Chicago continues to resonate with an audiences even more than it did when it was introduced on Broadway in the 70s. This original City Lights production is no exception. It is a wonderful finish to an excellent season.

The thundering of the horse hooves, the mysteries of the video and even the cool air that hits the audience in the face when it rains on stage are guaranteed to take you out of your virtual life and get you re-centered back in the world of your senses.

SF Playhouse's 'My Fair Lady' is such a purified extract of the Lerner and Lowe original that you'll be clapping along with the audience, and singing "Get Me to the Church on Time" for days afterwards.

Schellhardt's words are achingly genuine and never trite; especially those of Kiddo who I suspect bears more than a passing resemblance to herself, having grown up around the family piano.

During intermission, the audience fell into two camps – those who insisted that the sound issues were due to the musicians playing too loudly, and those who opined that the acoustics were to blame.

Almost everyone I know, regardless of age, places themselves behind the barricades with the students. However, something more obvious is happening...

While strutting their cells phones, investments and irony, the cast seemed so at home in this language that they brought the text to a whole new level

This may very well be the most talented cast recently assembled at A.C.T. Each actor is a triple threat, bringing deft skill in song, dance, and acting. A lush 9-piece orchestra is icing on the cake.

Following in the footsteps of American Idiot and, before that, Rock of Ages and Spring Awakening, here the rock musical meets History Channel.

American Idiot is by far the most compelling performance I’ve ever seen at the Orpheum here in San Francisco.