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Opened Sept. 4, 2007 Demons and all, Sweeney Todd resurrected at ACT Three stars Merry musical mayhem Let's go straight for the jugular here: When it comes to Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber …
American Conservatory Theater's season-opening production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is wowing audiences in San Francisco with its stripped-down intensity, nerve-jangl…
This was inevitable. Harry Potter, the boy wizard who turned the world on with his wand, is going to be a musical, at least according to the Sunday Mirror in the United Kingdom. Casting agen…
Gotta love the YouTube. Some genius mashed up the song "If You Were Gay" from Avenue Q and paired it with disgraced Sen. Craig's emphatic declaration that he is not gay. Have a look. (This i…
For Berkeley Repertory Theatre artistic director Tony Taccone, the most interesting thing about his company's 40th anniversary season is the year 1967. "So many organizations in the last yea…
In celebration of Berkeley Repertory Theatre's 40th anniversary season, which officially opens Sept. 5 with Heartbreak House, here's a timeline featuring key moment's in the company's journe…
A Theater Dogs reader sends the following correction that appears in the current issue of American Theatre magazine. Due to transcription problems, some errors and misquotes appeared in the …
Opened Aug. 25 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts TheatreWorks' Emma charms, delights in world premiere musical adaptation three [1/2] stars A match well made Oh the pain of…
Mel Brooks' new musical comedy adaptation of Young Frankenstein, based on his and Gene Wilder's 1974 movie of the same name, opened in its pre-Broadway tryout last week in Seattle. The two m…
Here's how Jane Austen describes the title character of her novel Emma: Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and a happy disposition, seemed to unite some of t…
This is not " I repeat " not a review of The Joan Rivers Theatre Project at San Francisco's Magic Theatre. Rivers and her crew are in town for a few weeks to workshop a new play, and reviews…
The Associated Press is reporting that Xanadu, the surprise hit Broadway musical version of the wretched 1980 movie of the same name, will begin its tour next summer in San Francisco. Stay t…
America spoke (or at least a very small percentage of America), and the first nationally televised casting session for a Broadway musical has turned into a full-blown Broadway musical. "Grea…
As our week of Avenue Q guest blogging comes to a close, we get not one but TWO bloggers today. Again, many thanks to the touring Q company for playing along and to the kind folks at SHN/Bes…
Far away from the glare of New York media, Joan Rivers is giving birth. Yes, the 74-year-old comedienne, who once wrote and directed a flop movie about the world's first pregnant man, is aga…
This week is going by too quickly as Theater Dogs welcomes guest bloggers from the touring production of Avenue Q at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre. Today we hear from Kate Monster, the wel…
While the fleshy and fuzzy folks who live on Avenue Q are in town, they're dropping by Theater Dogs this week to blog a little about being in the Bay Area. Today we hear from Christmas Eve, …
Opened Aug. 10 at Project Artaud Theatre, San Francisco Noir thriller `Angel Face' gets a tough-talking Word for Word treatment Three stars Hard boiled Dames don't come much more hardboiled …
This week on Theater Dogs, we're joined by guest bloggers from the puppet and human cast of Avenue Q at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre. Please welcome today's blogger, Trekkie Monster, a re…
Tickets go on sale Sunday, Aug. 19 for The Color Purple, the Oprah Winfrey-produced musical based on Alice Walker's novel of the same name. Jeannette Bayardelle (below, center), who comes fr…
All this week on Theater Dogs, the denizens of Avenue Q will be sharing their thoughts while their show continues at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre through Sept. 2. Many thanks to the cast …
Opened Aug. 11, 2007, Bruns Amphitheater, Orinda More love, less triumph in Cal Shakes-San Jose Rep co-production two [1/2] stars Romance trumps comedy In the theater, there's nothing worse …
Had to share this: the great Gwen Verdon, Bob Fosse's muse, performed a routine called "Mexican Breakfast" on some TV show of yore. Then some enterprising soul combined the footage with "Wal…
Talk to enough actors and you'll begin to see a trend emerge. Most of them had a transformative experience as children acting in one particular show. Any guesses? If you said The Wizard of O…
"At this point in my life, I'd rather do the standards. I'm not exactly the hip-hop type." So says Freda Payne, the 58-year-old pop/R&B singer best known for her million-selling single "…
