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Noises Off! @ Spotlight Theatre in Bakersfield « Valley Theater Reviews
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Shows in and around the San Joaquin Valley. What do I review? Spotlight Theatre in Bakersfield. I suppose one testament of a good show is when you FINALLY sit down to write it up almost TWO WEEKS later, you still giggle at some of the antics you witnessed onstage. With my profoundest apologies for not getting to this review sooner, I can honestly say that Spotlight Theatre’s current production of Noises Off! Is well, acted, well paced and a well spent evening in the theatre. Building and reversing a two-...
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The Illusion @ Fresno City College « Valley Theater Reviews
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Shows in and around the San Joaquin Valley. What do I review? The Illusion @ Fresno City College. Tony Kushner’s luxurious adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s 1636 comedy “L’Illusion Comique”– here known as The Illusion. 8212; gets the gilded treatment at Fresno City College. FCC staff and students, under the direction of Janine Christl, give this linguistically juicy, visually stimulating production their full powers to great effect. Kushner is not immediately known for lighthearted plays, but The Illusion.
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Mini-Review: Three Tall Women @ California Public Theater « Valley Theater Reviews
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Shows in and around the San Joaquin Valley. What do I review? Mini-Review: Three Tall Women @ California Public Theater. California Public Theater tackles another major issues play fresh off of their. Outing. Just two weeks after. Founder S. Eric Day opens Albee’s 1994 Pulitzer Prize winning. At the Voice Shop in Fresno. This entry was posted in Fresno. 8220;Skin Deep” at Good Company Players goes beneath the surface and succeeds. Mini-Review: Beauty and the Beast, Jr @Stageworks Fresno →. Scott Hanlon o...
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Mini-Review: Beauty and the Beast, Jr @Stageworks Fresno « Valley Theater Reviews
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Shows in and around the San Joaquin Valley. What do I review? Mini-Review: Beauty and the Beast, Jr @Stageworks Fresno. Delightful in its ebullience and utterly charming in its staging, Stageworks Fresno’s. Beauty and the Beast, Jr. Is highly recommended for families with children this summer. The familiar Disney musical is truncated to a brisk 100 minutes with some real moments of theater magic performed by students under the age of 16. Beauty and the Beast, Jr. Thursday, July 14 (Menken Cast)-8:00 pm.
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“Skin Deep” at Good Company Players goes beneath the surface and succeeds « Valley Theater Reviews
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Shows in and around the San Joaquin Valley. What do I review? 8220;Skin Deep” at Good Company Players goes beneath the surface and succeeds. Can good acting and directing save a poor script? For the most part, in the cast of. At Good Company Players, the answer is a resounding yes. So lets just get the script elements out of the way, shall we? But still, there is enough hanging on its bones that an intelligent director and a talented cast can flesh out on their own. Taylor as Sheila is particularly snapp...
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“Hamlet” at the Independent Shakespeare Company, Los Angeles « Valley Theater Reviews
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Shows in and around the San Joaquin Valley. What do I review? 8220;Hamlet” at the Independent Shakespeare Company, Los Angeles. I know it is passe to be excited about. But I ALWAYS get excited about. Some people believe that once you’ve seen it a time or two, you’re done. But I’m sorry. I cry ‘shenanigans’ at that. The reason. Is because you can see it as many different ways with as many different casts as possible and see something fabulous in it. No matter if it is the best. All in all, this. One comme...
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Valley Theater Reviews « Shows in and around the San Joaquin Valley. « Page 2
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Shows in and around the San Joaquin Valley. What do I review? Newer posts →. The Crucible @Good Company Players. As a theater practitioner, I’m always bitching about the fact that there are few bloggers in the Fresno area who post about their experience with plays they attend especially when their experience is a good one. So, I now put my money where my mouth is. Last night, I attended opening night of The Crucible. At Good Company Players’ Second Space Theater. The acting among the ensemble had its ope...
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Criteria and Criticism « Valley Theater Reviews
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Shows in and around the San Joaquin Valley. What do I review? CRITIC: from the Greek kritikós – one who discerns, from the Ancient Greek krités, meaning a person who offers reasoned judgement or analysis, value determination, interpretation, or observation. CRITICISM: Judgement over the suitability of a subject for the intended purposes. Clear POV in theme, aesthetic, overall statement. Cohesiveness of acting, story, spectacle and style elements (Is what’s there balanced? Is what isn’t there necessary?
