Theatre Review: ‘Assassins’ – Inspired lunacy
With this production, Ray of Light Theatre has once again proven itself to be a force to be reckoned with in Bay Area musical theatre.
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Review: San Jose Stage’s ‘Avenue Q’ a fun, sweet production
In spite of Avenue Q’s teaser reputation as a Muppet satire packed with vulgarity, profanity and full puppet nudity, the dialogue and situations are quite…
Symphony Silicon Valley wraps season with global flare
One of the highlights of the piece was a duet with Asarnow and Concertmaster Robin Mayforth on the violin that was both tranquil and moving.
Theater Review: ‘Tales of the City’ – It was worth the wait
This is a wonderfully edgy, quintessential San Francisco experience, embracing its eccentricity with a singular charm and an irrepressible, incandescent spirit.
First steps toward a life-changing move
When you sit quietly, pondering or visualizing where you could possibly live your best life, what do you see? Looking out the window, do you…
Making room for life’s Bucket List experiences
When you are running from one thing to the next, the sheer volume of activities—good, bad, or indifferent—need time to settle.
Symphony Silicon Valley: Manasse and Nakamatsu impress
Without missing a stroke he exhausts the crowd with Tchaikovsky’s Allego Con Fuoco and then after the second standing ovation of the night presents an…
‘Curtains’ – Second-Tier offering from Kander and Ebb still entertains
Set as a murder mystery in Boston in the late ‘50s, this musical within a musical is an amusing send up and romp through a…
Silk Stockings – Successful return of a forgotten musical
It’s been twenty years since the fall of the Iron Curtain, and despite its undeniable shortcomings, capitalism as an economic model has been widely embraced…
Hook Line ‘N Sinker: Real women fish
Cast your line. Engage your patience. Imagine.