Rubin & Minchin Unearth New Life in Recurring Day by Patricia L. Morin “Groundhog Day” is the perfect opener for the holiday season. Scrooge-like TV weatherman Phil Connors is caught in a February 2nd time loop, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, the day the groundhog sees his shadow—or not. Phil is self-centered, sarcastic, with a sense…
Millennial Notes PigPen’s Young Mouse Inspires Musical Heroics by Tanvi Agrawal & Natasha Munasinghe PigPen Theatre Co. dazzles us with spectacular technical wonders in their heartwarming musical adaption of Katie Dicamillo’s children’s book The Tale of Despereaux. The musical opens on the fateful day the Queen of Dor perishes from a heart attack caused…
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…