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

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

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