Intrigue on the Campaign Trail
Farragut North wallows deep in the muck of political campaigns.
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I Get a Kick Out of Cole
Anything Goes has so many classic Cole Porter songs in it that it’s a wonder it’s an original book musical from which those songs originate rather than some greatest-hits musical revue.
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Modern Stone Age Family
The Skin of Our Teeth shows a wilder side of Thornton Wilder.
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Trail and Error
The westward migration, the video game, the stage play:
My review of The Oregon Trail is in the Oakland Tribune and other Bay Area News Group papers. Read more
The Women: It’s All About Men
Clare Booth Luce’s snappy 1930s comedy about women and their man problems plays at Point Richmond’s Masquers Playhouse.
My review is in the Contra Costa Times and other BANG papers. Read more
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Ragged Wing Ensemble performs four short plays defining home.
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Dust Bowl Lethargy
Actors Ensemble of Berkeley revives Dust Bowl musical Panhandle — with mixed results.
Nothing but Zingers
Kathleen Turner plays journalist Molly Ivins as a patchwork of quips.
My review is in the San Jose Mercury News and other Bay Area News Group papers. Read more
