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IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE SUN DOESN'T COME OUT, SEE THIS NATIONAL TOUR OF ANNIE If the sun will come out tomorrow, somebody better tell this production. The national non-equity tour of A…
MEET MARKET Have you ever gone to a speed dating event where singles meet, spend a few minutes talking to one person, and then move on to the next person, each for a pre-arranged chat sessio…
THE WHINE OF THE ANIMALS Long Beach Opera continued its season-long devotion to the work of Pauline Oliveros with El Relicario De Los Animales (The Shrine of the Animals), from 1979, with tw…
ONE COULD GO ON AND ON, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LITTLE OFF Ah, Noises Off, the ever-reliable theatrical farce that's been delighting us for decades with its impeccable timing, pratfalls, and, of …
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON. HIS NAME IS ALEXANDER ROBERTSON. At the tender age of 26, Alexander Robertson has made a mark on Broadway as a co-producer with his current show roster including Cabaret…
ADD THIS TO YOUR BECKETT LIST Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave, comprised of three short works by the playwright"Not I, Play, and Krapp's Last Tape"soundly directed without inter…
Frida…A Self Portrait Enlightens and Beguiles with Impressive Force You'd have to go a long way to find someone with as potent a life force as Frida Kahlo's. She left this branch of existe…
FANTASTIC FROGGY Jennifer Haley's audacious graphic novel Froggy comes roaring to life on the Margaret Lesher Theatre's big stage in Walnut Creek, and it's one of the freshest theatrical …
DID TITUSS EXCITE US? AND HOW! You may know Tituss Burgess best for his scene-stealing performances in 30 Rock, Schmigadoon! and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, as well as his star tu…
BACON SIZZLES If you're in search of a play that simmers with tension before scorching the stage with raw, emotional fire, English playwright Sophie Swithinbank's Bacon, currently searing au…
DIANNE REEVES' WITH LOVE RECEIVED WITH LOVE If Grammy-winning singer Dianne Reeves' suitcase could talk (and I'm guessing that it can't), it would tell tales of trekking all over the world f…
SONDHEIM MERRILY ROLLS ALONG, BUT OLD FRIENDS DOESN'T ALWAYS BOUNCE When a show is billed as a tribute to Stephen Sondheim, expectations are sky-high. His music isn't just a collection of so…
EVERYTHING TO GAINES AND NOTHING TO LOSE No, he doesn't sing "My Funny Valentine" in his entertaining show called Love Is in the Air on the night before Valentine's Day at Green Room 42 (rep…
URINE FOR A GOOD TIME SO, MIND YOUR PEES AND QUEUES It's the perfect time for a Urinetown revival. Twenty-four years after its successful Broadway debut, City Center's Encores! returns with …
WHAT"OR WHOM"SHALL BE DISCARDED? Marin Theatre Company has never shied away from provocative material, and its current production, Waste, is no exception. Waste tells the story of politicall…
GUARANTEED HAPPINESS AWAITS It was just slightly over a year ago that the newcomer Revolution Stage Company staked its claim as one of The Valley's top production companies with their presen…
A SUSPENSEFUL ONE-MAN MURDER MYSTERY The Gay community in San Francisco was shocked and terrified by a series of murders between 1974-75 committed by a serial killer known as "The Doodler." …
A BRILLIANTLY BRACING LOOK AT LOVE'S OTHER SIDE Romantic love is rarely easy. Even when a relationship progresses from first attraction to full commitment to picture-perfect nuptials, there …
A COLORFUL, KINETIC AND PUPPET-FILLED POW Emilio's A Million Chameleons at Soho Playhouse offers family-friendly, fabulously frenzied fun. Like many offerings aimed at, or at least semi-targ…
A TIME CAPSULE OF GENERATIONAL LOVE, PAIN, AND RESILIENCE Every family has a unique mix of personalities, each member knowing their place and how to maneuver others to get what they need. Bu…
Art education transcends the boundaries of paintbrushes and canvases. It shapes critical thinkers, problem-solvers, and visionaries. Creativity isn't limited to the art room; it flows into e…
MY HEART BELONGS TO THE NY POPS The New York Pops' Let's Misbehave: The Songs of Cole Porter was filled with many of Porter's best-known songs: "Night and Day," "I Love Paris," "My Heart Bel…
WELL-SEASONED THEATER IS LOADED WITH FLAVOR Welcome to 1999, a time of hysteria over the impending Y2K crisis, widespread fear of monosodium glutamate (MSG), crude video games and crude popu…
Currently playing at The New Conservatory Theater, Francis Grey and the Case of His Dead Boyfriend is a whirlwind one-man mystery that fuses elements of classic whodunits, camp, film noir, a…
GOOD GOLLY, MISS DOLLY! Under Randy Slovacek's direction for San Diego Musical Theatre, Hello, Dolly! festoons the theater with a cumulatively enchanting restoration of this infectious delig…
