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 […]

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Stages, Theater

Sideshow Theatre’s Tilikum: A Bleak Fantasy, Ripped From the Headlines

“Tilikum, the infamous SeaWorld killer whale, has died.” That was the headline in the Orlando Sentinel on January 6, 2017. Sideshow Theatre’s world premiere production of Tilikum takes the story of that […]

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Stages, Theater

Sideshow’s Mai Dang Lao Struggles to Serve a Happy Meal

There’s a special form of resentment I and the rest of working class America feel about restaurant jobs. Yeah, you know exactly what I’m talking about: coming home from work […]

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