THE SUBSTANCE OF ROB MORROW Actor Rob Morrow has come full circle. The Emmy-nominated Northern Exposure star, recognized for other notable TV shows (Billions, Numb3rs, The People vs. OJ Simp…
MURDEROUS LAUGHTER In 1945, "Cluedo" first came on the scene in the United Kingdom to the delight of board game lovers. Created by game designer Anthony E. Pratt, this beloved family friend …
THIS PIGEON ADAPTATION IS NOT FOR THE BIRDS My kids love Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, the popular children's book by Mo Willems. It's a simple, comic story about a pigeon that wants …
AS USUAL, THE WOMEN DEAL WITH THE MESS Hub Theatre Company's pay-what-you-will production of 46 Plays for America's First Ladies offers a series of playlets as varied as the women portrayed.…
SIZING UP THE BROTHERS SIZE IS JUST PART OF ITS APPEAL When I first saw a play by Tarell Alvin McCraney, I wrote, "It is thrilling to hear the poetic dialogue of a propitious new American pl…
IN A DELICIOUSLY CLAUSTROPHOBIC BOX AT OUT OF THE BOX Out of the Box Theatrics is presenting an intimate, hilarious, original play called Inspired by True Events " written�…
Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Benjamin: Yes, sir. Mr. McGuire: Are you listening? Benjamin: Yes, I am. Mr. McGuire: Plastics. Benjamin: Exactly how do you m…
ALICE IN STUNNED-ERLAND Lewis Carroll sure never saw this version coming. His 1865 novel Alice In Wonderland, probably best known from the 1951 Disney animated film, has been reinterpreted t…
THE WORST BEST MAN MAKES THE BEST MAN SHOW A GUARANTEED WINNER We're attending a wedding. Every viewer in the audience is an attendee. The vows have already been exchanged, and now it's time…
WE'VE GOT TO GET OURSELVES BACK TO THE GARDEN When The Sheen Center announced Ed. Weinberger's new play The Journals of Adam and Eve starring Hal Linden and Marilu Henner, I thou…
MACROBATS The one challenge in writing this review is my atypical, completely-blank notepad taken home from the theatre. But that's with good reason. Duel Reality " which opened last nig…
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND BAD " GET HIGH FROM A TALL GLASS OF LADY CHABLIS; TAKE A BOTTLE OF BOURBON TO ENDURE THE OTHERS The Goodman Theatre's premiere production of Midnight in th…
MEHVITA Eva Perón is back on stage downtown as San Francisco Playhouse stages the classic Broadway musical Evita. Inspired by a radio documentary about Perón, the first lady of Argenti…
One of my favorite places to see plays in NYC is also NYC's most prominent Latino theatre companies: Repertorio Español. Performed in Spanish with easy-to-read supertitles in English, …
A FANTASIZED LOOK INTO BLACKNESS IN AMERICA The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe, currently at The Studio Theatre, is a wild, satirical glance into African-American experiences, dating back…
"There's more to her than anyone could ever infer " You can kick my words to the curb. I think it's time that we heard from her." An ice-cold, high-octane adaptation of Euripides' play writt…
NOT LARSON'S BIGGIE, BUT IT PAID THE "RENT" One of the great heartbreaks of theater history is that Jonathan Larson, the author and composer of the rock opera Rent, his modern telling of Puc…
HELLO HELLO BIRDIE! Waxing nostalgic about the 1950s is never out of style as Palm Canyon Theatre ably proves with their current production of Bye Bye Birdie running through July 14. Bye Bye…
A TIME-TRAVELING UNBROKEN BLOSSOMS REVEALS BIGOTRY AND MISOGYNY Before seeing the world premiere of Unbroken Blossoms by Philip W. Chung at East West Players, I had never heard of the 1919 A…
KATERINA MCCRIMMON IS INDEED THE GREATEST STAR Funny Girl is a beloved musical that first premiered on Broadway in 1964, with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Bob Merrill, and a book by Isobel…
ZAC IS ON THE INSIDE TRACK Token Theatre's world premiere production of Zac Efron by David Rhee " co-written by Wai Yim and directed by Alan Muraoka " is not about Zac Efron at all, be…
The People vs. Lenny Bruce, presented by Cause Célèbre Productions and Henderson Productions, is the third segment of All The Court's A Stage, a series of plays that are based on seven of …
HE HAD US ALL ON THE SAME PAGE Ken Page is a marvel. It would be reasonable to start and finish this review with that sentence. He has been a powerful presence in stage, film, and cabaret fo…
MRS. DOUBTFIRE IN GOOD HANDS WITH ROB McCLURE In Mrs. Doubtfire The Musical, a familiar San Francisco-based plot meets with the Tony-nominated actor Rob McClure, who makes Robin Williams' cl…
A NICE EXPAT ON THE HEAD Now, here's a fascinating show. Two former lawyers (the best kind I say) and whip-smart writers, Dominique Roberts and Candace Leung, wrote and starred in Expatriate…