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BWW Reviews: 42nd Street Moon's SUPERMAN a Memorable and Fun Time
It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's 42nd Street Moon's campy production of Superman the musical! In the same line as the original Batman television series, It's a Bird… It's a Plane… It's Superman makes fun of comic book heroes in a light way that most fans will appreciate: melodrama. Striped vi...
BWW Reviews: ACT's 1776 Drums Up Patriotic Fun
The creators of '1776' held political opinions that strongly disagreed with the ideals of many, like former president Richard Nixon, who ultimately came to enjoy and appreciate the musical. One can easily assume members of both major political parties made up the opening night audience of American C...
BWW Reviews: Virago Theatre Company's AROUSAL and The Lover
Virago Theatre Company's 'shameless passion for theatre' comes alive - twice in one night - with AROUSAL, a new play by George Pfirrmann, and The Lover by Harold Pinter. Together, the two sensuous one acts equal one impressive night of theatre that you won't want to miss. Playing now thru September ...
BWW Reviews: SPAMALOT Pleases at Hillbarn Theatre
Feche la Monty Python quotes and let the familiar one-liners commence. Amongst a brilliant set layered with castles, clouds and peek-through windows, Hillbarn Theatre unleashes a giant can of "Spamalot," featuring daring (and not-so-daring) knights, cancan dancers, killer rabbits, French taunters, t...
BWW Reviews: ANYTHING GOES Sets Sail in San Leandro Thru August 25
In 1934, during the height of the Great Depression, Americans were looking for escapist entertainment and they found it in Cole Porter's frothy, screw-ball comedy, Anything Goes. Since then the show has seen many updates and revivals, the latest of which won the 2011 Tony for Best Revival. The plot ...
BWW Reviews: Pinter's NO MAN'S LAND Sublime at Berkeley Rep
Berkeley Rep's discerning theatre patrons, long accustomed to high caliber performances and superior productions, were thoroughly beguiled and delighted with the special pre-Broadway presentation of Harold Pinter's No Man's Land. Starring renowned actors Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, anticipatio...
BWW Reviews: Lamplighters' IOLANTHE Flies in with the Best
I grew up on 'The Mikado,' and in the past year or two I've begun to slowly educate myself on Gilbert and Sullivan via Lamplighters Music Theatre, which does one or two full staged Gilbert and Sullivan operettas each year. For the first time, Saturday night, the company treated me to what seemed a f...
BWW Reviews: HARVEY MILK 2013 with SF GAY MEN'S CHORUS and ANDREW LIPPA Celebrates the Human Spirit
Hodges and Hodges attended an historic night at the Nourse Theatre in San Francisco as droves of people came out to celebrate the 35th anniversary season of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus. The world premiere, with words and music by Tony nominated Andrew Lippa soared....
BWW Reviews: Virago's SONIA FLEW Finely Crafted, Must-See Theatre
Virago Theatre Company steps boldly and passionately into heart-wrenching territory with its production of 'Sonia Flew,'....one of the most finely crafted dramatic productions of recent note....
BWW Reviews: Hillbarn Provides A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
It's fitting that Stephen Sondheim wrote "A Little Night Music" as one grand waltz. When Hillbarn Theatre's production of the musical opens, a semi-narrating chorus dances in the waltz and foreshadow the characters and events about to unfold. A young girl observes their dance, following her grandmot...
BWW Reviews: LITTLE ME Big on Talent and Value
Jason Graae is a comic genius. With his flawless changes from personality to personality, one might think 'Little Me' a one-man show. But a fantastic ensemble also mounts an impossible-to-ignore smorgasbord of ever-changing, delightful characters. Performed in the capable hands of 42nd Street Moon, ...
BWW Reviews: STUCK ELEVATOR a Hit at A.C.T.
'Stuck Elevator' is a thought-provoking, sometimes funny, often stirring piece that opens the door to the dark side of the American dream exposing, in the story of one lone man, the flawed and feckless nature of our attitude toward immigrants. Paying now thru April 28 at A.C.T.in San Francisco...
BWW Reviews: CCCT's NEXT TO NORMAL is Anything But and is a Must-See!
Contra Costa Civic Theatre offers a prescription for a remarkable theatre experience and an emotionally powerful journey in the Tony award winning "Next To Normal"...
BWW Reviews: BEING EARNEST Charming But Not Perfect
Paul Gordon has a distinctive style that has made musicals like "Emma," "Daddy Long Legs," and "Jane Eyre" successful in their smaller regional and short Broadway runs. The composer-lyricist refuses to follow the typical Broadway musical formula and instead uses his music to tell the story. But that...
BWW Reviews: Broadway San Jose's BLUE MAN GROUP Astounds
'Blue Man Group' is full-throttle fun, deliriously served up and flung out into the audience - which is why the front row people are given plastic ponchos to wear! 'Hodges and Hodges' was there to review the show for you!...
BWW Reviews: THE WHIPPING MAN an Incredible and Telling Experience
Playwright Matthew Lopez is a master at weaving jaw-dropping moments of revelation with stirring soliloquies on faith and perfectly placed gems of humor. His provoking drama, 'The Whipping Man,' which received its Bay Area premiere this week at Marin Theatre Company, leaves the minds of viewers roll...
BWW Reviews: THE SORCERER is Full of Magic
With a unique staging and charming humor, the Lamplighters' production of 'The Sorcerer' charms audiences. The enchantment only lasts for one week, however, with three performances, one of which has already passed....
BWW Reviews: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Limited Engagement Now Thru March 24
'Little Shop of Horrors, the deliciously dark comedy/horror-rock musical -- beloved by high school and community theatre companies across the country -- spreads its gripping green vines now through March 24 in the East Bay at Holy Names University's Regents' Theatre....
BWW Reviews: Those Boys from Jersey Man, Can They Sing! JERSEY BOYS Rocks the Curran Theatre
The hit musical 'Jersey Boys' made its way to the California shore and into San Francisco's Curran Theatre for a spectacular opening night where Franki Valli and the Four Seasons ruled the airwaves once again. Catch 'Jersey Boys' now through April 28....
BWW Review: It's a Big Bright Beautiful World with SHREK THE MUSICAL
Decorated with Monty Pythonesque humor, the touring production of 'Shrek' the musical contains enough tasteful pop culture and Broadway musical references to make the Genie at Disney California Adventure's 'Aladdin Musical Spectacular' proud. Creators lifted much of the dialogue from the original fi...
BWW Reviews: SF Opera's SECRET GARDEN Could Use Some More Work
San Francisco Opera's new commission, a modern opera take on the classic children's story, "The Secret Garden," has trouble fully blooming. Littered with beautiful lilies and roses of moments, the opera waits until its second act to really let its music breathe....
BWW Reviews: Hodges & Hodges Review MIKE TYSON: UNDISPUTED TRUTH
The gloves came off last night as Mike Tyson took center stage at San Francisco's Orpheum Theatre in his one-man-show entitled 'Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth.' As the curtain went up, loud cheers erupted and suddenly there he was, seated center stage in a pose reminiscent of Rodin's 'The Thinker'- a ...
BWW Reviews: Broadway Couple Mazzie & Danieley Offer HE SAID/SHE SAID Cabaret
Armed with twice the vocal power and awash with plenty of real, fiery chemistry, Broadway vets -- and real-life married couple -- Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley's romantically-themed cabaret showcase titled 'He Said/She Said' played to packed audiences at the Samueli Theater in Costa Mesa over Vale...
BWW Reviews: Center Rep Creates Beautiful and Moving OLD WICKED SONGS
Song echoes heart in Jon Marans' 'Old Wicked Songs,' a beautiful play that, like the classical music it celebrates, takes its time to mature story and soak in emotion and meaning. Much like the infamous Maria Callas account, 'Master Class,' 'Old Wicked Songs' follows teacher and student as pasts div...
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Eureka Day City Lights Theater Company (9/24-10/18) |
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Secret Improv Vice, San Francisco Noir Shelton Theater (5/31-5/31) |
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Comedy Oakland at Quinn's Lighthouse Fri June 26 8:30pm Quinn's Lighthouse (6/26-6/26) |
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Broadway Under the Stars - Radio Recall: The Soundtrack of Your Life Transcendence Theatre Company (7/10-7/12) |
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James Garner's Tribute to Johnny Cash Native Sons Hall (6/26-6/26) |
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Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Sat June 27 7pm Elbo Room Jack London (6/27-6/27) |
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