"MJ: the Musical," show #854
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I’ll be honest: I was not totally looking forward to seeing MJ: The Musical. I’m, at best, a moderate appreciator of the late pop icon’s...
Jan 12, 20235 min read
"Dear Evan Hansen," show #857
Dear Evan Hansen, your show is one complicated piece, and here’s why: there’s so much to love and so much to cringe at. I want to love...
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Jan 9, 20233 min read
"Kimberly Akimbo," show #853
Kimberly Akimbo lives with progeria, a rare disease which ages you four-and-a-half times faster than is typical. Victoria Clark is...
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Dec 21, 20223 min read
"The Inheritance, Parts 1 & 2," shows #851, #852
Matthew Lopez’s profound play, The Inheritance, received a sterling, sensitive, and powerful treatment at Geffen Playhouse, complete with...
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Dec 14, 20222 min read
"2:22-A Ghost Story," show #850
A quartet of terrific actors have entered the horror genre of theatre with Danny Robins’ 2:22-A Ghost Story. The play surrounds two...
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Dec 6, 20226 min read
"There's Always Questions..."
Finals are just around the corner and, thankfully, I’ve mostly avoided the triggering, “so what can I do to get my grade up?” question....
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Nov 19, 20222 min read
"All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914," show #849
CenterStage Clovis Community Theatre is wrapping up their purely stellar production of Peter Robinson’s brainchild of musical history,...
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Nov 15, 20222 min read
"Harvey," show #848
Fresno Pacific University theatre is currently running an absolutely charming production of Mary Chase’s Pulitzer-winning comedy, Harvey....
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Nov 14, 20222 min read
"Every Brilliant Thing," show #847
The Fools Collaborative have gifted Fresno audiences with a sincerely poignant play in Duncan MacMillan and Jonny Donahoe’s Every...
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Nov 12, 20222 min read
"Wild Swimming," show #846
Marek Horn’s Wild Swimming is a play written at a level beneath whimsical, requiring strong directorial vision and stylistic execution by...
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Oct 18, 20222 min read
Paul Salsini Gets Personal About Sondheim in New Book.
Paul Salsini is no stranger to Stephen Sondheim, as he edited The Sondheim Review for ten years, with the not-needed but certainly...
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Oct 4, 20224 min read
The Potency of Showing Your Passion
I recently had dinner with a mentor of mine. I asked this person about their teaching practices and ways I could apply their successes to...
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Sep 20, 20227 min read
Mini-Rogue Festival 2022 Preview
This year’s ‘Seattle-to-Fresno’ Mini-Rogue will take up residence at LAByrinth Art Collective after a two-year hiatus! Coming to the...
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Sep 7, 20225 min read
The Immediacy of Immediate Feedback
The school year is well underway, and I’m back for another round of pedagogical essays. I hope your summer proved to be a time for rest,...
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Aug 12, 20222 min read
Strangely (does) Stupid! (things for money): An Evening that was Anything but Perfunctory
Last Thursday, Grant Evan Knutson of Minion Productions brought together a rambunctious group of artists and audience members in support...
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Jul 22, 20224 min read
"Fun Home," show #845
It’s not often a graphic novel-memoir gets the stage adaptation treatment, let alone a musical stage adaptation, let alone a Tony-winning...
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Jul 21, 20223 min read
"Follies"
Stephen Sondheim and James Goldman were on to something when they wrote Follies. Often cited as among Sondheim’s top scores, Follies...
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Jun 30, 20223 min read
"The Little Mermaid," show #844
Sierra Repertory Theatre is a gem because they take on dramas, comedies, Shakespeare, and family musicals with the same gusto and...
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Jun 22, 20224 min read
"The SpongeBob Musical," show #843
Anyone who follows my blog regularly, or who knows me in general, has been made aware that I am not a fan of The SpongeBob Musical. I...
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Jun 20, 20224 min read
"Ragtime," show #842
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is running an intimately cast but mightily performed production of the modern epic musical, Ragtime. I use...
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