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“Sister Act” at Theatre Rhinoceros

By Galen|2019-05-21T17:17:40-07:00May 19, 2019|plays, Theatre Rhino|

Theater Rhinoceros' gender-bending production of Sister Act brings an updated excitement to this early 1990's staged musical that really benefits from the quality, energy, and queer freshness that director AeJay Mitchell's vision delivers in the intimate Gateway Theatre. The Cast of Sister ActPhoto by David Wilson The show is simply a lot of fun. A supremely good 2 1/2 hours of entertainment. The plot is simple and simplistic, and it comes from the hit 1992 Whoopi Goldberg movie of the same name. A gangster's (Curtis played by Crystal Liu) moll (Deloris played by Branden Noel Thomas) runs afoul of the [...]

“A Song at Twilight”

By Galen|2016-01-24T11:00:12-08:00January 23, 2016|plays|

San Francisco, CA at Theatre Rhinoceros A Song at Twilight By Noël Coward Theatre Rhinoceros’ A Song at Twilight is an excellent production in every way. Its short, two-week run is almost half over, and I say grab a ticket. (They're cheap, too!) First, I need to address the lingering, decades-old stigma of Theatre Rhino's productions. Too often in the distant past, going to The Rhino was a duty of gaydom/lesbianness. We went to support queer theater, and we often suffered through embarrassingly poor plays and unskilled actors. We went to show solidarity, but we rarely went expecting much or left [...]