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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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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 24, 20232 min read
Mini-Rogue Review Round-up Day 2
Titillated Donna Kay Yarbough has brought a new title to Fresno audiences, Titillated, a journey of comedic erotica through the mediums...
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Sep 23, 20232 min read
Mini-Rogue Review Round-up Day 1
Day 1 brought two featured shows and one special event to the LAByrinth Art Collective venue, and the house was filled audiences ready...
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Jul 27, 20233 min read
"Les Miserables" show #869
The sweeping, epic presentation of Les Miserables is still prevalent and powerful when done with the right company of musical theatre...
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Mar 29, 20232 min read
"Hairspray" show #863
The current touring production of Hairspray packs a mighty punch of energy and talent, led by a dynamite Niki Metcalf as Tracy Turnblad,...
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Mar 16, 20233 min read
Rogue 2023 Round-Up
I had one day to enjoy as much Rogue Festival 2023 as I could, so I loaded up the schedule and took in five stellar shows. Below are some...
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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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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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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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Mar 14, 20221 min read
Rogue Review: "Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me but Banjos Saved My Life"
Is that a great title or what? This was one of the first shows I knew I had to see, and I am pleased to report that, with this show being...
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Mar 14, 20221 min read
Rogue Review: "Blood Harmony"
The Murray Girls delivered a fantastically enjoyable performance of tunes, both modern and traditional, at Veni Vidi Vici’s. This being...
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Mar 11, 20221 min read
Rogue Review: "The Real Black Swann," show #831
When I see Les Kurkendaal-Barrett on the Rogue lineup I make sure I see him; he delivers material with urgency which isn’t panic, passion...
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Mar 11, 20221 min read
Rogue Review: "The Funny Magic Show"
Standing in for the billed Chase Martin, of The Funny Magic Show, is Frisco Fred, a veteran comedian-clown who specializes in juggling,...
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Mar 7, 20222 min read
Rogue Review: "Jaguar is a Liar: What I Saw During the Fight for the Tower Theatre"
Jaguar always brings humor, insight, offensive syntax, and is always in the spirit of giving commentary to a national (sometimes global)...
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Mar 5, 20222 min read
Rogue Review: #FresnoWriters Live
My first Rogue show and I cried. One of the reasons I ensure that Fresno State’s MFA Program in Creative Writing is on my schedule for...
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