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REVIEW- The Big Meal – San Jose Repertory Theatre

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Artsalot

Ever walk into a theater and find yourself thinking; wasn’t I JUST talking about this? Isn’t this LIFE? And, then for a moment you think, I don’t want to see LIFE on stage, there’s too much of it in LIFE … Continue reading →

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REVIEW – Game On – San Jose Rep

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Artsalot

So the Rep has been batting .400 this season… Yeah, sorry, I can’t do it. I don’t even know what that means. In the interest of full disclosure, I don’t get baseball. I’ll give you a second to get over … Continue reading →

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REVIEW – Forbidden Broadway – San Jose Repertory Theatre

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Artsalot

Sometimes there is, in fact, a very logical explanation for something that has lasted so long. With several incarnations, updated along with the trends and shows of the Great White Way, Forbidden Broadway has endured for decades because it’s a … Continue reading →

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REVIEW – R Buckminster Fulller, the History (and Mystery) of the Universe – San Jose Rep

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Artsalot

Oh, R. Buckminster Fuller, how you woo me with your big words and your even bigger ideas. I guess I’ve always been a complete and utter fool for ephemeralization, I just never knew until I saw San Jose Rep’s R. Buckminster Fuller, the … Continue reading →

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REVIEW – THE SNOW QUEEN – San Jose Repertory Theatre

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Artsalot

While exciting and potentially a great collaborative exercise, producing a new work comes with a lot of pressures and expectations. Even when you’ve lined up the most fabulous of creative teams, breathing life into a previously unproduced piece is really, … Continue reading →

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REVIEW – Next Fall – San Jose Rep

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Artsalot

This was a rough last couple of weeks for those around me. An unnatural assault of devastating losses and completely unexpected challenges seem to have tumbled into the lives in my periphery, coinciding with the initially regret-tainted, always-too-soon transition of … Continue reading →

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REVIEW – One Night With Janis Joplin – San Jose Rep

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Artsalot

Here is a list of my not-so-favorite things, also known as “Why theoretically, I should not have liked One Night With Janis Joplin at the San Jose Rep:” Celebration of 60/70’s drug culture, musicals that don’t have much of a … Continue reading →

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REVIEW – A Minister’s Wife – San Jose Repertory Theatre

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Artsalot

Somehow I’ve made it through life as double English and Drama major, audience member and longtime theater participant without ever having seen or read a version of George Bernard Shaw’s Candida. While possibly shocking, this is really neither here nor … Continue reading →

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REVIEW- The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus – San Jose Repertory Theatre

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Artsalot

A play is like kind of like a recipe. You take some ingredients, you mix them all about, you let it bake, you serve it up and you hope that everyone (whose taste buds are as individual as finger prints) … Continue reading →

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REVIEW- Disconnect – San Jose Rep

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Artsalot

There’s perfect metaphor for every live theater experience and for the San Jose Rep’s Disconnect, this metaphor was a giant novelty gumball machine. While that should be a totally sufficient description and require no further explanation, I’ll elaborate just in … Continue reading →

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