Millennial Notes Yngvild Aspeli Creates a Beautifully Dark Epic by Beau McGlasson Melville's Moby Dick: a ship captain descends into madness, pursues a massive white whale, and encounters th…
Dipika Guha's Wit Blossoms into Love with "No Regrets" by Kelly Mou & Barry David Horwitz "Getting There" opens with Edith Piaf singing "Moi, je ne regrette rien"""Me, I regret nothing."…
Domenique Morisseau Celebrates Black Women's Wisdom by Lynne Stevens Domenique Morisseau takes a stylish look at the destruction of Detroit's Black neighborhoods, brilliantly depicting the e…
Stephen Sondheim Dares Us to Look at Our Violence by Kim Waldron "Every now and then the country goes a little wrong," sings the "Assassins" Proprietor, the tap-dancing Keith Pinto. This che…
Millennial Notes Jasmine Lee-Jones Balances Razor Wit & Raw Vulnerability  by Beau McGlasson Award-winning Jasmine Lee-Jones brings her sharp-witted and hilarious Twitter-fueled play …
Lynne Nottage Pits Rigged Justice vs. Self-Empowerment by Patricia L. Morin In Berkeley Rep's "Clyde's," four ex-cons fresh out of prison and a boss straight out of Dante's Inferno beckon us…
Wendy MacLeod Dishes Out Feast of Thoughtful Delights  by Patricia L. Morin You know what it's like, right? You're on vacation, waiting in a restaurant for waitstaff to serve you. It…
Millennial Notes Timothy White Eagle Invites Us to His Room of Pleasure & Grief by Beau McGlasson Life's shocking juxtapositions live at the heart of Timothy White Eagle's exhilarating i…
Don Reed Wins Our Hearts with Warmth & Wit"Oakland Style by Barry David Horwitz If you've never seen a Don Reed stand-up show, now is the time for a rare treat. Don Reed has come home to…
Millennial Notes Lynne Kaufman Exposes the Costs of "Great Art" by Tom van Nuenen There are two myths that haunt the modern artist. One is that the good artists copy, but the great ones stea…
Taub & Woolery's Musical Updates Shakespeare's Rom-Com by Patricia L. Morin & Barry David Horwitz In Director Bill English's Tiffany-bejeweled Forest of Arden, trees glow with staine…
Millennial Notes Eddie Perfect Writes Wicked Songs for Spectacular Settings by Ian Waters "Beetlejuice, The Musical" is crass and boisterous, and shatters the stage's fourth wall entirely. B…
Taylor & Jones' Musical Echoes Mahalia Jackson's Spirituality by Barry David Horwitz In "HALIE! The Mahalia Jackson Musical," co-writers Wendy E. Taylor and Darryl V. Jones dramatize the…
Ashton & Menken's Musical Confronts Capitalist Greed by Patricia L. Morin "Little Shop of Horrors" has moved to a new neighborhood. From New York's mainly white Skid Row district, Direct…
Shad Willingham Delivers Joyous Christmas Comedy by Patricia L. Morin Did you ever feel as though you were having one of those days, where nothing seems to be going your way? And the outcome…
David Strathairn Vividly Embodies Polish Hero & His Warning by Jeanette Quick In a brilliant one man show, David Strathairn dramatizes the story of Jan Karski, a young Polish Catholic di…
Millennial Notes Arnold Lobel's Classic & Robert Reale's Music Unite to Delight  by Nicholas Leither My kids noticed it before I did. All along the edge of the stage, in front of …
Rose Oser Unfolds Struggles with Sexual Identity & Religion by Patricia L. Morin "Shoshana in December," a musical potpourri, follows a young Jewish woman questioning life, love, and sex…
Emma Rice's Spectacular Brontë Reaches New Heights by Lynne Stevens Everything about the first act of Emma Rice's "Wuthering Heights" is physical and passionate and dark as a Grimm's fair…
Millennial Notes Dave Malloy Links Romantic Fantasy to Invasion of Russia by Rosa Del Duca You are encouraged to order a decadent cocktail before finding your seat at "Natasha, Pierre & …
August Wilson's Fiery 60s Friends Deliver Wit & Wisdom by Barry David Horwitz If you haven't grown up either poor or Black or marginalized, then it's hard to understand how powerfully th…
Dustin H. Chinn Shreds Colonial & Capitalist Lies in Vietnam by Barry David Horwitz Travel with Dustin H. Chinn from French colonial Indochina to post-war capitalist Vietnam to foodie he…
Sharon Eberhardt Links Anthropologist Alice Kober & Mythical Ariadne by Patricia L. Morin Through the lives of two trailblazing women, the "Mark of the Minotaur" manifests the ageless, u…
Jennifer Lee's Book & the Lopezes' Music Forge New Love by George Maguire Adapted from the highest grossing animated film of all time, "Frozen" the musical has landed hook, line, and Swa…
Millennial Notes Dave Malloy Reveals Dark Seduction of the Mega-Rich by Ian Waters As war rages on in Ukraine, American politicians look at the ongoing suffering, and comment from afar. In "…