Staged as as a grotesque carnival, the production trots out a murderous lineup of sad sacks and misguided misfits who fired on Presidents Lincoln through Reagan. The play asks the question: “Why’da do it?” Source: Shotgun Players’ ‘Assassins’ Is a Macabre Revival of Stephen
A Broadway pop musical about Electroconvulsive Therapy and suicidal ideation, Next to Normal uses sardonic wit and dark humor to lighten this heartbreaking story of a family devastated by mental illness. Source: Psychotic Mother Belts It Out, Wins Tony. It’s Next to Normal. | KQED
The adults-only sex tour includes racy tid bits of beastly canoodling – plus champagne and covered strawberries. Zoo experts will answer burning questions like: do giraffes prefer Barry White or Beyonce? Is it wrong to give a box of chocolates to a dieting hippo? Are
The New York Post | Blue Man Group Long before they spawned a Vegas franchise, The Blue Man group opened in the East Village… Fasten your plastic smocks, its going to be a messy ride. Every oozing, jiggly, wet and squishy substance known
Source: Looking Back at ’08: Poehler v. Palin Maternity – 7×7 Bay Area Poehler’s strength, power and midnight energy at 9-months pregnant is, to me, a role model of (dare I say it?) the empowering integration of brain and uterus…
New York Times| It’s Not A Secret, But Still Exciting This was once of the first few articles about Ellen Degeneres and her TV character coming out. Although, back in the 90s, Times’ protocol did not abide by that term, hence their “declares herself a lesbian” phraseology.
A portrait of an artist as a young black man, “Passing Strange” is one of the most exciting new plays to come along in quite some time, Source: Musician’s talents showcased at last in Berkeley rep premiere
“Wicked,” a dissenting opinion on conventional “Wizard of Oz” wisdom, reveals the plight of a persecuted, scape-goated witch at the hands of a feeble figurehead, hiding behind an impressive Ozian smoke screen.
Lisa Kron’s “solo show with other people in it” is not turning out as Kron had planned. It’s not what was described in her grant proposal. But that’s what happens when you bring your mother onstage with you. Source: Lisa Kron’s priceless performance probes parent-child
A pantheistic parable told in bold African colors and sounds, “The Lion King: The Musical” melds breathtaking puppetry, uncanny costumery and brilliant bodies in motion. A Mickey Mouse project this is not. Source: SF stage production an improvement on well-known animated Disney tale