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Pyscho Beach Party: Fun but not delirious
A remarkably tight production that’s intermittently funny.
Mark E. Leib
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The Underpants at Jobsite: Better without them
These underpants have been in mothballs too long.
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Good People at American Stage: Funny, wise, moving — and a 5-star review
A play that dares to examine the mysterious arcs of ordinary lives.
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Breadcrumbs: Of mothers, daughters and final chances
Two needy, complex women encounter each other in this haunting drama.
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Fall Arts Preview 2016: Theater
Fifteen shows to watch out for.
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Fall Arts Preview: Have a creative autumn
Fill your calendar with Bay area arts and culture through the end of the year and beyond.
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Fall Arts Preview 2016: Leib’s dream season — Program THIS!
If CL’s theater critic could see any six plays next season, these would be the ones.
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Now Circa Then: Pleasures and problems (three of five stars)
Acting so good it covers the flaws in the production.
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freeFall’s Pirates of Penzance: Star Wars meets Gilbert & Sullivan
Ingenious silliness and not much more — but that may be just what you need.
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The Pitmen Painters: Too good too soon (three of five stars)
A play with a big heart but improbable developments.
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No time like the present: Time Stands Still (four of five stars)
Jobsite’s wartime drama scores a direct hit.
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Dry Land at Urbanite Theatre: Frankly, I’m parched (two out of five stars)
Great potential but exasperatingly little insight in a play about adolescent girls.
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The Iceman Cometh, but stays too long-eth.
Brilliant acting can’t save the five-hour production at Tampa Rep.
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Five Lesbians Eating A Quiche: Political Cuisine
Excellent politics, so-so theater.
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Stocking up on laughter at Hat Trick Theater
Uneven acting doesn’t stop the laughs in Hat Trick’s latest.
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The silence in our stars: Silent Sky at Tampa Rep
Who was Henrietta Leavitt? Tampa Rep tells us why we care.
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Watch it burn: Mr. Burns at freeFall (Four stars)
The apocalypse seen through the lens of a Simpsons episode.
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Theater Review: American Stage in the Park’s Spamalot
The Holy Grail of musical comedy.
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A beautiful sermon for the choir: Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens
Heroes of the AIDS diaspora.