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Dec 10, 20243 min read
"Red Velvet" show #895
To let Lolita Chakrabarti’s text speak for itself, “we know what we like and like what we know.” Red Velvet is a play that is both...
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Nov 17, 20242 min read
"God of Carnage" show #894
Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage (with translation by Christopher Hampton) is a living room drama that happens to be hilarious. Or, it’s a...
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Oct 16, 20241 min read
Cryptid Groove Promises to be an Immersive Delight this Week!
This Saturday, Aleño Dance Project, Aerial Arts Fresno, and musical artist SAHAB reunite for an immersive performance, Cryptid Groove....
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Oct 7, 20242 min read
"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," show #893
Personally, I find Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat to be one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s best scores. It’s fun, diverse, and...
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Oct 1, 20243 min read
"Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really" show #892
Kate Hamill has been taking the literary classics-to-stage adaptations by storm these past few years, and Fresno State University...
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Sep 24, 20242 min read
"The Good, The Bad, and the Ok…I guess" Debuts this Week!
The Aleño Dance Collective is back, in a new space, with a new evening-length dance performance for Fresno audiences. Debuting this...
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Sep 13, 20242 min read
Hair, show #891
Sierra Repertory Theatre continues its run of a terrific, psychedelic production of one of the most game-changing musicals of our era,...
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Aug 25, 20243 min read
"Evil Dead, the Musical" show #890
Selma Arts Center is well in its run of a raucously fun, Evil Dead, the Musical which I had the pleasure of seeing this past weekend....
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Jul 5, 20242 min read
"Super Funtimes Magic!"
Friday night lights at the LAByrinth Art Collective brought fringe-veteran Christopher Bange to the stage. In this two-night stand...
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Jun 17, 20244 min read
"Jersey Boys," show #889
Jersey Boys is not a show one approaches lightly, even with it being a jukebox musical. What elevates a jukebox musical is ensuring the...
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Jun 4, 20244 min read
"Jersey Boys" premieres this week at Selma Arts Center!
Jukebox musicals have become a staple of the musical theatre landscape because people will pay whatever it costs for a two-hour hit of...
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May 28, 20244 min read
"Galileo: A Rock Musical" show #888
Berkeley Repertory Theatre has premiered a new rock musical by Danny Strong (Book), Michael Weiner and Zoe Sarnak (Music and Lyrics) that...
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May 16, 20243 min read
"The Drowsy Chaperone," show #887
Having the pleasure of attending the opening night performance of Sierra Repertory Theatre’s The Drowsy Chaperone served as a...
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May 8, 20244 min read
"Spring Awakening" show #886
At the time of seeing Fresno State University Theatre’s production of Spring Awakening, I had seen five previous productions of the...
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May 3, 20243 min read
"Roald Dahl's Matilda," show #885
I do believe Roald Dahl would be happy with the stage musical adaptation of one of his most treasured stories. Dennis Kelly’s book does...
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Apr 4, 20246 min read
What the Fresno County Tax Office Taught Me About Teaching
Just about two-and-a-half years ago, my wife and I became proud, if not suitably stressed, homeowners. Mortgages, yard work, never-ending...
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Mar 26, 202411 min read
NYC 2024 Round-Up Reviews
This year’s New York trip proved to be a wonderful jaunt to my Theatre Mecca. Five Broadway shows, three off-Broadway shows, a few...
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Dec 9, 20233 min read
"Seminar" show #875
Teresa Rebeck’s riveting living room drama, Seminar, is being given a collegiately capital treatment at Fresno State University, which...
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Oct 10, 20233 min read
"Once," show #874
CenterStage Clovis has an impeccable production of Once, the musical adaptation of the Oscar-winning film of the same name, on its hands....
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Oct 4, 20234 min read
Nostalgia in the Classroom; or, Making School Cool Again
(My high school headshot-2006) Podcasts are my most prominent form of consumption. NPR’s Throughline is a constant in my rotation. While...
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