Review: Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘Iolanthe’ by The Lamplighters (*****)
by Charles Kruger Go see, “Iolanthe” — from our dark COVID exile we are summoned! Come to the call! Iolanthe! Iolanthe! If you are at all like me, you had no trouble matching the name, “Iolanthe,” to the melodic leitmotif of said fairy that is one of the charming…
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Review: ‘The Lion King’ at San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (*****)
by Otto Coelho III I distinctly remember the first time I heard that Disney was going to produce “The Lion King” as a Broadway musical. I couldn’t figure out how they could stage the thing and have it not seem hokey. Were the performers going to wear furry costumes?…
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Review: ‘Dreamhou$e’ at Shotgun Players (****)
by Charles Kruger Actress and playwright Eliana Pipes is a Force! I suspected this when I read her impressive resume (too lengthy to list here), and my suspicion was confirmed when I saw Shotgun Players superb staging of her superb play, “Dreamhou$se.” The difficulties of sustaining meaningful family, ethnic,…
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Review: “Violet” at Foothill Music Theatre (***)
by Otto Coelho III “It’s about the journey, not the destination.” It’s a line that has been repeated to me many times during my life, and the journey is at the heart of the musical “Violet,” currently running at Foothill Music Theatre. The musical, based on the short story…
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