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Theatre Eddys: Touring the World Now; Back In January 2025

October 23, 2024

TheatreEddys is on vacation from reviewing Bay Area Theatre until January 2025. Read what we have been doing.

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Looking for a show to see soon? Here are Eddie’s recommendations for current must-see shows.

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TheatreEddys Goes to the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

August 25, 2024

Beginning in 1947 with 8 productions performed uninvited on the ‘fringe’ of the first Edinburgh International Festival, today’s annual, 3.5 week Edinburgh Fringe is the world’s largest performing arts festival with 262 venues, 3317 productions, and 51,446 individual performances.  And only saw 41 in the nine days we are here … my 6th and Hernan’s 3rd Fringe.

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Accused!

July 19, 2024

As a big fan of Central Works and Patricia Milton’s “The Victorian Ladies’ Detective Collective” and “Escape from the Asylum,” I was delighted to return to the 1890s boarding house parlor in London to see once again Valeria, Loveday, and Katie in action in “Accused!” as they parse through vague clues to pin successfully a couple of hideous murders on ___.

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The Best of The Second City

July 18, 2024

“The Best of The Second City” is a summertime treat hosted by Berkeley Repertory Company that will not fail to entertain with much glee and gusto.

Read the review The Best of The Second City

Who’s-Dead McCarthy: Stories by Kevin Barry

July 6, 2024

In its 31st year of transforming “the page to the stage,” Word for Word once again celebrates the literary genre of the short story by bringing to the intimate stage of Z Below three delightful gems by a much awarded, contemporary, Irish writer in “Who’s-Dead McCarthy: Stories by Kevin Barry.”

Read the review Who’s-Dead McCarthy: Stories by Kevin Barry

Evita

July 4, 2024

Whether this is the tenth or the first time for an audience member to enjoy Webber and Rice’s world-renowned “Evita,” Bill English and San Francisco Playhouse’s Evita is a summer outing that will thrill its audiences with full-voiced singing, big-stage dancing, dazzling visuals, and some new takes on a near-fifty-year-old story.

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