“A Grand Night for Singing” Is an Elegant Night Out
Photos by RyLo Media Design, Ryan C. Loyd SLO REP's creative presentation of a selection of songs from Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals does more than offer up a couple…
ETC’s “Every Brilliant Thing” Is a Joyful Experience
Photos by Zach Mendez Every Brilliant Thing is a one-person play about a list of items worth living for. Well, that sentence is a lie. Two lies, actually. While…
TV & Film Insider Bill Froehlich Turns a Page into Print
The perfect beach-reading companion this summer is a suspenseful mix of thrills, romance, and intrigue—plus head-spinning deception—all played out on the international stage in the high-class, high-stakes world of priceless…
“Love Letters” Is Sweet and Touching
A.R. Gurney's 1988 play Love Letters is essentially two characters sitting side by side reading a series of letters, notes and holiday cards they have exchanged for nearly 50 years.…
Who Was “Best Dressed” at the Met Gala?
On the first Monday of May, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City hosted its annual Met Gala, a fundraiser for the museum’s Costume Institute hosted by Beyoncé,…
“Obsession” Is So Bad . . . And So Good
I’ve noticed a pattern in recent horror movies: specifically, in how they try to scare the audience. Imagery such as having a character smile really widely or hit themselves in…
“Next to Normal” Is Powerful and Engaging
Photo by Riley White I ventured to Cambria this past Memorial Day weekend to take in a show featuring an engaging contemporary rock score, an exemplary cast of performers,…
Get Your Tickets for “Urinetown” Now
If you missed Cal Poly's production of the Tony Award-winning Urinetown: The Musical earlier this year, you're in luck. You have another opportunity to see an equally excellent version of…
Cuesta’s “Spring Awakening” Pushes Limits
“Ten minutes ago, you could see the entire horizon . . . now only the dusk.” So says Moritz, a teenage student full of potential in a German boys' school…
George Benson Gives Us the Night
Call it concert serendipity. On the weekend before my birthday. At my second favorite venue in California (behind only the historic Hollywood Bowl). With a revered musician performing in his…