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Simple Mexican Pleasures

May 12, 2025 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Simple Mexican Pleasures Eric Reyes Loo New Conservatory Theatre Center No one would possibly dare accuse Eric of even having one toe still in the closet -- not his friends, family, colleagues, or even a casual passer by on the streets of L.A.  But when his boyfriend in Seattle sends him a text that "I think it's over" just as Eric is packing his hoards of … [Read more...] about Simple Mexican Pleasures

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

tick, tick … Boom!

May 19, 2024 by Eddie Reynolds

tick, tick… BOOM! Jonathan Larson (Book, Music & Lyrics); David Auburn, Script Consultant New Conservatory Theatre Center “Maybe I really have written the show that will reinvent musicals for our generation, the Hair of the ‘90s.” With that hope, a struggling playwright and composer heads to a workshop production of the musical he has been writing for five years.  … [Read more...] about tick, tick … Boom!

The Tutor

April 14, 2024 by Eddie Reynolds

The Tutor Torange Yeghiazarian New Conservatory Theatre Center, In Partnership with Golden Threads Productions “Everyone knows that everyone is lying … Eventually you learn what you can get away with publicly, and the rest, you manage privately … It may seem like a lot to juggle; but practice, daily practice makes perfect," declares the young Baran, soon after … [Read more...] about The Tutor

Unpacking In P’Town

March 10, 2024 by Eddie Reynolds

Unpacking in P’Town Jewelle Gomez New Conservatory Theatre Center “Nothing erodes a mountain of pain better than a river of friendship.”  So claims Lydia, one of four, long-term friends from yesteryear’s vaudeville circuit days who are once again returning to Provincetown for their annual, summer reunion.  And in 1959, there is pain aplenty in the air of laid-back, … [Read more...] about Unpacking In P’Town

The Kinsey Sicks: Drag Queen Storytime Gone Wild

July 13, 2023 by Eddie Reynolds

Drag Queen Storytime Gone Wild! Benjamin Schatz (Book), with Spencer Brown, Jeff Manabat & Nathan Marken Benjamin Schatz (Lyrics); Jeff Manabat (Vocal Arrangements) New Conservatory Theatre Center The masters of brilliantly delivering both corn and porn in glorious, a cappella harmonies brimming with biting political and social satire are back in what they call … [Read more...] about The Kinsey Sicks: Drag Queen Storytime Gone Wild

The Confession of Lily Dare

May 26, 2023 by Eddie Reynolds

The Confessions of Lily Dare Charles Busch New Conservatory Theatre Center As two old friends reminisce before a grave whose tombstone they describe as alabaster white due to regular cleanings of baking soda mixed with Jack Daniels whiskey, one notes lovingly and admiringly of the grave’s occupant, “She wouldn’t let a geezer squeeze her tits for less than a twenty.”  … [Read more...] about The Confession of Lily Dare

Locusts Have No King

April 16, 2023 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Locusts Have No King Julian Jiménez New Conservatory Theatre Center Jonathan and Marcus are in final prep for a dinner party with their neighbors, Lucas and Matthew.  All four live in the same building and work in the same profession for the same institution.  All are also in the closet at work and pretty much everywhere else except in the confines of the building … [Read more...] about Locusts Have No King

Getting There

January 28, 2023 by Eddie Reynolds

Getting There Dipika Guha New Conservatory Theatre Center As a young woman sits on a bench alone, each of four other women of varied generations approach her with highly dramatic outreach motions, lip-singing Edith Piaf’s “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien,” or in English translation, “No, I Don’t Feel Sorry about Nothing.”  As they continue to bombard her with their … [Read more...] about Getting There

Dot

March 18, 2022 by Eddie Reynolds

Dot Colman Domingo New Conservatory Theatre Center Family gatherings during the December holidays are often a time of maneuvering about carefully on rather thin ice, with members skating gingerly around issues in order not to reopen past and often persistent cracks in relationships.  For the Shealy family, skirting away from the one fact most want to ignore as they … [Read more...] about Dot

You’ll Catch Flies

January 26, 2020 by Eddie Reynolds

The phrase “you’ll catch flies” begs for a few more words.  One common saying is “Close your mouth, or you’ll catch flies.”  Another one some of us may have also heard from the likes of a grandmother or an aunt, “You’ll catch flies more with honey than with vinegar.”  In either case, there is a warning implied – the first to keep your mouth shut a bit more (or something bad may … [Read more...] about You’ll Catch Flies

Head Over Heels

December 22, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds

What happens when a Renaissance tale of royal romance written in iambic pentameter collides head-on with the jukebox music of the 1980s all-female group, the Go-Go’s?  And what if twists and turns of the story inspired by Sir Philip Sidney’s The Arcadia (1580s) now include same-sex love, gender-bending left and right, and a “non-binary, plural” Oracle of Delphi?  New … [Read more...] about Head Over Heels

The Cake

November 4, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

“If cake were free for everybody, there would be a lot less problems in the world.”  In fact, or at least so goes Della’s thinking, invite the leaders of ISIS into her cakery – Della’s Sweets in Winston, North Carolina – and a few bites of her butter cream icing might just improve their dispositions for good! As soon as we meet Della in Bekah Brunstetter’s play, The Cake, it … [Read more...] about The Cake

This Side of Crazy

October 13, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

They were once known as “the little superstars for Jesus.”  Now the grown Blaylock Sisters are an atheist former stripper, a mental institution patient who once strangled her ex-lover, and a Vlogger who gives scripture-based advice on her “Good Christian Women” show after making love to her comatose husband upstairs.  How they each got from Point A to Point B has much to do … [Read more...] about This Side of Crazy

“The View Upstairs”

May 19, 2019 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

The View UpstairsMax VernonNew Conservatory Theatre CenterNick Rodrigues & Ensemble MembersAs the fiftieth anniversary of Stonewall fast approaches and as we in San Francisco also recall in honor the drag and transgender heroes of the Compton Cafeteria riots of 1966, what better time for us to take every chance to remember those who came before us, to celebrate how far we … [Read more...] about “The View Upstairs”

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