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It’s Only a Play

Shortly before we left NYC in early July, I started seeing posters for It’s Only a Play, which was scheduled to play a limited run starting in October. I was sad to miss it. First because it’s a Terrece McNally comedy. Second because of the cast: Nathan...

“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” at Redwood Curtain

We didn’t see Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike during its Broadway run so we were thrilled when we saw it running at Redwood Curtain and could make it our first show back in Humboldt County. The Christopher Durang comedy was performed to perfection by the six...

Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill

It was a pleasant surprise when it was announced that Audra McDonald was coming back to Broadway this spring. It’s been two years since she was last on stage here for The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess. This time out she’s in a play with music as she...

Terrence McNally’s Mothers and Sons

Mothers and Sons, Terrence McNally’s new play, is a very emotional show as it moves from funny to sadness and back again through the course of its 90 minutes. The play revolves around a mother, played to perfection by Tyne Daly, making an unexpected visit to the...

Kung Fu

I’ll be honest, the first thing that made me want to see this show is the mailing we got from Signature Theatre featuring shirtless Cole Horibe doing a Kung Fu move across the front. I didn’t really care what the show was, Cole was in it doing some sort of...