Sarah Bockel as King Is ‘Some Kind of Wonderful’ by Cynthia K. Lopez Theatergoers feel “the earth move under our feet” this week, with an upheaval of musical genius in “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” at SHN Golden Gate Theatre. Carol King’s story draws crowds, like bees to honey, even after three tours here….
Director Lily Tung Launches Stellar Ensemble by Cynthia K. Lopez Regardless of your time in America, there’s always that funny balancing act between your ethnic background and “fitting in” with the mainstream. In “Flower Drum Song,” Mei Li says it best when she compliments Ta: “Sometimes you seem 100 percent Chinese. Then a moment…
Luis Valdez Uses Mexican History to Expose Imperial Fantasy by Cynthia K. Lopez Most accounts of the short two-year reign in Mexico of Emperor Maximilian and Empress Carlota recount horrors from the Mexican point of view. The imperialist invasion in 1862 led to their European-imposed rule, the ouster of democratically elected Mexican President Benito…
Sondheim Musical Riffs on Single vs. Married Life by Cynthia K. Lopez “Will Bobby marry?”—a successful 70s New Yorker asks himself, as he celebrates his 35th birthday. Married friends urge him to commit—but their lives give him pause. His three girlfriends are charming—but which is “the One”? Stephen Sondheim’s classic musical “Company” wonders why Americans…