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Theater Review: MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL (Ray of Light Theatre / San Francisco)
SO FETCH… AND SURPRISINGLY SHARP Ray of Light launches its new stage with a high-energy crowd-pleaser that actually lands It’s an ambitious way to christen a new home: take on a title everyone thinks they already know and try to make it feel fresh again. With Mean Girls the Musical, Ray of Light Theatre does…
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Theater Review: BETTER LATE (rePLAY Series at Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs)
WHEN LEGENDS READ, YOU LISTEN A star-studded staged reading proves craft, not spectacle, is the real event Some nights in the theater feel important before they even begin. rePLAY’s closing-night presentation of Better Late at the Plaza Theatre this past Saturday was one of them—not just because of Larry Gelbart’s sharply observed script, but because…
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Theater Review: HAMLET (National Theatre Company at BAM in Brooklyn)
THE DANISH PRINCE, DECODED Focused staging and strong performances bring Hamlet’s inner life into view at BAM. The National Theater’s Hamlet at BAM follows in the tradition of other fine productions of the play at the esteemed Brooklyn institution going back as far as 1961, returning to the Harvey stage over a dozen times. With…
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Theater Review: MORRIS MICKLEWHITE AND THE TANGERINE DRESS (Mosaic Theatricals at Patio Playhouse in Escondido)
A DRESS FOR SUCCESS A polished TYA production that treats identity and imagination with care. Mosaic Theatricals’ production of Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress at Patio Playhouse does not just aim to charm young audiences—it makes its point clearly. This is a heartfelt lesson for children of all ages about belonging, delivered with a…
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Theater Preview: MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT (Vineyard Theatre, NYC)
POLITICS, IN FULL DRAG: A CAMPAIGN LIKE NO OTHER Wayne Brady leads a wild, urgent, and unexpectedly timely ride through queer history and unfinished business. There have been outsider candidates before, but none quite like Joan Jett Blakk—the self-declared Black drag queen who ran for President of the United States in the early 1990s, armed…
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Theater Review: MILLENNIALS ARE KILLING MUSICALS (World Premiere at The Colony Theatre)
DON’T BLAME MILLENNIALS: MILLENNIALS ARE KILLING MUSICALS IS KILLING MUSICALS (OR, WHEN SATIRE EATS ITSELF) An exhausting, vulgar, and unfocused musical that mistakes noise for insight and collapses into the very thing it claims to critique. There is a song in Millennials Are Killing Musicals, the new tuner currently suffocating at the Colony Theatre in…
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Theatre Review: HYMN (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble)
A HYMN WITHOUT THE HALLELUJAH A polished, well-acted drama that never quite ignites Hymn by playwright Lolita Chakrabarti is a well-crafted piece, with detailed characters and dialogue that is enunciated with sincerity. Drina Durazo of Lower Depth Theatre, in collaboration with The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s Sally Essex-Lopresti, has mounted a slick two-man drama, which director…
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Dance Review: GISELLE (Los Angeles Ballet)
LOVE, BETRAYAL, AND GHOSTS IN A LUSH GISELLE Los Angeles Ballet delivers a visually rich and emotionally satisfying take on the Romantic classic. Los Angeles Ballet (LAB) closes its 20th Anniversary Season with a milestone: its first appearance at the Ahmanson Theatre, presenting the ghostly Romantic classic Giselle. Founded in 2006 with the goal of…
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Theater Review: FOR WANT OF A HORSE (Echo Theater Company, Atwater Village Theatre)
HOLD YOUR HORSES A provocative subject that proves hard to recommend—and harder to ignore Olivia Dufault’s For Want of a Horse tackles a subject most plays wouldn’t dare touch—and to its credit, it does so without melodrama. But what might have been a deeply human exploration of how such a taboo shapes lives instead plays…
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Theater Review: EELPOUT! (Shattered Globe at Theater Wit)
ICE FISHING, MALE BONDING, AND ONE VERY TALKATIVE FISH An uproarious and unexpectedly poignant Midwest comedy that finds connection in the unlikeliest of places. “There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before”. That line from O Pioneers! by the great…
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Off-Broadway Review: KENREX (Lucille Lortel)
A COMMUNITY PUSHED PAST THE LAW An electrifying solo tour de force that turns a town’s nightmare into gripping theater. The largest Off-Broadway cast this season—over a dozen roles—may well be at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. Remarkably, they’re played by one actor. That’s only one reason you should see the amazing Jack Holden in KENREX, the…
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Dance Review: MERE MORTALS (SF Ballet)
PANDORA GOES DIGITAL A visually striking ballet where myth, machines, and modern anxiety collide San Francisco Ballet closes out its 2025–2026 season with Mere Mortals, a contemporary ballet choreographed by Aszure Barton with music by Floating Points. It’s a modern-day spin on the Greek myth of Pandora’s Box. Despite being warned about the consequences, Pandora…
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Theater Review: BLUE KISS (Ruskin Group Theatre)
THE KISS OF DEATH A drama overloaded with “dots” that just don’t connect The Ruskin Group Theatre’s production of Stephen Fife’s Blue Kiss starts off with promise. Todd (Casey Morris), a somewhat stuffy, failed poet and depressed academic, has reluctantly agreed to tutor Susan (Carolina Rodriguez), a somewhat manic, wanna-be poet student. We’ve been here…
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Music Review: NELLIE McKAY (City Vineyard)
ECCENTRIC CHARM, SWEET AND STRANGE Enjoying an eclectic, engaging evening with Nellie McKay Light-hearted but with some heavier thoughts,Out-and-out outgoing on the outside,Sometimes intense on the inside,Engaging all the way through With a playful twinkle in her eye and her trademark sunny sound, savvy singer Nellie McKay fills a room with charm in her eclectic…
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Theater Review: HAMNET (Royal Shakespeare Company at American Conservatory Theater)
TO GRIEVE OR NOT TO GRIEVE American Conservatory Theater presents Hamnet, the stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s historical novel, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti (Life of Pi) and directed by Erica Whyman. Hamnet, the historical novel by Maggie O’Farrell, reimagines the family life of William Shakespeare in the 16th century. It’s an intimate portrait of his…
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Off-Broadway Review: BROKEN SNOW (Theatre 71)
A PUZZLE WORTH SOLVING A slow-burn puzzle that rewards patience with emotional clarity In the middle of nowhere, in an abandoned house, Broken Snow begins with a promise. Kris (Tony Danza) steps forward and tells us he has a story—“one of utmost significance,” he insists, “a moment where everything changes.” It’s a bold promise, not…
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Theater Review: BEAU JEST (North Coast Rep)
A NICE JEWISH BOY— OR IS HE? Plenty of laughs and genuine feeling power this crowd-pleasing production Sarah Goldman is a young Jewish Chicago teacher in the late 1900s. Her boyfriend is a lawyer named Chris Cringle and they are thinking about getting married. But there is a problem. Chris is not Jewish and Sarah’s…
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Theater Review: FLOWER DRUM SONG (East West Players & JACCC at the Aratani Theatre)
A NEW BEAT ON AN OLD DRUM A vibrant revival powered by talent, spectacle, and cultural pride Crazy Talented Asian Americans! “To create something new, we must first love what is old.”– Mei-Ling from Flower Drum Song I fell in love with East West Players and JACCC’s co-production revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Flower Drum…
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Theater Review: THE SECRET SHARER (DNAWorks at Emerson Paramount Center)
TOO MANY HANDS ON DECK An inventive but overstuffed adaptation floods the narrative The world premiere of DNAWorks‘ adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s “The Secret Sharer,” directed by Daniel Banks at Emerson Paramount Center offers a lot of intriguing approaches to this classic tale of two men who strongly resemble one another. Regarded as a novella…
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ST. AUGUSTINE MUSEUMS: Why Medieval Torture Museum Belongs at the Top of Your List
St. Augustine, Florida, occupies a unique position in the American cultural landscape. As the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the continental United States, it carries more than five centuries of layered history — Spanish colonial architecture, Native American heritage, British occupation, and the complex narratives of settlement, conflict, and transformation that define the American…
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