Parent interactions with teenage babysitters are inherently awkward, all the more so when it's a dad returning home to a young woman he's never met before. This was exactly the scenario that occurred on the evening in question. My wife, at the time a college...

The folks at New Rep Theatre in nearby Watertown recently extended an invitation to attend a rehearsal of their new production of Oliver! and we gladly accepted. My two older sons and I had the pleasure of watching the cast and crew work on their performance of...