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"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...
Oct 7, 20242 min read
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"Super Funtimes Magic!"
Friday night lights at the LAByrinth Art Collective brought fringe-veteran Christopher Bange to the stage. In this two-night stand...
Jul 5, 20242 min read
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"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...
Jun 4, 20244 min read
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"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...
May 8, 20244 min read
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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...
Sep 24, 20232 min read
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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...
Sep 23, 20232 min read
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Seattle-to-Fresno Mini-Rogue Festival 2023 Preview
The Seattle-to-Fresno Mini-Rogue Festival is back for its 8th year! The Mini-Rogue, this year held at The LABryinth Art Collective,...
Sep 19, 20238 min read
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"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...
Jul 27, 20233 min read
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"Men on Boats" show #864
Jaclyn Blackhaus’s Men on Boats re-imagines the 1869 government-sponsored expedition to the Grand Canyon by putting a female lens on the...
Mar 30, 20232 min read
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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...
Mar 16, 20233 min read
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"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...
Jan 12, 20235 min read
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"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,...
Nov 19, 20222 min read
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"Harvey," show #848
Fresno Pacific University theatre is currently running an absolutely charming production of Mary Chase’s Pulitzer-winning comedy, Harvey....
Nov 15, 20222 min read
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"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...
Nov 14, 20222 min read
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"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...
Nov 12, 20222 min read
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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...
Sep 20, 20227 min read
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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...
Aug 12, 20222 min read
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"Rent" show #841
It’s never lost on me that when a theatre group chooses to take on Rent, there is a tall order to be filled. This Pulitzer-winning,...
May 11, 20223 min read
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"Hamilton," show #833
The tour of Hamilton is young, scrappy, and talented! I had the pleasure of seeing this outstanding cast deliver a fantastic performance...
Apr 24, 20223 min read
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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...
Mar 11, 20221 min read
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