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REVIEW – Spring Awakening – San Jose Rep
I didn’t have an awkward childhood. Not that I recall anyway. I don’t actually remember when and how I was informed about the birds and the bees. I’m not a parent. I much prefer a straight play to a...
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REVIEW- A Christmas Carol – San Jose Rep
Humbug. It’s an under-utilized expression I think. Sure it comes out during the holidays, but on the whole, I think the word should be less seasonal and broken out more regularly. Certainly for me it’s...
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REVIEW- Neil Berg’s 101 Years of Broadway- San Jose Rep Theatre
101 years. That’s a long time. Though I deny liking musicals more times than I admit to liking them, I’m super glad Broadway has made it that far. I hope it continues to flourish for many, many more...
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REVIEW – GOD OF CARNAGE – SAN JOSE REP
I know I’m hard on the San Jose Rep, it’s no secret. I expect a lot and hold them to a high standard. I’ve seen great work done there and I’ve seen great work done other places on 1/10th the budget. I...
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REVIEW – Bill W. and Dr Bob – San Jose Rep
”Hey, let’s go see a play about the founders of AA” isn’t maybe something you expect to hear or get super excited about, right? What? Not your feel good play of the year? Okay, maybe not,...
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REVIEW- NEXT TO NORMAL – SAN JOSE REPERTORY THEATRE
Severe mental health problems and the havoc that they wreak on a family, wouldn’t necessarily serve as my first choice for an evening’s entertainment. Fold that plot into a musical vessel and, it’s...
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PREVIEW – PUTTING THE ART IN HEART THIS VALENTINE’S – IDEAS FOR YOUR CELEBRATION
The first official hump day of February has come and gone and you know what that means. If you’re fortunate enough to have a significant other (or perhaps you have your eye on your future Mr. or Mrs.)...
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REVIEW- Disconnect – San Jose Rep
There’s perfect metaphor for every live theater experience and for the San Jose Rep’s Disconnect, this metaphor was a giant novelty gumball machine. While that should be a totally sufficient...
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REVIEW- The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus – San Jose Repertory Theatre
A play is like kind of like a recipe. You take some ingredients, you mix them all about, you let it bake, you serve it up and you hope that everyone (whose taste buds are as individual as finger...
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REVIEW – A Minister’s Wife – San Jose Repertory Theatre
Somehow I’ve made it through life as double English and Drama major, audience member and longtime theater participant without ever having seen or read a version of George Bernard Shaw’s Candida. While...
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REVIEW – One Night With Janis Joplin – San Jose Rep
Here is a list of my not-so-favorite things, also known as “Why theoretically, I should not have liked One Night With Janis Joplin at the San Jose Rep:” Celebration of 60/70’s drug culture, musicals...
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REVIEW – Next Fall – San Jose Rep
This was a rough last couple of weeks for those around me. An unnatural assault of devastating losses and completely unexpected challenges seem to have tumbled into the lives in my periphery,...
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REVIEW – THE SNOW QUEEN – San Jose Repertory Theatre
While exciting and potentially a great collaborative exercise, producing a new work comes with a lot of pressures and expectations. Even when you’ve lined up the most fabulous of creative teams,...
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REVIEW – R Buckminster Fulller, the History (and Mystery) of the Universe –...
Oh, R. Buckminster Fuller, how you woo me with your big words and your even bigger ideas. I guess I’ve always been a complete and utter fool for ephemeralization, I just never knew until I saw San Jose...
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REVIEW – Forbidden Broadway – San Jose Repertory Theatre
Sometimes there is, in fact, a very logical explanation for something that has lasted so long. With several incarnations, updated along with the trends and shows of the Great White Way, Forbidden...
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REVIEW – Game On – San Jose Rep
So the Rep has been batting .400 this season… Yeah, sorry, I can’t do it. I don’t even know what that means. In the interest of full disclosure, I don’t get baseball. I’ll give you a second to get over...
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REVIEW- The Big Meal – San Jose Repertory Theatre
Ever walk into a theater and find yourself thinking; wasn’t I JUST talking about this? Isn’t this LIFE? And, then for a moment you think, I don’t want to see LIFE on stage, there’s too much of it in...
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