A moment that captured my appreciation for Annie is at the very end of the act one number, “N.Y.C.,” when Warbucks picks up the sleepy Annie, exhausted from her first night out in the city that never sleeps. It’s a tender moment that shows the heart of this musical: the happiness audiences share in the rescued orphan finding instant trust in two caring adults, a trust so tough that she can fall asleep in the arms of Warbucks. It's attention to moments like that where director

It’s never not impressive when a piece of theatre manages to capture a pitch-perfect production, where material matches direction matches design matches performance. The currently running Good Night, Oscar at Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theatre is a masterly done production; helmed by J. Daniel Herring and led by Chase Stubblefield in the title role, this show, from first line to final bow, affects on every level theatre was meant to. (Chase Stubblefield (Oscar Levant) an

Kander and Ebb’s love letter to musical theatre, Curtains, has the hallmarks of a big musical comedy with a riveting murder-mystery tucked inside. Good Company Players’ production, which runs through July 19th, is in top form as it brings the laughs, love stories, and lush music to the Roger Rocka’s Dinner Theater stage. (Cast of Curtains; Photo source: Good Company Players) When a not-in-the-good-way triple-threat Jessica Cranshaw is murdered during bows of a tryout performa

Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s The Front Page puts audiences in the room where the reporting happens. Essentially a living room comedy set in a reporters office, the beats and banter are what drive the completely enjoyable production currently running at Good Company Players’ 2nd Space Theater. Director Denise Graziani helms the play with an ensemble of actors that deliver the 1930s Chicago style in balance with this high-comedy script among the blackmail, scandal, and dri

One of the earliest jukebox bio-musicals in our modern era is Alan Janes’s Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, a show that brings so many highlights of the era and titular singer with his band, The Crickets, to stage. The show really knows no version of “medley,” which expedites the running time in favor of the audience's attention span to hear the hits while not sitting through a full presentation of the artist’s life. However, director Mark Standriff has helmed a production that

I find the stage adaptation of Mary Poppins to be an absolute delight by being one of the stronger screen-to-stage adaptations in the Disney canon. The songs and plot hold true when done right in front of you, and the added plots and tunes service the whimsy of Poppins and Bert while supporting the lessons learned for the Banks family. Good Company Players is tapping away with a marvelous production of this classic, making this the very spoonful of musical theatre sugar you’l

Kicking off the 2026 Good Company Players’ 2nd Space season is David MacGregor’s Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear. This cozy, crafty mystery is helmed by Denise Graziani, who lets the comedy breathe and expositional reveals intrigue. The structure of a Sherlock Holmes tale is a time-tested source for entertainment, whether on the page, stage, or screen, and Graziani’s staging of the stellar cast fits this production perfectly. Gordon Moore takes on the tit

Good Company Players is currently running an absolutely loverly production of the Lerner and Loewe classic, My Fair Lady . The story, on paper, is nearly outdated in its acceptance of gender and class roles; specifically how it assumes the higher position of privilege at the expense and degradation of those in the lower. But, when helmed by a director with a sharp eye for when those in power can be laughed at rather than with , audiences are in for a treat as entertaining as

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Disney’s Frozen is making its Central Valley premiere at Good Company Players, and this production serves as a frozen respite from the...

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...

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...

Leave it to Lauren Gunderson to bring out the romance in science. Often known for her feminine-forward storytelling, with focus given to...

Serving up a delicious Central Valley premiere is Good Company Players’ production of Waitress, an adaptation of the 2007 Keri...

Oscar Wilde knew what he was writing when he wrote it. A timeless, witty, social commentary that allows the actors to give inflection and...