CenterStage Clovis Community Theatre is wrapping up their purely stellar production of Peter Robinson’s brainchild of musical history,...

Fresno Pacific University theatre is currently running an absolutely charming production of Mary Chase’s Pulitzer-winning comedy, Harvey....

The Fools Collaborative have gifted Fresno audiences with a sincerely poignant play in Duncan MacMillan and Jonny Donahoe’s Every...

Marek Horn’s Wild Swimming is a play written at a level beneath whimsical, requiring strong directorial vision and stylistic execution by...

Paul Salsini is no stranger to Stephen Sondheim, as he edited The Sondheim Review for ten years, with the not-needed but certainly...

I recently had dinner with a mentor of mine. I asked this person about their teaching practices and ways I could apply their successes to...

This year’s ‘Seattle-to-Fresno’ Mini-Rogue will take up residence at LAByrinth Art Collective after a two-year hiatus! Coming to the...

The school year is well underway, and I’m back for another round of pedagogical essays. I hope your summer proved to be a time for rest,...

Last Thursday, Grant Evan Knutson of Minion Productions brought together a rambunctious group of artists and audience members in support...

It’s not often a graphic novel-memoir gets the stage adaptation treatment, let alone a musical stage adaptation, let alone a Tony-winning...

Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman were on to something when they wrote Follies. Often cited as among Sondheim’s top scores, Follies...

Sierra Repertory Theatre is a gem because they take on dramas, comedies, Shakespeare, and family musicals with the same gusto and...

Anyone who follows my blog regularly, or who knows me in general, has been made aware that I am not a fan of The SpongeBob Musical. I...

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is running an intimately cast but mightily performed production of the modern epic musical, Ragtime. I use...

This will not be a critical review because it just can’t be for me. Take Me Out was the final show of my New York trip, about two months...

It's that time where we gear up for a few months of summer break rest. This school year has been the most solidly enjoyable and draining...

It’s never lost on me that when a theatre group chooses to take on Rent, there is a tall order to be filled. This Pulitzer-winning,...

The Geffen Playhouse is doing Thespis’s work in blessing West Coast audiences with this stirring, stellar production of Albee’s famed,...

When the recent London production of Company transferred to Broadway, complete with gender-swapping characters and new lyrics, some...

Typically, this month's post would be a review of a pedagogical podcast/article, but not today. At the time of this draft (April 26th), I...