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Archived Reviews of Past Productions

1998/1999 Season

The Mafia Factory's Joey and Maria's Comedy Wedding - Restaurant & Company Closed

Theater Works' Goodbye Charlie-8/20/99 - 9/5/99

Oasis Theatre Company's Acrobats & Line-8/19/99 - 8/29/99

The Shakespeare Theatre's The Taming of the Shrew-8/5/99 - 8/22/99

Letter from the President of The Shakespeare Company, Wes Martin, commenting on a review from two seasons before of Theater Works' The Music Man...

Theater Works' What the Butler Saw-7/16/99 - 8/8/99

Letter from the Managing Director of Theater Works' setting the record straight concerning my recent review of What The Butler Saw

Valley Broadway Series' Footloose-7/6/99 - 7/11/99

Theater Works' Taffetas: A Musical Journey through the Fabulous Fifties-6/11/99 - 7/4/99

Theatre Maxim's Butterflies are Free-6/10/99 - 6/26/99

Alternative Theater Company's Dirty Secrets-6/4/99 - 6/27/99

Tempe Little Theater's Prelude to a Kiss-6/4/99 - 6/19/99

Arizona Jewish Theatre Company's A Thousand Clowns -5/22/99 - 6/13/99

No Drama Productions' You've No Business Near Show Business at On The Spot Theatre-5/21/99 - 5/30/99

Phoenix Theatre's Inside Out-5/14/99 - 5/30/99

Theater Works' Chess-5/8/99 - 5/23/99

Letter from a Lead Actor of Theater Works' Chess concering my recent review

Theatre League's Phantom-5/11/99 - 5/16/99

Actor's Theatre of Phoenix' Gun-Shy-4/30/99 - 5/16/99

ASU Department of Theatre's Staged Reading of the new Lanford Wilson play, Los Alamos-4/29/99 - 5/2/99

Davis Productions' The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me-4/15/99 - 5/2/99

The Barn Comedy Theatre's Wild Bill's Calamity at the Bull Belch Saloon - through 5/9/99

Letter from the Lead Actor, Director and Producer of the Barn Comedy Theatre concerning my review of Wild Bill's Calamity at the Bull Belch Saloon, and response

Phoenix Theatre's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?-4/9/99 - 4/25/99

ASU Department of Theatre's Balm in Gilead-4/9/99 - 4/25/99

Theater Work's Witness for the Prosecution-4/2/99 - 4/25/99

Black Theatre Troupe's Mr. Rickey Calls a Meeting-4/1/99 - 4/18/99

Arizona Theatre Company's How I Learned to Drive-3/26/99 - 4/10/99

Planet Earth Theatre & Black Theatre Troupe's Insurrection-3/19/99 - 4/10/99

Tempe Little Theatre's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum-3/19/99 - 4/3/99

Letter from a Member of the Board of Directors of Tempe Little Theatre about their production of ...Forum

Scottsdale Community Players' Dangerous Liaisons (Les Liaisons Dangereuses)-3/12/99 - 3/28/99

Nice letter from a reader

Feast of Fools Theater's Assassins-3/12/99 - 3/28/99

Letter from the Director of the Feast of Fools production of Assassins, J. Michael Alessandro

Mesa Little Theatre's Sabrina Fair-3/12/99 - 3/21/99

On The Spot Theatre's Feelin' Groovy-3/5/99 - 4/3/99

Theatre League's Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh-3/5/99 - 3/28/99

ASU Department of Theatre's Lemon Sky-2/26/99 - 3/14/99

Letter from Marshall W. Mason about the Lemon Sky review

Theater Work's Gypsy-2/12/99 - 3/21/99

M&M Productions' The Senior Class: Old Friends-2/5/99 - 3/13/99

Two separate omments on my review of M&M Productions' The Senior Class from a fan, and from the cast

ASU Lyric Opera Theatre's A Little Night Music-2/26/99 - 3/7/99

Arizona Jewish Theatre Company's Broken Glass-2/13/99 - 2/28/99

Black Theatre Troupe's Spunk-2/11/99 - 2/28/99

Planet Earth Theatre's Raised in Captivity-2/5/99 - 2/27/99

Arizona Theatre Company's Blues for an Alabama Sky-2/4/99 - 2/20/99

Theatre League's Diary of a Skokie Girl-1/22/99 - 2/14/99

Actor's Theatre of Phoenix' Gunmetal Blues-1/22/99 - 2/7/99

Comment on my review of Actor's Theatre of Phoenix' production of Gunmetal Blues

Theater Work's Lips Together, Teeth Apart-1/8/98-1/31/98

The Ensemble Theatre's Baby with the Bathwater-1/8/99-1/24/99

In Mixed Company's Delicate Balance-1/8/99-1/23/99

Black Theatre Troupe's Before It Hits Home-1/7/99-1/24/99

Arizona Theatre Company's The Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm-1/1/99-1/24/99

Arizona Jewish Theatre Company's The Odd Couple--Female Version-12/26/98-1/10/98

Tempe Little Theatre's The Foreigner-12/10/98-12/20/98

Stagebrush Theater/Scottsdale Community Player's The Boy Friend-12/4/98-12/20/98

Comment and response on my review of Stagebrush Theatre's production of The Boy Friend

Further comments on my review of Stagebrush Theatre's production of The Boy Friend from the Former President of the SBT Board of Directors

On The Spot Theatre's Doc and Kate: Of Legends and Lovers-11/27/98-12/19/98

ASU Theater Department's As You Like It-11/13/98-12/6/98

Arizona Theatre Company's Long Day's Journey Into Night-11/12/98-11/29/98

Phoenix Theatre's Never the Sinner-11/6/98-11/22/98

In Mixed Company's Someone's Knocking-11/5/98-11/28/98

TheaterWork's Noises Off-10/29/98-11/29/98

Arizona Theatre Company's Picasso at the Lapine Agile-10/10/98-11/1/98

Actor's Theatre of Phoenix' The History of America (Abridged)-10/10/98-11/1/98

Theater Work's She Loves Me-9/18/98-10/18/98

Arizona State University Lyric Opera Theatre's The Boy Friend-10/2/98-10/11/98

Tucson's Borderland Theatre's Two Days of Grace at Middleham-10/2/98-10/11/98

Phoenix Theatre's West Side Story-9/18/98-10/11/98

Feast of Fools Theatre's A Thousand Clowns-9/11/98-9/27/98

Living Arts Theatre's The Nerd-9/11/98-9/27/98

Tempe Little Theatre's Rumors-9/11/98-9/26/98

Comments on my review of Tempe Little Theatre's Rumors

Stagebrush Theatre's Grand Hotel-9/4/98-9/20/98

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