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"The Sound of Music," show #925
While many Golden Age musicals are reaching the end of their mainstream relevancy, The Sound of Music only grows in its urgency while...
Oct 83 min read


"Disney's Frozen," show #923
Disney’s Frozen is making its Central Valley premiere at Good Company Players, and this production serves as a frozen respite from the...
Sep 53 min read


"Cabaret," #921
My first trip to Minnesota afforded me the pleasure in seeing The Guthrie Theater’s currently running production of Cabaret , a musical...
Aug 73 min read


"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...
Jul 105 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


"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


"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


"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


"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


"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


"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


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


"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
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