Millennial Notes Robert Townsend Reveals Unique Hollywood Success by Jordan Freed Throughout his solo show “Living the Shuffle,” Robert Townsend recounts a touching journey with his faith. Faith comes up early on, as a young Townsend prays for God to keep his mother safe. It’s a risky move in a town like Berkeley, yet…
Millennial Notes Yorkey & Kitt’s Bewitching Musical Surpasses “Normalcy” by Sophia Ashworth Providing the Bay Area with a beautiful and profoundly moving musical, BareStage’s impassioned production of “Next to Normal,” directed by Juan Castro-Cruz, presents us with a story that evokes raw emotion through powerful vocals, brilliant staging, and acting that envelops us in…
Millennial Notes Willie Reale Takes a Big Leap for Kids by Rosa del Duca We arrive at Frog and Toad’s front doors in the Spring. Three birds dressed like French airline stewardesses spill the news that they are back from their winter vacation down south. They invite us to look in on Frog and…
Millennial Notes Stephen Sondheim Celebrates Stripper Gypsy Rose Lee by Karina Hull Based on the 1957 memoirs of famous striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee, the musical “Gypsy” brings the glitz of burlesque back to The City. Steven Sondheim recounts Gypsy’s rise to fame, driven by her obsessive stage mother, Rose. Despite the lengthy first…