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Galileo

May 16, 2024 by Eddie Reynolds

Galileo Danny Strong (Book); Michael Weiner & Zoe Sarnack (Music & Lyrics) Berkeley Repertory Theatre From one side we hear, “Science asks the questions; the Bible has the answers;” from the opposing view, “The Scriptures is a book about going to heaven; it is not a book about how the heavens go.” Sounds like countering arguments made in some current, state … [Read more...] about Galileo

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

Sign My Name to Freedom: The Unheard Songs of Betty Reid Soskin

April 4, 2024 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Sign My Name to Freedom: The Unheard Songs of Betty Reid Soskin Michael Gene Sullivan (Book); Betty Reid Soskin (Lyrics); Betty Reid Soskin, Daniel Sovio & Others (Music) Concept by Jamie Zimmer Based on the Life, Music & Writing of Betty Reid Soskin San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company (SFBATCO) There are times when seeing a live, theatre production is … [Read more...] about Sign My Name to Freedom: The Unheard Songs of Betty Reid Soskin

The Pride of Lions

March 31, 2024 by Eddie Reynolds

The Pride of Lions Roger Q. Mason Theatre Rhinoceros On October 1, 1928, Mae West opened her latest play, The Pleasure Man – a comic, murder mystery with a climatic Drag Ball spectacle, resulting in the show being raided in its first two – and only – performances before being permanently shut down by the New York vice squad.  Over fifty performers were hauled off to … [Read more...] about The Pride of Lions

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

Boss McGreedy

March 8, 2024 by Eddie Reynolds

Boss McGreedy Gary Graves Central Works In his silk dressing robe, the “Boss” pours himself another whiskey as he listens to Dudley – his lawyer and friend since childhood – tell him there is a real possibility for a “remand,” if he will “just tell the truth.”  The man who proudly boasts he built New York in his years as Commissioner of Public Works is also the … [Read more...] about Boss McGreedy

Big Data

February 23, 2024 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Big Data Kate Attwell American Conservatory Theater A stranger shows up at the door, and you let him in, not knowing quite why.  He settles in as if he knows the place and begins asking mundane but also personal questions and taking some notes.  Somehow, he seems already to know a lot about you and describes aspects of yourself, your inner desires, and even dreams for … [Read more...] about Big Data

Babes in Ho-lland

January 21, 2024 by Eddie Reynolds

Babes in Ho-lland Deneen Reynolds-Knott Shotgun Players In a college dorm room whose walls are laden with ‘90s girl-band posters and whose floor is bedecked with plastic baskets flowing with laundry still to be done, a rockin,’ dancin,’ jumpin’ late teen gyrates irradicably to Courtney Love’s “Violet.”  Just as she hits a climax in her spins, her roommate walks in, … [Read more...] about Babes in Ho-lland

Miriam and Esther Go to the Diamond District

January 20, 2024 by Eddie Reynolds Leave a Comment

Miriam and Esther Go to the Diamond District Andrea Gordon Rainbow Zebra Productions LLC at the Magic Theatre Memories of parents long dead, of childhoods interrupted, and of a sibling relationship almost non-existent swirl amongst a stored-box clutter of letters, pictures, knickknacks, and clothing from lifetimes past as two sisters sort through their own and their … [Read more...] about Miriam and Esther Go to the Diamond District

Out of Character

June 29, 2023 by Eddie Reynolds

Out of Character Ari’el Stachel Berkeley Repertory Company One of the most remarkable aspects of Berkeley Rep’s latest world premiere show, Out of Character, is the vast array of characters on the stage – unique, interesting people of so many races, places of origin, and family backgrounds with accents, personalities, and personal stories so rich, authentic, and … [Read more...] about Out of Character

The Dignity Circle

June 26, 2023 by Eddie Reynolds

The Dignity Circle Lauren Smerkanich Central Works “Hi, y’all.  I’m Angela.  I work in real estate.  I live in Westlake, Sacramento, California. … I have a question for you.  What would you do if right now I handed you forty thousand dollars?  In cash.  No strings attached?”  Maybe “a trip, a new car, a new guest bathroom, a new forehead?”  Or how about just “a way to … [Read more...] about The Dignity Circle

By Georges! A Day in the Life of the Legendary Chevalier de Saint-Georges

May 8, 2023 by Eddie Reynolds

By Georges!  A Day in the Life of the Legendary Chevalier de Saint-Georges James D Sasser (Book & Lyrics); Charles Vincent Burwell (Music & Lyrics) Lamplighters Music Theatre As with so many accomplished people of color, the incredible life, achievements, and legacy of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, has largely been forgotten since his 1799 death … [Read more...] about By Georges! A Day in the Life of the Legendary Chevalier de Saint-Georges

The NI¿¿ER LOVERS

May 7, 2023 by Eddie Reynolds

The NI¿¿ER LOVERS: An Amerikkan Musical Marc Anthony Thompson, Writer & Composer Magic Theatre In 1848, a young, married couple devised and successfully executed in eight days a daring, dangerous plan to escape the horrific bondage of slavery in Macon, Georgia to find freedom in Boston – the light-skinned wife disguised as a man and her darker-skinned husband, as … [Read more...] about The NI¿¿ER LOVERS

A Distinct Society

April 12, 2023 by Eddie Reynolds

A Distinct Society Kareem Fahmy TheatreWorks Silicon Valley An executive order on January 27, 2017, by a president barely one week in office barred citizens from seven countries – all majority Muslim – from entering the United States.  Protests, legal challenges, and suits followed; but in the meantime, border agencies began reacting and enacting, often changing … [Read more...] about A Distinct Society

Justice: A New Musical

February 24, 2023 by Eddie Reynolds

Justice: A New Musical Lauren M. Gunderson (Book); Bree Lowdermilk (Music); Kait Kerrigan (Lyrics) Marin Theatre Company “Equal Justice for All.” For 191 years, half of the U.S. population could justifiably question if that welcoming sign above the U.S. Supreme Court entrance really applied to them because from its founding in 1789 until September 21, 1981, no woman … [Read more...] about Justice: A New Musical

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