The Further Adventures of Hedda GablerJeff WhittyDragon Productions TheatreCaitlin Papp & Juanita HarrisIn a wonderfully directed and acted production at Dragon Productions Theatre, The Further Adventures of Hedda Gableris a hilarious, Vaudevillian-like glimpse of the afterlife of fictional characters. This is a first-class, must-see outing that will … [Read more...] about “The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler”
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“Small Mouth Sounds”
Small Mouth SoundsBess WohlAmerican Conservatory Theatre The Cast of Small Mouth SoundsWhat happens if we allow silence to dominate our world – at least the silence of our own voices? What might we hear if words no longer clutter our day-to-day lives? In Bess Wohl’s 2016 Off-Broadway hit, Small Mouth Sounds, six seekers of needed solace arrive for a week of forested … [Read more...] about “Small Mouth Sounds”
“Barbecue”
BarbecueRobert O’HaraSan Francisco PlayhouseTeri Whipple, Clive Worsley, Anne Darragh & Jennie BrickWe are here “to encircle with truth and love today in the open air ... Today, we step in.” So says a sister to three of her adult siblings gathered together in a city park setting where the main features are a chain-link fence, a picnic table next to the public … [Read more...] about “Barbecue”
“Thomas and Sally”
Thomas and SallyThomas BradshawMarin Theatre CompanyMark Anderson Phillips & Tara PachecoIf Thomas Bradshaw were a writer of history books, then that subject might very well be THE favorite of school kids across America. Instead, he is a playwright who has created a detailed, engaging, sometimes a bit shocking, and often quite funny timeline of our third president and … [Read more...] about “Thomas and Sally”
“Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations”
Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the TemptationsDominique Morisseau (Book); The Legendary Motown Catalogue (Music & Lyrics)Berkeley Repertory TheatreEpraim Sykes, Jeremy Pope, James Harkness, Jared Joseph & Derrick BaskinIn silver-grey suits with a slight sheen of sparkle, the five appear, fingers smartly snapping at their sides in perfectly synchronized … [Read more...] about “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations”
“An American in Paris”
An American in ParisGeorge Gershwin and Ira Gershwin (Music and Lyrics); Craig Lucas (Book)SHNTaking a 1951 film starring the dancing likes of Gene Kelly and Leslie Carron – a film that is idolized by members of a certain generation and one hardly if at all known by those known as Millennials – and turning that film decades later into a stage musical is nothing short of risky … [Read more...] about “An American in Paris”
“Luna Gale”
Luna GaleRebecca GilmanAurora Theatre CompanyJamie Jones, Devin S. O'Brien & Alix CuadraOn any given day in the U.S., over 400,000 kids are living in foster care environments, with at least a quarter of those placed by the courts with blood relatives in what is classified as kinship care. Social workers are assigned to each of those children to ensure where they live … [Read more...] about “Luna Gale”
“The Hunchback of Notre Dame”
The Hunchback of Notre DameAlan Menken (Music); Stephen Schwartz (Lyrics); Peter Parnell (Book)Hillbarn Theatre Randy O'Hara (Quasimodo) & the Gargoyles Based on the 1831 novel by Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame as a stage musical retains the songs of the 1996 Disney film while keeping more of the darker, more serious elements of the novel than does the … [Read more...] about “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”
“Day 6, Shows 14-16: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 6: Shows 14-15, TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”Mies JulieYael FarberBaxter TheatreAssemblyThe love of another versus the love of land. Honoring roots of one’s past versus living the promise for one’s future. The leftover familiarities of colonialism versus the still unknowns of freedom. And of course, white versus black.These are … [Read more...] about “Day 6, Shows 14-16: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 5, Shows 13 & 14: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 5, Shows 13 & 14: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”The Divide, Part 1Alan AyckbournOld Vic, Edinburgh International Festival & Karl Sydow ProductionKing TheatreThe year is 2201, and we are all gathered in a large lecture hall for “The Divide Lectures,” delivered by two professors — a man decked out in all white and a woman in all black — who … [Read more...] about “Day 5, Shows 13 & 14: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 3: Shows 6-9: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”
“Day 3 Shows 5-8: TheatreEddys at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”Not about HeroesStephen MacDonaldFlying BridgePleasance What force drives a man who is an avid anti-war advocate in his poetry and personal stance to go back into a war he absolutely no longer believes is legitimate? Further, how could this possibly happen to two poets, two men who have developed a … [Read more...] about “Day 3: Shows 6-9: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”
“Day 2, Shows 2-4: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 2, Shows 2-4: TheatreEddys at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”Atlantic:America & the Great WarRyan Bernsten & Desiree Staples (Writers); Christopher Anselmo (Composer)The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with the American Theatre Project, Northwestern UniversityAssemblyWith wave after wave of gloriously intertwined harmonies sweeping from the stage, the sixteen … [Read more...] about “Day 2, Shows 2-4: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“La Cage aux Folles”
La Cage aux FollesHarvey Fierstein (Book); Jerry Herman (Music & Lyrics)San Francisco PlayhouseThe tempo of the overture’s tunes — familiar in music and long-memorized in words for many in the audience — quickens in direct proportion to the packed theatre’s palpable rise in energy level and anticipation. In a tease to an audience who to a person already knows where … [Read more...] about “La Cage aux Folles”
“The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga”
The Four Immigrants: An American Musical MangaMin Kahng (Book, Music & Lyrics)Based on Manga Yonin Shosei by Henry Yoshitaka KiyamaTheatreWorks Silicon Valley The Cast of The Four ImmigrantsThe story of immigrants arriving on the shores of the Golden State is told with songs that often sound as all-American as “Yankee Doodle” – songs with notes of jazz, … [Read more...] about “The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga”
“Henry IV, Parts One and Two”: Day 8, Plays 9 & 10, OSF Ashland 2017
Henry IV: Parts One and TwoWilliam ShakespeareOregon Shakespeare FestivalOregon Shakespeare Festival this season offers the rare opportunity to see what one might call William Shakespeare’s ‘Falstaff Triad.’ Along with The Merry Wives of Windsor, the third in the so-called Falstaff sequence, Henry IV, Part One and Henry IV, Part Two document parallel journeys of the … [Read more...] about “Henry IV, Parts One and Two”: Day 8, Plays 9 & 10, OSF Ashland 2017
