Ms. Miller, but I do know Mr. Brierley gives everything he can to the arts in Dallas, a true philanthropist. There would be no artistic culture if it weren't for people like this! Thanks to both of you!

Oh, and I apologize Mr. Garcia for coming across as mean-spirited, that was not my intention either. I was just put-out a bit by the length and "appropriateness" of your "personal reflections". So please forgive, I'm really not that mean ;-)

Yes Jolene, theater can and usually should encourage reflection on life in general and our own lives in particular.
In fact Mr. Garcia states as much in the beginning of the review. However, I don't need to read 5 paragraphs(at least)of Mr. Garcia's personal reflections, start a blog if that's what you want to do.
I think the review stuff itself is pretty well written, it's just too narcissistic, overall, for my taste. Mr. Garcia I'm so happy that the playwright and others associated with the production find your personal story so moving and embrace your "brave" decision to let us all in. But the only thing I care about reading in a review, is your critique of the play. If it inspired personal introspection, or took you back to an unpleasant time in your life, then state that in few sentences, not 5(or more) paragraphs.

I can tell your a self-obsessed actor because you talk about yourself as much as the play in your "review". You could have critiqued this play in 5 paragraphs or less. But you want to share yourself so badly with us, that you start the "review" going off on some diatribe about how your an actor and blah blah blah just to "set us up" so you could tell us about your alcoholic step-dad. This is a review not a biography of the reviewer. If you wrote well enough you would be able to get your point across without the pity party.

Some good writing skills here, but how can you write a "theater review" without telling the reader who the director is? Much of what we see in a play has a lot to do with the play's director.