“A Guide for the Homesick” at Theatre Rhinoceros
The overall quality of the play, the performances, and the production earns A Guide to the Homesick 5 stars. Go see it, now through March 19th.
“Sister Act” at Theatre Rhinoceros
Theater Rhinoceros' gender-bending production of Sister Act brings an updated excitement to this early 1990's staged musical that really benefits from the quality, energy, and queer freshness that director AeJay Mitchell's vision delivers in the intimate Gateway Theatre. The Cast of Sister ActPhoto by David Wilson The show is simply a lot of fun. A supremely good 2 1/2 hours of entertainment. The plot is simple and simplistic, and it comes from the hit 1992 Whoopi Goldberg movie of the same name. A gangster's (Curtis played by Crystal Liu) moll (Deloris played by Branden Noel Thomas) runs afoul of the [...]
“The Underpants Godot”
The Underpants Godot By Duncan PflasterDirected by Alan Quismorio Jordan Ong (as Mark, an actor playing Estragon) and Francisco Rodriguez (as Tim, and actor playing Vladamir) Photo by Joseph Tally. What fun! Especially for a theater fan who still cringes when he remembers going to a production of Waiting for Godot when he was precocious senior in high school. I was too young, too tired, or too something for the non-action on stage. I don't remember the details of the play, but I remember the agonizing pacing, and I remember wondering if the plaudits for Beckett's writing weren't a giant [...]