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Review: Provocative and Risky, Ego Death Collective Doesn’t Shy Away from Heavy Subject Matter in Red Light Winter

Ego Death Collective invites the audience to take a leap of faith and step into an extremely intimate blackbox theater for a show filled with deeply flawed characters, exposing the […]

  • Erin Ryan
  • February 23, 2026
    • Children's theater , Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: At Young People’s Theatre, The Hobbit Entertains an Audience Both Adult and Young (But Not Too Young)

    I saw the morning performance of The Hobbit by Young People’s Theatre Saturday, expecting the house to be full of squealy kids with parents. I was only slightly surprised to […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • February 16, 2026
    • Children's theater , Review , Stages , Storefront

    Review: A Year With Frog and Toad Delights Kids and Parents at Young People’s Theatre  

    A Year With Frog and Toad may not be a holiday play but it is a celebration of friendship throughout the seasons, from the moment the two friends wake from […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • December 8, 2025
    • Review , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Ego Death Theatre’s Days of Rage Is Ferocious, Funny, and Heart-Wrenchingly Human

    Ego Death Theatre Collective successfully hits the mark with Days of Rage by Steven Levenson. A compelling script, following a group of young radicals who are willing to do anything […]

  • Erin Ryan
  • November 9, 2025
    • Preview , Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Preview: The Underground Society for Music Portrays a World Where Music Is Banned

    “The Underground Society for Music is a play with music about a group of musicians fighting to keep their artform alive. In spite of constant threats from government actors to stop […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • July 3, 2024
    • Stages , Theater

    Review: Blank Theatre’s Promises, Promises a Holiday Delight

    In 1960, when Eisenhower was still president and what we think of as “the ’60s”… counter culture… protests… civil unrest… had yet to really begin, Billy Wilder and his screenwriting […]

  • Doug Mose
  • December 6, 2023
    • Stages , Storefront , Theater

    Review: Dario Fo’s Marxist Farce, Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!, by Gwydion Theatre Speaks to Our Economic Pains

    Dario Fo’s 1974 Marxist farce, Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay!, has plenty of messages for us in today’s era of inflationary prices. In its staging by Gwydion Theatre Company, we learn […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • December 2, 2023
    • Burlesque , Stages , Theater

    Review: The Buttcracker: A Nutcracker Burlesque—Here to Make Christmas Cheer Queer

    The Buttcracker (playing at the Greenhouse Theater Center through December 31) is a Nutcracker Burlesque, a Yule pantomime with elements of comedy, magic and circus that blends all the qualities […]

  • Kim Campbell
  • December 3, 2022
    • Stages , Theater

    Review: Ribaldry and Laughs in Matt Murphy’s Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man

    Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man

  • Kathy D. Hey
  • May 8, 2022
    • Stages , Theater

    Review: When Harry Met Rehab, an Addiction Story With Heart and Humor

    All you can do is begin. That’s the advice of Barb, the therapist in When Harry Met Rehab, the new play about addicts and addiction at the Greenhouse Theater Center. […]

  • Nancy S Bishop
  • December 6, 2021
    • Stages , Theater , Virtual

    Review: Sideshow Theatre’s The Happiest Place on Earth Now Available to Stream

    Playwright Philip Dawkins’ 2016 solo show, The Happiest Place on Earth, uses Disneyland as a means to investigate his family history. The park, which opened in 1955, became a crucial […]

  • Matthew Nerber
  • April 15, 2020
    • Stages , Theater

    Review: N Asks “What Would Make You Cross Your Line?”

    Have you ever had your moral compass challenged? I mean really challenged, like a major opportunity in your life required you to cross that line, the line you said you’d […]

  • James Brod
  • October 30, 2019
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