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Iolanthe or The Peer and The Peri
W.S. Gilbert (libretto) and Arthur Sullivan’s (music) satire of the English’s male-dominated society and government– the operetta “Iolanthe or The Peer and the Peri” — is now in a fantastically imaginative and altogether hilarious production at the ODC Theatre by the City’s much esteemed for seventy-four years company, Lamplighters Music Theatre.
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SCABMUGGERS
Even though as a new play it still needs some tightening and adjusting, The Freight’s SCABMUGGERS by Yvonne Martinez leaves lasting impressions through some powerful performances and a script that both moves and educates its audience.
Absolutely Science Fiction!
For their latest premiere of short stories brought directly from the page to the stage with no written word omitted, Word for Word and Z Space present “Absolutely Science Fiction! … Stories by Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut.”
Two Gentlemen of Verona
While modern audiences sometimes have trouble swallowing some of the more unrealistic and disquieting aspects of the play, Silicon Valley Shakespeare under the wildly imaginative and insightful direction of Thomas Gough cleverly plops the action in the neon and glow of the 1980s with an ongoing soundtrack of the decade’s hits that ensures its “Two Gentlemen of Verona” is a modern-day update that totally works for an evening of laugh-out-loud entertainment.
Arab Spring
The co-production by Golden Thread and SFBATCO of Denmo Ibrahim’s “Arab Spring” is nothing short of a must-see in a world premiere that hopefully will have a long life on stages coast-to-coast.
God of Carnage
The Pear ends its 24th season with a sharply pointed jab at educated, middle-class people who want to appear civil and civilized but who have lurking just under the surface a primal, savage instinct that soon overtakes social etiquette and rational thought, the “God of Carnage” in us all.
