Review: GHOST QUARTET at Oakland Theater Project
by Kelly Rogers Flynt - November 07, 2024
History, spooky stories, and a quest are all woven together with hypnotic melodies and intoxicating harmonies. GHOST QUARTET by Oakland Theater Project is unlike any other show. This song cycle takes the audience on a journey through lands and stories and time with bits of familiar things as guides....
Review: CLUE Turns Enemies List Paranoia into Pure Madcap Fun!
by Linda Hodges - October 30, 2024
Broadway San Jose has another laugh-out-loud hit on their hands with CLUE, the high-energy farce based on the classic board game and the 1985 movie of the same name. Though the movie became a cult classic, nothing compares to the raw energy of Sandy Rustin’s stage adaptation of Jonathan Lynn’s scree...
Review: PETER PAN at Golden Gate Theatre
by Steve Murray - October 30, 2024
Peter Pan flies into the Golden Gate Theatre with its fantastical message of the joys of childhood, innocence, and freedom. For over 70 years J.M. Barrie’s story has been told and retold, becoming a beloved childhood adventure. This newly imagined production plays on that familiarity and will bring ...
Review: THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at Altarena Playhouse
by Kelly Rogers Flynt - October 27, 2024
Thanksgiving is a time for food, family, and football. Or at least that is the way that most Americans experience it. In recent years, a few have stepped back to challenge the simplicity of the holiday, the edited history of its origin, and the lack of authentic Native voices in the story. Playwrigh...
Review: EMOJILAND at 3Below Theaters, San Jose
by Paul Bolton - October 28, 2024
New Musical Theater show EMOJILAND at 3Below Theaters in San Jose packs a heartfelt message into a colorful and entertaining high energy show. Cast of well known favorite emoji's are brought to vivid life by a talented cache of local actors....
Review: CLUE - LIVE ON STAGE! at Curran Theatre
by Steve Murray - October 23, 2024
Not in the mood for more election drama or Mideast War horror? Then this current production of Clue - Live on Stage! might be the remedy. With lightning flashes and an ominous score, a mysterious dinner party at Boddy Manor begins with the arrival of an assortment of guests familiar to a...