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In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) – TheaterMania.com
Any play with the word vibrator in the title and Victorian ladies dropping their knickers and leaping onto the orgasm table — is certain to stimulate audiences. Sarah Ruhl’s In the Next Room (or the vibrator play) , an examination of women’s sexuality in the Victorian
Beautiful, the Carole King Musical Opens in San Francisco | Erika Milvy
Premiering in San Francisco before its January New York opening, Beautiful, The Carole King Musical, is yet another Juke box musical. But unlike other recent musical biographies about musical careers, the Carole King story is really about music making. Source: Beautiful, the Carole King Musical
A Wicked Writer – TheaterMania.com
Novelist Gregory Maguire discusses the political inspiration for the hit musical and how he expects it to fare in an Obama nation. Source: A Wicked Writer – TheaterMania.com
There IS a Place for Us — In the Heights is an “Up Side Story”
With less gritty realism and attention to societal ills than West Side Story, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s contemporary immigrant story, In the Heights, gets by on its wits and rhythms. Source: There IS a Place for Us — In the Heights is an “Up Side Story”
KQED The Trojan War: This Time It’s Personal
In Berkeley Rep’s An Iliad, the antiquated story of the Trojan War is dusted off and the ancient tradition of the storyteller is reanimated. Source: The Trojan War: This Time It’s Personal
Shotgun Players’ ‘Assassins’ Is a Macabre Revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Musical | East Bay Express
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
Psychotic Mother Belts It Out, Wins Tony. It’s Next to Normal. | KQED Arts
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 New York Post ‘On the Town’ | Blue Man Group
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
Musician’s talents showcased at last in Berkeley rep premiere
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