Review: West Coast premiere of ‘Goat Blood’ at Theatre Rhinoceros (***)
by Charlsie-Kern Kruger Pablo and Owen are work buddies and drinking buddies and on one perfectly normal night they set up a rendezvous with a couple of ladies from their local bar, but Pablo has other ideas and has arranged it so that the ladies are no-shows. Pablo, sexually…
Keep readingReview: ‘God of Carnage’ at Pear Avenue Theater (***1/2)
by Joanne Engelhardt Yasmina Reza’s award-winning play “God of Carnage” is an apt metaphor for much of what’s wrong in the world today: Lots of supposed adults act very much like 11-year-olds. Some are bullies, some fight back, some give up, and some simply complain a lot. Director…
Keep readingReview: ‘The Cottage’ At Palo Alto Players (****)
by Joanne Engelhardt There’s likely only one kind of germ you might enjoy getting — and that is a joy germ. That’s an appropriate phrase for the Palo Alto Players’ production of “The Cottage,” under the astute and memorably British direction of Katie O’Bryan Champlin. Playwright Sandy Rustin has…
Keep readingReview: ‘La Cage Aux Folles’ at Theatre Rhinoceros (***)
by Charlsie-Kern Kruger The hit French film, “La Cage aux Folles” has been around for 53 years, and Jerry Herman’s Broadway blockbuster musical adaptation opened 43 years ago. This gay-themed play about family values, self-righteous moralistic political blowhards, and fabulous drag queens predates AIDS and by today’s standards for…
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