Mighty Real: A Fabulous Sylvester MusicalAnthony Wayne & Kendell BowmanBrava Theatre Center (AnthonyKen, LLC, Producer)Entering Brava Theatre lobby, audience members feel an electricity and excitement that continues its meteoric rise once inside the auditorium up until the moment the first blast of overture music finally erupts from the onstage band. The big … [Read more...] about “Mighty Real: A Fabulous Sylvester Musical”
Archives for February 2015
“Aunt Lakie’s Not Coming to Dinner”
Aunt Lakie’s Not Coming to DinnerSusan RabinWindy City Productions at The Phoenix TheatreThe table is set for company, and cookies are coming out the oven as two, elderly, Jewish sisters prepare to welcome an aunt and uncle for dinner. However, that is not to be since Aunt Lakie has just left this world for the beyond; and it is that unfortunate surprise that springs open … [Read more...] about “Aunt Lakie’s Not Coming to Dinner”
“Harbor”
HarborChad BeguelinNew Conservatory Theatre CenterSometimes, an unexpected event stimulates further events that probably are going to happen anyway but maybe not as quickly and not quite in the way that the trigger ignites them. In this West Coast premiere of Beguelin’s Harbor, the seemingly bucolic life of two gay men -- Ted the architect and Kevin the writer -- is … [Read more...] about “Harbor”
“Tree”
TreeJulie HebertSan Francisco PlayhouseWalking into the auditorium, all eyes immediately notice the scores of multi-sized, tied cardboard boxes that litter the entire two-level, modest home before us. We then notice a front porch with a rowboat docked in what appears to be the dry road in front. Mystery? Secrets? Revelations? What else could be in … [Read more...] about “Tree”
“Candide”
CandideMusic, Leonard BernsteinBook Adapted from Voltaire by Hugh Wheeler in New Version by John CairdLyrics by Richard Wilbur (& Sondheim, Latouche, Hellman, Parker & Bernstein)Lamplighters Music TheatreAfter being worked and re-worked for 33 years with many collaborators coming and going (and some now dead) and with some 97 total musical numbers/revisions having been … [Read more...] about “Candide”
