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Constellations
Written as a two-hander and performed as such since its 2012 premiere on the West End, Broadway, and many regional theaters throughout the country, “Constellations” is given an innovative, insightful, and invigorating twist by director Reed Flores in the current production by The Pear Theatre.
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Other recent reviews
A Grand Night for Singing — An American Songfest
With music ranging from gospel to jazz, to Broadway, cabaret, classical, pop, soul, and more, the Merola Opera Program’s “A Grand Night for Singing — An American Songfest” was nothing short of a one-night-only lovefest highlighting the exceptional talents of these blossoming stars of tomorrow’s global opera and concert stages.
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Annunciation
To miss any Word for Word production is a great shame; to miss Lauren Groff’s “Annunciation” would be a near sin.
Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean: A New Musical
TheatreWork’s 54th season-ending “Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean: A New Musical” is a summertime must-see and deservedly to be sold-out-hit for Bay Area audiences.
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Sweat
Palo Alto Players opens a raw, gritty, honest-to-the-core production of Lynn Nottage’s “Sweat” with a cast’s performances that grab you with a firm grip, shake you to the core, and leave you a different person than when you entered Lucie Stern Theatre.
Co-Founders
“Co-founders” is a new, hip-hop musical that is a great gift by American Conservatory Theatre to the Bay Area and one where we all leave with a challenge for our own lives that “You gotta believe you can code in a new way.”
