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"Les Miserables" show #869
The sweeping, epic presentation of Les Miserables is still prevalent and powerful when done with the right company of musical theatre...
Jul 27, 20233 min read


"Men on Boats" show #864
Jaclyn Blackhaus’s Men on Boats re-imagines the 1869 government-sponsored expedition to the Grand Canyon by putting a female lens on the...
Mar 30, 20232 min read


Rogue 2023 Round-Up
I had one day to enjoy as much Rogue Festival 2023 as I could, so I loaded up the schedule and took in five stellar shows. Below are some...
Mar 16, 20233 min read


"Dear Evan Hansen," show #857
Dear Evan Hansen, your show is one complicated piece, and here’s why: there’s so much to love and so much to cringe at. I want to love...
Jan 12, 20235 min read


"All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914," show #849
CenterStage Clovis Community Theatre is wrapping up their purely stellar production of Peter Robinson’s brainchild of musical history,...
Nov 19, 20222 min read


"Harvey," show #848
Fresno Pacific University theatre is currently running an absolutely charming production of Mary Chase’s Pulitzer-winning comedy, Harvey....
Nov 15, 20222 min read


"Every Brilliant Thing," show #847
The Fools Collaborative have gifted Fresno audiences with a sincerely poignant play in Duncan MacMillan and Jonny Donahoe’s Every...
Nov 14, 20222 min read


"Wild Swimming," show #846
Marek Horn’s Wild Swimming is a play written at a level beneath whimsical, requiring strong directorial vision and stylistic execution by...
Nov 12, 20222 min read


Mini-Rogue Festival 2022 Preview
This year’s ‘Seattle-to-Fresno’ Mini-Rogue will take up residence at LAByrinth Art Collective after a two-year hiatus! Coming to the...
Sep 20, 20227 min read


Strangely (does) Stupid! (things for money): An Evening that was Anything but Perfunctory
Last Thursday, Grant Evan Knutson of Minion Productions brought together a rambunctious group of artists and audience members in support...
Aug 12, 20222 min read


"Rent" show #841
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,...
May 11, 20223 min read


"Hamilton," show #833
The tour of Hamilton is young, scrappy, and talented! I had the pleasure of seeing this outstanding cast deliver a fantastic performance...
Apr 24, 20223 min read


Rogue Review: "The Real Black Swann," show #831
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...
Mar 11, 20221 min read


"Anastasia," show #828
Anastasia is perhaps my generation’s most-beloved animated film not produced by Disney. The story concerns Anya, a royal who, separated...
Mar 3, 20222 min read
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