Immaculate Mary Poppins

Immaculate Mary Poppins

The Broadway musical isn’t the best version of Mary Poppins, but its star at Tri-Valley Rep is practically perfect.

Read my review in the East Bay Times and Mercury News. Read more

Nautical and Nice

Nautical and Nice

Pleasanton’s Pacific Coast Rep (not to be confused with Carmel’s Pac Rep) heads under the sea with Disney’s Little Mermaid. You wouldn’t think a review of such a thing would prove controversial, but the world is wondrous and full of surprises.

Read all about it in the Contra Costa Times and other Bay Area News Group papers. Read more

The Anti-Rock Musical

The Anti-Rock Musical

Bye Bye Birdie depicts the cultlike following of a rock star, but it’s not a rock musical. Far from it.

My review is in the Contra Costa Times. Read more