Review: ‘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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Review: ‘The Toxic Avenger, The Musical’ at Los Altos Stage Company (***1/2)
by Joanne Engelhardt Poor old New Jersey! For a state that is best known as “The Garden State,” it certainly gets a lot of bad press. Consider “The Toxic Avenger, The Musical,” now on stage at Los Altos Stage Company’s Bus Barn Theater through June 28. This musical comedy…
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Review: Bay area premiere of Bess Wohl’s ‘Continuity’ at Shotgun Players (***)
by Charlsie-Kern Kruger There is no doubt that Bess Wohl’s comedy “Continuity,” about a film crew making a movie about the climate crisis, is funny. Actually, it’s very funny. It also, however, tries to be serious about the climate crisis, and that part is confusing. Although I could tell,…
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Review: ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’ presented by Oakland Theater Project (***)
by Charlsie-Kern Kruger “The House of Bernarda Alba,” Federico García Lorca’s final play, is a stunning tragedy of oppression. Fiercely controlling matriarch Bernarda Alba has been widowed, and left with the care of five daughters upon whom she insists on exercising total control. They are not permitted to leave…
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