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"1776," show #920
Just a year shy of this nation’s semi-quincentennial is a new production of 1776 playing at Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater. Easier to say...
7 days ago5 min read


"The Taming of the Shrew," #919
One of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, where gender roles and rivalrous dynamics are at the crux of the plot, The Taming of the Shrew...
Jul 93 min read


"Co-Founders," show #918
Just closed at American Conservatory Theatre was a world premiere hip-hop musical, Co-Founders; a very energetic, hometown hype of a...
Jul 83 min read


"Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean: A New Musical," show #917
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is premiering a new musical adaptation, Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean: A New Musical. ...
Jul 34 min read


"Luigi: the Musical," show #916
Seeing a show like Luigi: the Musical affords audience members to curb a sadistic appetite for seeing how a fastidiously written show can...
Jul 14 min read


"Silent Sky," #915
Leave it to Lauren Gunderson to bring out the romance in science. Often known for her feminine-forward storytelling, with focus given to...
Jun 112 min read


"Richard III," show #914
It’s a bold move to trim a Shakespearean History-Tragedy down to where most of the “history” elements are removed in service of the...
Jun 84 min read


"Seussical: the Musical," show #913
"Oh, the thinks you can think!" This oft-repeated phrase in Seussical: the Musical is a motivating, inspiring message that securely...
Jun 34 min read


"The Sound of Music," show #912
The Berkeley hills are alive with the sound of music in a riveting production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein II classic. The opening...
May 293 min read


"Brigadoon," show #911
The Lerner and Loewe, Scottish-set, time-travel musical, Brigadoon , is receiving a terrific homage to Golden Age musical authenticity at...
May 283 min read


"Tina: The Tina Turner Musical," show #910
Jukebox bio-musicals offer audiences a chance to experience an artist’s story and music performed by a cast of dedicated performers who...
May 212 min read


NYC 2025 Round-Up; shows #900-908
Conversations with Mother (#900) My NYC 2025 trip kicked off with a Monday night showing of Conversations with Mother , a wonderful play...
May 1721 min read


What the Fresno County Tax Office Taught Me About Teaching
About two years ago, my wife and I became proud, if not suitably stressed, homeowners; you know, mortgages, yard work, never-ending...
May 145 min read


"Waitress," show #909
Serving up a delicious Central Valley premiere is Good Company Players’ production of Waitress, an adaptation of the 2007 Keri...
May 73 min read


"The Importance of Being Earnest," show #899
Oscar Wilde knew what he was writing when he wrote it. A timeless, witty, social commentary that allows the actors to give inflection and...
Apr 152 min read


"Dysfunction" show #898
There’s something to be said when a musical knows exactly what it is. Such is the case for the premiere of the new musical, Dysfunction ,...
Apr 132 min read


"A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney," show #897
Director Diego J. Sosa went 2-for-2 on helming terrifically envisioned and executed plays at Fresno State’s Experimental Theatre Company...
Apr 82 min read


"Urinetown" show #896
It’s the title that turns off so many potential audience members from seeing it while the tolerances most have for streaming television,...
Feb 73 min read


"Red Velvet" show #895
To let Lolita Chakrabarti’s text speak for itself, “we know what we like and like what we know.” Red Velvet is a play that is both...
Dec 10, 20243 min read


"God of Carnage" show #894
Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage (with translation by Christopher Hampton) is a living room drama that happens to be hilarious. Or, it’s a...
Nov 17, 20242 min read
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