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Camelot
The memory of Clara Althaus’ Guenevere that makes the time spent revisiting this beloved tale of “Camelot” worthwhile at Coastal Repertory Company.
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Other recent reviews
ShaXspeare Reimagined
African-American Shakespeare Company’s “Shaxspeare Reimagined” is incredibly potent, once again proving the timelessness of William Shakespeare’s writings and the timeliness of reshaping them through Black voices and perspectives.
The Mousetrap
Like the many thousands before them, City Lights audience members exit “The Mousetrap” with big smiles, having been fully entertained by a rippingly good page-turner that they got to watch rather than read.
The Cher Show
Rick Elice’s “The Cher Show” under the direction of Casey Hushion — now offered by Broadway San Jose — is overall highly entertaining, insightful, and a musical heyday for Cher fans.
Art
Art Yasmina Reza Shotgun Players The choice that Shotgun Players surely made months ago to open the 2025 season with Art — the 1998 Tony Award for Best Play by French playwright Yasmina Reza and translated to English by Christopher Hampton — proves to be brilliant as we are in the midst of Trump’s first hundred days. As we watch…
Wild with Happy
With an audaciously stellar cast under the sensitive and sensational direction of ShawnJ West, New Conservatory Theatre Center intermingles comedy with drama along some hot romance to ensure audiences exit with big sighs and smiles, everyone being “Wild with Happy.”
