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"The Importance of Being Earnest," show #899
Oscar Wilde knew what he was writing when he wrote it. A timeless, witty, social commentary that allows the actors to give inflection and...
Apr 152 min read
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"Dysfunction" show #898
There’s something to be said when a musical knows exactly what it is. Such is the case for the premiere of the new musical, Dysfunction ,...
Apr 132 min read
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"A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney," show #897
Director Diego J. Sosa went 2-for-2 on helming terrifically envisioned and executed plays at Fresno State’s Experimental Theatre Company...
Apr 82 min read
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"Urinetown" show #896
It’s the title that turns off so many potential audience members from seeing it while the tolerances most have for streaming television,...
Feb 73 min read
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"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...
Dec 10, 20243 min read
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"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...
Nov 17, 20242 min read
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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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"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...
Oct 1, 20243 min read
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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,...
Sep 13, 20242 min read
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"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....
Aug 25, 20243 min read
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"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...
Jun 17, 20244 min read
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"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...
May 28, 20244 min read
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"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...
May 16, 20243 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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"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...
May 3, 20243 min read
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"Seminar" show #875
Teresa Rebeck’s riveting living room drama, Seminar, is being given a collegiately capital treatment at Fresno State University, which...
Dec 9, 20233 min read
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"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....
Oct 10, 20233 min read
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"Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical," show #872
In prep for seeing Jordon Ross, Lindsey Rosin, and Roger Kumble’s musical adaptation of the 90s cult-classic, Cruel Intentions, I...
Sep 25, 20234 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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"Hippest Trip: The Soul Train Musical," show #871
Two things can be true at the same time. Don Cornelius was an often revered man who made Soul Train, a television show celebrating music...
Sep 21, 20233 min read
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