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MIND FOR ALL ITS WORTH The antidote to anxiety is control " or so the mind would have us believe. Our knee-jerk reaction to worrying about a situation, event, person, outcome, or (let's face…
PAWFECT FOR THE KIDDIES I have often felt that anything that gets children exposed to live theatrical productions is such a gift. A staged show can have such an enormous impact on both creat…
BURNING BRIDGES It takes a brave soul to speak out about getting back at those who got you cancelled, especially when the names that are blamed can theoretically destroy any chance of contin…
JUST AS PROMISED, IT'S BIG! IT'S GAY! IT'S JAMBOREEING! Yes, there is a way to escape the post-election blues for 90 minutes: The Big Gay Jamboree at the Orpheum Theatre is the sublimely …
VOICES INSTEAD OF BULLETS Although Arms Around America, which opened last night at The Nimoy in Westwood, is about guns and their people (or "ammo-sexuality," to steal a wonderful phrase fro…
THE GOOD-NATURED BUFFOONERY IN FORUM IS THE TONIC FOR WHAT AILS YOU A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, currently at Signature Theater, is knee-slapping farcical fun à la vaud…
70 YEARS ON, AND WE'RE STILL WAITING You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. " Alber…
SOMETHING WICKED THAT WAY GOES No plague can kill a great show. It came back after COVID. In a rare clash of film noir, performance art, an awesome murder mystery party, and Shakespeare, Pun…
"HOW LUCKY YOU ARE" TO SEE SEUSSICAL No one does youth and family theater better in the Bay Area than The Berkeley Playhouse. Everything they offer features classic and family friendly shows…
YOU'LL BE GRINCHING FROM EAR TO EAR For the 27th year The Old Globe is presenting its hit musical Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, continuing its position as one of t…
A NEOLITHIC AND LEAN LEAR Shakespeare's works can be read in many ways and I have witnessed so many diverse stage interpretations that I never know what I am about to see when I venture towa…
THE ZZZZzzz TEAM The Z Team, currently playing at Theatre Row, is a new work by father-and-son team Jeff and Jacob Foy. Directed by Jeff Whiting, it's advertised to be uproarious: "If The…
THERE'S NO 'MAYBE' ABOUT IT HAPPINESS HAS LANDED AT THE BELASCO When Avenue Q ran against Wicked at the Tonys for Best Musical, it was often compared to the American folktale The Little Engi…
Club Oasis, San Francisco's premiere drag and cabaret theater showcases the best of Bay Area's queer community's talent, from fresh performers to campy remakes of pop culture and TV shows (t…
EVERYTHING ODD IS NEW AGAIN Before ABC-TV made 114 episodes of the 1970-1975 sit-com The Odd Couple starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugma), there was the movie starring Jack Lemmon and Walte…
In the arts and entertainment industry, moving is often a fact of life " whether it's for a new theater production, film shoot, or seasonal gig. For many creative professionals, the process …
INTO THE WOODS ACCOMPANIED BY TWO PIANOS? IN A STOREFRONT THEATRE? IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE Kokandy's production of Into the Woods directed by Derek Van Barham with music direction by Nick Sul…
EAST WEST PLAYERS PULLS OUT ALL THE SHOGUNS FOR A MUSICAL THAT CALLS FOR INTIMACY On Sunday, East West Players opened their new production of Pacific Overtures by Stephen Sondheim (music and…
ABNORMALLY REAL CV Rep opened it's 24/25 season this past week with a triumphant production of the rock musical Next to Normal, ably directed by CV Rep's Artistic Director Adam Karsten. …
Modern dance was born as a protest, a reaction to the rigid structure of classical ballet. It was evident when I've reviewed Extreme Taylor at the Joyce in June, and it was such a d…
BRAVO, AVI! As part of a SoCal tour, Israeli Mandolinist Avi Avital and San Francisco's Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra stopped at at Soka University Concert Hall on Sunday, Nove 10, 2024. Th…
JASON ALEXANDER ISN'T FIDDLING AROUND " HIS POIGNANT PERFORMANCE GROUNDS THIS REVIVAL In Lonny Price's revival of Fiddler on the Roof, Jason Alexander's performance as Tevye stands out as th…
HELLO, SATCHMO! THANK GOODNESS LOUIS IS BACK IN TOWN; WE NEED HIM MORE THAN EVER There's a new jukebox musical in town. But don't run in the other direction. A Wonderful World, which opened …
PRIVATE EYES IS SO PRIVATE THAT YOU'LL CROSS YOUR EYES TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT Perhaps Shakespeare was right to say "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." At le…
Kenneth Lonergan's Hold on to Me Darling is playing through Dec. 22, starring Adam Driver, at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Joining Driver as Strings McCrane are Heather Burns…
