by Advocate Staff | Aug 7, 2017 | Articles, Arts, Music, Stage
Company, one of Stephen Sondheim’s early musicals, is a funny, relatable, and insightful look at marriage, divorce, and single life. The story follows Bobby, a single man on his 35th birthday, who is celebrating with his married friends — who are all in various...
by Chuck Shepherd | Feb 8, 2016 | Articles, News, News of the Weird
Even though concealed-carry gun permit-holders in Texas can now “open carry,” pistol-packing women concerned with fashion are not limited to traditional firearms in ordinary cowboy holsters. An online company, The Well Armed Woman, offers such carry options as stylish...
by Chris Rohmann | Jan 4, 2016 | Stagestruck
At the end of my 2014 summer-season review, which tallied the gender imbalance in the area’s professional theaters, I wrote, “I could also do a column about playwrights, directors and actors of color on the region’s stages. But it would be awfully short.” By which I...
by Chris Rohmann | Dec 14, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Stage, Stagestruck
Winter is drawing in and I’m looking back on the many shows I’ve seen this year. Some have been naughty, most have been nice, and a few are getting lumps of coal from this reviewer. So here are my virtual awards — let’s call them “The StageStruckies”...
by Advocate Staff | Nov 30, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Music, Stage
Super Troupe Pilobolus Dance Theatre has been praised with innumerable adjectives over its 34-year history: endearing, emotional, witty, hilarious, colorful — and my favorite, from The Los Angeles Times: “physically awesome.” Founded in 1971 by Dartmouth College...