Matthew Lopez Unfolds a Straight Man’s Fears by Patricia L. Morin 6th Street Playhouse’s “The Legend of Georgia McBride” highlights both the humorous and disheartening challenges for men in drag. Boisterous Eddie (entertaining Peter Downey), the money-hungry owner of Clio’s dive bar, announces musical numbers using a small red microphone that lowers from the…
John Logan, Avett Brothers Team Up for a Country Musical by Patricia L. Morin & Barry David Horwitz In their 2004 album “Mignonette,” The Avett Brothers sing the fate of a sinking ship. Their new country musical depicts 1880s pioneering American men who are searching for meaning, so they risk work as sailors on…
Anthony Veneziale Leads Improv Riffs, Revives Our Lives by Barry David Horwitz “Freestyle Love Supreme” is a wonderful new kind of theater. After all, they have become a movement, a school, a national juggernaut for developing new talent. They are lively, timely, involving, and life-affirming. We are looking at a wall of speakers and…
Rice & Webber Modernize Christ’s Message with a Big Beat by Patricia L. Morin BroadwaySF is throwing a sizzling celebration for the 50th Anniversary of “Jesus Christ Superstar.” JCS is a multi-faceted extravaganza. So much to see, hear, and feel, in a presentation so uniquely different, and created for today. After seeing the show…