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Wild with Happy

March 16, 2025 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Wild with Happy Colman Domingo New Conservatory Theatre Center Grief comes in ways unexpected for Gil as he tries his best to rush through the whole process in dealing with his mom's sudden passing where she resides in his hometown of Philly.  After all, the struggling actor (and Yale English lit grad) needs to return tomorrow to New York for a call-back audition … [Read more...] about Wild with Happy

Theatre Eddys: Touring the World Now; Back In January 2025

October 23, 2024 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Dear Loyal Subscribers to TheatreEddys.com: After posting 70+ reviews between mid-January and mid-July, you may have noticed that I have been noticeably absent since (except for one post of the 40+ shows my hubby Hernán and I saw at the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, one of our favorites places to go in the entire world). Like the past couple of years, we are spending … [Read more...] about Theatre Eddys: Touring the World Now; Back In January 2025

TheatreEddys Goes to the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

August 25, 2024 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Beginning in 1947 with 8 productions performed uninvited on the ‘fringe’ of the first Edinburgh International Festival, today’s annual, 3.5 week Edinburgh Fringe is the world’s largest performing arts festival with 262 venues, 3317 productions, and 51,446 individual performances.  And only saw 41 in the nine days we are here … my 6th and Hernan’s 3rd Fringe. Since this is … [Read more...] about TheatreEddys Goes to the 2024 Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Kimberly Akimbo

January 29, 2024 by Eddie Reynolds

Kimberly Akimbo David Lindsay-Abaire Altarena Playhouse Teenage Kimberly is once again on the curb of the ice-skating rink waiting for her dad to pick her up.  That it is 10:30 p.m. and the rink closed at 8 and that it is the middle of winter in Bogota, New Jersey is bad enough; but soon-to-be-sixteen Kimberly has the body of someone four-and-a-half times her age … [Read more...] about Kimberly Akimbo

The Riverbride

May 30, 2023 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

The River Bride Marisela Treviño Orta City Lights Theater Company A fairy tale is supposed to have an air of magic, a sense of mystery, and a promise of “happily ever after.”  Certainly Marisela Trevino Orta’s The River Bride, as directed by John R. Lewis and presented by City Lights Theater Company, meets these criteria and more.  From the opening moments of this … [Read more...] about The Riverbride

Cyrano

April 17, 2023 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Cyrano Edmond Rostand, Adapted by Josh Costello Aurora Theatre Company From its premiere night in 1897 Paris when the audience was still applauding an hour after the final curtain fell, through multiple stagings on the Great White Way starring some of Broadway’s finest, and after hundreds of productions worldwide in multiple languages, Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de … [Read more...] about Cyrano

TheatreEddys Returns January 2023 … Stay Tuned for More Reviews

August 29, 2022 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Dear Loyal Readers: My husband and I have been out of the country hiking, touring, and visiting friends for the past six weeks.  We now are heading to our second home in Medellin, Colombia, returning in January 2023.  At that time, I will once again return to my avid attendance at San Francisco Bay Area theaters and will be posting reviews galore.  Thanks for your … [Read more...] about TheatreEddys Returns January 2023 … Stay Tuned for More Reviews

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

May 30, 2022 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder Robert L. Freedman (Book & Lyrics); Steven Lutvak (Music & Lyrics) Based on Roy Horniman’s 1907 Novel, Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal Lamplighters Music Theatre In full, formal black dress, six mourning Londoners in excellent but foreboding harmonies warn us upfront, “For those of you of weaker constitution … [Read more...] about A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder

Theatre Eddys Recalls Ten Bay Area Theatre Highlights, 2010-2019

December 31, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Looking back over ten years of seeing nearly 1500 theatrical performances (plays, musicals, and solo shows) in the San Francisco Bay Area (and another near 500 globally), I am both pleased and surprised what productions/events are now remembered most vividly – ones that I find myself returning in order to relish the productions’ creative accomplishments.  The following are what … [Read more...] about Theatre Eddys Recalls Ten Bay Area Theatre Highlights, 2010-2019

Theatre Eddys’ Top Bay Area Productions for 2019

December 30, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

This year, Theatre Eddys attended and reviewed 129 shows locally along with nine shows in Ashland, Oregon at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and forty-two shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Of the 129 local productions that were plays, musicals, and solo performances, a top “5 E” rating was awarded to productions of 25 different companies.  The most “5 E” ratings for … [Read more...] about Theatre Eddys’ Top Bay Area Productions for 2019

TheatreEddys Goes to the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Mini-Reviews of 42 Shows Seen

August 30, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

TheatreEddys Goes to the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival:Mini-Reviews of 42 Shows SeenThere is nothing in the world like the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, with the 39th edition having completed its twenty-four days of several thousand offerings each day at 554 venues (each with one to a dozen or more stages) where over 55,000 performers from all over the world performed stand-up … [Read more...] about TheatreEddys Goes to the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Mini-Reviews of 42 Shows Seen

“The Eddys”: Theatre Eddys’ Top Bay Area Play, Musicals & Solo Show of 2018″

December 17, 2018 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Theatre Eddys Presents“The Eddys 2018”Theatre Eddys’  San Francisco Bay Area Top Theatre Productions, 2018This year, Theatre Eddys attended and reviewed 125 shows locally along with nine shows in Ashland, Oregon at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.  Of the 125 local productions that were plays, musicals, and solo performances, a top “5 E” rating was awarded to … [Read more...] about “The Eddys”: Theatre Eddys’ Top Bay Area Play, Musicals & Solo Show of 2018″

“The Eddys: Theatre Eddys’ Top Bay Area Plays & Musicals of 2017”

December 15, 2017 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Theatre Eddys Presents“The Eddys 2017”Our San Francisco Bay Area Top Theatre Productions, 2017This year, I attended with friends and family and reviewed 140 shows locally along with 11 shows in Ashland, Oregon (ten at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival) and 35 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, for a total of 189 plays and musicals seen in 2017.Of the 140 local productions that … [Read more...] about “The Eddys: Theatre Eddys’ Top Bay Area Plays & Musicals of 2017”

“Day 11, Shows 32-35: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”

August 25, 2017 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

“Day 11, Shows 32-35: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”An Evening with an ImmigrantInua EllamsTraverse TheatrePoet, playwright, and performer Inua Ellams, wearing a t-shirt that boldly says “Never Forget to Say Thank You,”  sits at the microphone before the Traverse Theatre audience to relate a story of the many years he and his family take to become legal … [Read more...] about “Day 11, Shows 32-35: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”

“Day 10, Shows 26-31: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”

August 25, 2017 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

“Day 10, Shows 26-31: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”Hats Off to Laurel and HardyPhilip HutchinsonLucky Dog Theatre ProductionsSweet Grassmarket“Gee if I hadn’t seen you, I wouldn’t have recognized you.”  For any fan of Laurel and Hardy, that is just one of many lines that can still bring a nostalgic laugh — funny now as always.  Standing before us are … [Read more...] about “Day 10, Shows 26-31: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”

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