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In My Opinion
http://criticontheloose.blogspot.com/
I am a theatre critic and this bog is a copy of my reviews and special feature articles about theatre.
- Added on: Oct 4th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Bev Sykes
- Listed in: Entertainment Journalists
- Tags: review theatre California sacramento theater davis
Recent Posts
Second Generation of "Nutcracker" kids (feature article)
When Greg Wershing watched his 12-year-old son Brycen, playing Herr Drosselmeyer in this year's production of the 'Davis Children's Nutcracker,' climb inside the big grandfather clock, he had a flashback to 1985. That's the year the elder Wershing bu...
Santaland Diaries
At a time of the year when the world seems full of sugarplum fairies, Tiny Tim, sappy TV Christmas shows and those ubiquitous ho-ho-hos, it's refreshing to stumble on a holiday program that shows the dark side of Christmas.The Capital Stage productio...
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
'The Best Christmas Pageant Ever' has the feel of something you'd expect to see in the local school multipurpose room, rather than the Woodland Opera House, and - at only 90 minutes long, including a 15 minute intermission - that may reflect its anti...
The Nutcracker (Feature article)
Ask most Davis folks about 'The Nutcracker,' and they'll probably assume you're discussing the 'Davis Children's Nutcracker': the city-run extravaganza that offers some 200 children an opportunity to rehearse and perform something that vaguely resemb...
Carousel
It's amazing how much really bad stuff happens in theater that nobody notices because of the pretty music.Davis Musical Theatre Company opened Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'Carousel' on Friday, and I must have been listening more closely this time: I ...
MacBeth (review)
It's one thing to put on an outdoor production on a mid-summer night's evening, surrounded by tall redwood trees and warm breezes, with the audience sitting on folding chairs.It's quite another thing to put on an outdoor production as winter approach...
