Carnegie Music Hall, Oakland

by Greg Kerestan - June 10, 2026

I've always been a comics guy, ever since I was five years old and discovered my dad's shipping crate full of seventies and eighties cult titles like Howard the Duck and Doctor Strange....

by Greg Kerestan - May 19, 2026

This Pittsburgh-centric update of the seventies cult musical bridges the gap between the old world and the new....

by Greg Kerestan - May 18, 2026

The genderqueer indie rock cabaret staple has lost none of its bite, and found two definitive interpreters....

by Greg Kerestan - April 19, 2026

Though the show is (intentionally) corny, there's a lot of heart and humor in this new country musical....

by Greg Kerestan - April 07, 2026

If I told you I spent an evening last week watching a surrealist dramedy about performers in a circus run by a needy, codependent and violent ringmaster with bipolar disorder, you'd have two options to choose from. ...

by Greg Kerestan - February 10, 2026

Never underestimate the power of hiring the full orchestra...

by Greg Kerestan - January 29, 2026

Unlike most works of historical fiction, the vibes in this new dramedy are so good, you almost don't need the biographical tie-ins at all....

by Greg Kerestan - December 03, 2025

The only constant is change, as anyone will tell you, and Front Porch Theatricals has always epitomized that. Other than knowing their shows are going to be good, you could go in knowing everything or nothing (more often nothing) about their curated picks and walk out satisfied. ...