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...

I bookended my Best Musical winners with 2020’s title, Hadestown, Anaïs Mitchell’s triumph of musical theatre. The story of Eurydice and...

Moulin Rouge! is a Broadway show that, once you’ve seen the 2001 film, just makes sense to put on stage. After sweeping the 2021 Tony...

There are certainly more than six reasons why Six is a fantastic show, but I’ll make it easy on you and just give one: the cast! Adriana...

The currently touring production of Wicked delivers the goods on the sweeping Schwartz score and Holzman book with energy and commitment...

The tour of Hamilton is young, scrappy, and talented! I had the pleasure of seeing this outstanding cast deliver a fantastic performance...

The story is as old as its 1811 original publication, and still Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility is among the greats in the pantheon...

I believe one of the trigger phrases students, of any grade, say to their teacher is, “What can I do to raise my grade?” The further...

(Cast of Assassins; Photo credit: Steven Lam) Assassins is my second-favorite Stephen Sondheim show and here’s why: it balances the...

Is that a great title or what? This was one of the first shows I knew I had to see, and I am pleased to report that, with this show being...

The Murray Girls delivered a fantastically enjoyable performance of tunes, both modern and traditional, at Veni Vidi Vici’s. This being...

When I see Les Kurkendaal-Barrett on the Rogue lineup I make sure I see him; he delivers material with urgency which isn’t panic, passion...