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Cryptid Groove Promises to be an Immersive Delight this Week!
This Saturday, Aleño Dance Project, Aerial Arts Fresno, and musical artist SAHAB reunite for an immersive performance, Cryptid Groove....
Oct 16, 20241 min read


"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," show #893
Personally, I find Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to be one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s best scores. It’s fun, diverse, and...
Oct 7, 20242 min read


"Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really" show #892
Kate Hamill has been taking the literary classics-to-stage adaptations by storm these past few years, and Fresno State University...
Oct 1, 20243 min read


"The Good, The Bad, and the Ok…I guess" Debuts this Week!
The Aleño Dance Collective is back, in a new space, with a new evening-length dance performance for Fresno audiences. Debuting this...
Sep 24, 20242 min read


Hair, show #891
Sierra Repertory Theatre continues its run of a terrific, psychedelic production of one of the most game-changing musicals of our era,...
Sep 13, 20242 min read


"Evil Dead, the Musical" show #890
Selma Arts Center is well in its run of a raucously fun, Evil Dead, the Musical which I had the pleasure of seeing this past weekend....
Aug 25, 20243 min read


"Super Funtimes Magic!"
Friday night lights at the LAByrinth Art Collective brought fringe-veteran Christopher Bange to the stage. In this two-night stand...
Jul 5, 20242 min read


"Jersey Boys," show #889
Jersey Boys is not a show one approaches lightly, even with it being a jukebox musical. What elevates a jukebox musical is ensuring the...
Jun 17, 20244 min read


"Jersey Boys" premieres this week at Selma Arts Center!
Jukebox musicals have become a staple of the musical theatre landscape because people will pay whatever it costs for a two-hour hit of...
Jun 4, 20244 min read


"Galileo: A Rock Musical" show #888
Berkeley Repertory Theatre has premiered a new rock musical by Danny Strong (Book), Michael Weiner and Zoe Sarnak (Music and Lyrics) that...
May 28, 20244 min read


"The Drowsy Chaperone," show #887
Having the pleasure of attending the opening night performance of Sierra Repertory Theatre’s The Drowsy Chaperone served as a...
May 16, 20243 min read


"Spring Awakening" show #886
At the time of seeing Fresno State University Theatre’s production of Spring Awakening, I had seen five previous productions of the...
May 8, 20244 min read


"Roald Dahl's Matilda," show #885
I do believe Roald Dahl would be happy with the stage musical adaptation of one of his most treasured stories. Dennis Kelly’s book does...
May 3, 20243 min read


What the Fresno County Tax Office Taught Me About Teaching
Just about two-and-a-half years ago, my wife and I became proud, if not suitably stressed, homeowners. Mortgages, yard work, never-ending...
Apr 4, 20246 min read


NYC 2024 Round-Up Reviews
This year’s New York trip proved to be a wonderful jaunt to my Theatre Mecca. Five Broadway shows, three off-Broadway shows, a few...
Mar 26, 202411 min read


"Seminar" show #875
Teresa Rebeck’s riveting living room drama, Seminar, is being given a collegiately capital treatment at Fresno State University, which...
Dec 9, 20233 min read


"Once," show #874
CenterStage Clovis has an impeccable production of Once, the musical adaptation of the Oscar-winning film of the same name, on its hands....
Oct 10, 20233 min read


Nostalgia in the Classroom; or, Making School Cool Again
(My high school headshot-2006) Podcasts are my most prominent form of consumption. NPR’s Throughline is a constant in my rotation. While...
Oct 4, 20234 min read


"Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical," show #872
In prep for seeing Jordon Ross, Lindsey Rosin, and Roger Kumble’s musical adaptation of the 90s cult-classic, Cruel Intentions, I...
Sep 25, 20234 min read


Mini-Rogue Review Round-up Day 2
Titillated Donna Kay Yarbough has brought a new title to Fresno audiences, Titillated, a journey of comedic erotica through the mediums...
Sep 24, 20232 min read
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