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Los Angeles Times

'Fahrenheit 451' burns in flashes
It is the curious power of books that they seem to read us as much as we read them; a single sentence can...

'American Tales'
The double-bill musical joins romantic Twain and dark Melville

Valerie Harper tackles Tallulah
To many she'll always be Rhoda from TV's 'Mary Tyler Moore Show,' but Harper's...

'As You Like It' at Cal Lutheran University

Los Angeles Daily News

Radio Kills the Video Star
'The Voice of the Prairie' tunes into era before television

Orange County Register

Theatre Out's 'Small Domestic Acts,' Staging in Fullerton, Is a Small Step in the Right Direction

Variety

Review: Romeo and Juliet
The Old Globe's lovely but empty "Romeo and Juliet" plays the first half as a blithe Italian Renaissance romantic comedy, until an inadvertent misstep suddenly plunges all concerned into chiaroscuro tragedy. Concept sounds tidy in theory but proves sophomoric and absurdly reductive in performance. ...

San Francisco Chronicle

When The Vote Counts
A small town with a big decision in San Francisco Mime Troupe's "Red State."

Chad Jones' Theater Dogs Blog

Great American musical roundup
We have a tradition here at Theater Dogs, and that is to commemorate the Fourth of July by celebrating the greatest American art form: the musical.

Sacramento Bee

All the world's his stage
The Bard sails to the New World this summer as the Sacramento Shakespeare Festival is staging two of William Shakespeare's most popular plays, "Twelfth Night" and "The Tempest," in Cuba and the Bahamas, respectively....

San Diego Union-Tribune

'Romeo and Juliet' takes safe path, stumbles a bit
You could blame about anything short of global warming or tainted tomatoes for the sad fate of Romeo and Juliet, the Shakespearean newlyweds who wind up booking a tomb for their honeymoon. It could be the fault of their warring families, or their own rash actions, or the risky schemes (to borrow from Al Gore) of that mad pastor, Friar Laurence.

Seattle Times

"Zanna, Don't": A catchy send-up of the straight teen romance

Musical "bare" makes Seattle debut

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Actor relishes simmering role in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
Actor playing Stanley Kowalski in Intiman's production of "Streetcar" brings method to his madness.

Play looking at Hitler's filmmaker offers hints of our modern media
Play about Hitler's filmmaker has Leni Riefenstahl fighting her own internal battles.

The Oregonian

Five Live: Performance
2. JAW: A Playwrights Festival Portland Center Stage's annual developmental camp/sneak peek for new plays kicks off with a reading of Portlander Matt Zrebski's...
3. "See How They Run" Clackamas Repertory Theatre opens its fourth season with this WWII-era British farce, in which the plot complications and the antic action grow fast and ...
4. "Camp Placid" Written and performed by actors Tobin Gollihar and Ian Sieren with musician Ethan Homan, the new two-act play from Spring 4th Productions is set where they