Significant OtherJoshua HarmonSan Francisco PlayhouseRubio Qian, Kyle Cameron, Hayley Lovgren & Nicole-Azalee Danielle‘Always a bridesmaid and never a bride’ is difficult enough to swallow if you’re the near-thirty-something who is feeling the impact of that cliché, but what if you would at least like to be a bridesmaid but your besties never ask you? For Jordan … [Read more...] about “Significant Other”
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“Pear Slices 2019”
Pear Slices 2019Members of the Pear Playwrights GuildPear TheatreDaniel Zafer-Joyce, Bill C. Jones, and Becca GilbertIt’s only spring, and pears are not yet in season; but at Pear Theatre, there are plenty of fresh slices to pick from and enjoy. For the sixteenth year, the Mountain View company has called upon its members of the Pear Playwrights Guild to create eight, … [Read more...] about “Pear Slices 2019”
“Undiscovered Country”
Undiscovered CountryAva RoyWe PlayersHunter Scott MacNair, Ava Roy & Chris SteeleIt’s the ol’ West when armed, masked bandits regularly rob frightened passengers riding bumpy stagecoaches, only to turn around the next day to hold up a bank, tying up teeth-chattering customers while taking their jewelry, watches, guns, and money. Only in this version of the Ol’ West, … [Read more...] about “Undiscovered Country”
“Vanity Fair”
Vanity FairKate HamillBased on the Novel by William Makepeace ThackerayAmerican Conservatory Theatre (in association with Shakespeare Theatre Company)The Cast of Vanity FairImmediately, we are given advanced warning by the tuxedoed Manager of the Strand Musik Hall that “there are no morals here in our play.” He comes to the stage’s edge to advise us in more detail: “This … [Read more...] about “Vanity Fair”
“A Spoonful of Sugar”
A Spoonful of ShermanRichard Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Al Sherman & Robert J. Sherman (Music & Lyrics)Robert J. Sherman (Book) 3Below Theatres and LoungeThe Cast of A Spoonful of SugarIn a heartfelt biographical and musical tribute to his grandfather, dad, and uncle, A Spoonful of Sherman, Robert (Robbie) J. Sherman (book) takes us through a … [Read more...] about “A Spoonful of Sugar”
“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor DreamcoatAndrew Lloyd Webber (Music); Tim Rice (Lyrics)Broadway by the Bay Matt Ott & Cast MembersIts crazy mixture of musical genres, its clever lyrics that span the millennia in references, and its story of biblical proportions about a boy’s dreams that save a nation and his family all combine to make Joseph and the … [Read more...] about “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”
“Leading Ladies”
Leading LadiesKen LudwigHillbarn TheatreSamantha Ricci, Adrienne Kaori Walters & Monica CappucciniWhile the Shakespeare-mimicking situations in Ken Ludwig’s Leading Ladiesare overall amusing, it is Director James Knipple’s gender-fluid, casting decisions that make Hillbarn Theatre's Leading Ladies well worth a night of forgetting all the day’s troubles and letting … [Read more...] about “Leading Ladies”
“Fiorello!”
Fiorello!Jerome Weidman and George Abbott (Book); Jerry Bock (Music); Sheldon Harnick (Lyrics)42nd Street Moon Colin Thomson & Cast MembersIn an age when daily we are hit with news about politicians at all levels who are racked with scandals, how refreshing it is to open the pages of history and discover there was once a lawyer-turned-mayor whose career was one of seeking … [Read more...] about “Fiorello!”
“Late Company”
Late CompanyJordan TannahillNew Conservatory Theatre CenterBaela Tinsley, Cheryl Smity, Desiree Tinsley, Lawrence Radecker & Kenneth Heaton The announced menu for the dinner party includes a main course of healing and reconciliation; but as the meal progresses, the dessert begins to look like a food fight full of accusations peppered by cradled secrets, unspoken … [Read more...] about “Late Company”
“Seascape”
SeascapeEdward AlbeeAmerican Conservatory TheaterSean Gallagher, Ellen McLaughlin & James CarpenterEven before the grand, gold curtains of the Geary Theatre open, sounds of an ocean’s waves permeate around us, punctuated by the cries of sea gulls overhead. A beach and its sea grass spills into the laps of the first row of audience members – a beach that grows into … [Read more...] about “Seascape”
“Frost/Nixon”
Frost/NixonPeter MorganTheatreWorks Silicon Valley Jeremy Webb, Allen McCullough & CastA sweaty upper lip that many believe helped sink his first presidential bid. A resignation announced in his West Wing office in order to avoid sure impeachment. Raised, waving arms with fingers of both hands in a “V” – in the past given in both victory and … [Read more...] about “Frost/Nixon”
“Crazy for You”
Crazy for YouGeorge Gershwin (Music), Ira Gershwin (Lyrics); Ken Ludwig (Book)Bay Area MusicalsThe Cast of Crazy for YouChoreography that dares you not to tap your own toes. Comedy full of corn that is impossible not to laugh out loud – and I do mean loud. A love triangle where two of the three are the same person. And the Gershwin Brothers’ songs plucked from … [Read more...] about “Crazy for You”
“Girls Kill Nazis”
Girls Kill NazisJames KoppPear TheatreJennifer Sorkin-Kopp, Heather Mae Steffen, Diane Tasca, Stephanie Crowley, and Jim JohnsonThe Nancy Wake Book Club meets every Friday night in the oldest continually operating library in Arizona, the Copper Queen Library of Bisbee, Arizona. Named after a famous, French resistance fighter of World War II, the club has just two … [Read more...] about “Girls Kill Nazis”
“Men on Boats”
Men on BoatsJaclyn BackhausAmerican Conservatory TheatreThe Cast of Men on BoatsEvery day as we travel through our city streets, down our highways, and across our bridges, we encounter names that we mostly have no idea who the person being honored actually was. Most of the time, we do not even wonder. But behind many of those nomenclatures are forgotten stories of … [Read more...] about “Men on Boats”
“Cardboard Piano”
Cardboard PianoHansol JungNew Conservatory Theatre CenterGabriella Momah, Howard Johnson, Megan Timpane & Dane TroyFor anyone who grew up in a Southern Baptist church (and then left forever), the hymn “Just As I Am” will strike a deep and perhaps uneasy chord. The slow, soulful tune will surely bring back memories of the congregation singing the “invitational hymn” … [Read more...] about “Cardboard Piano”
