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Theater

Thursday, September 24, 2020

42nd Street Moon’s Daniel Thomas talks new theater subscription service, Moonbeams

Illustration of a virtual theater production taking place through a laptop screen
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Daniel Thomas, 42nd Street Moon’s co-executive director, is excited to introduce the San Francisco theater company’s new five-show subscription service.
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Theater

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

42nd Street Moon’s executive director talks online theatrical opportunities

Thomas, alongside the rest of 42nd Street Moon’s staff, is working to find novel ways to continue interacting with audiences and artists via social media.
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Theater

Thursday, March 5, 2020

‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder’ builds hilarious world at 42nd Street Moon

Interwoven with hilarity at every point, the production thrives on comedic absurdity, keeping audiences amused even as the show’s complex plot becomes muddled.
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Theater

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

42nd Street Moon’s ‘Hot Mikado’ does the best it can with an outdated musical

It is hard to critique the cultural insensitivity of the story without tracing it back to its original source, since most of the structural elements come from Gilbert and Sullivan.
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Theater

Monday, July 1, 2019

Michael Patrick Gaffney highlights his life with hilarity, honesty in 1-man show

Portrayals of serious feelings not overlaid by light jokes are quite rare within the show, which makes Gaffney’s pitfalls in life less emotionally impactful.
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Theater

Thursday, June 27, 2019

42nd Street Moon’s ‘Once’ shouldn’t have a twice

In essence, the relationship is muddled and ambiguous in a manner that doesn’t provoke audiences toward extensive thought.
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Theater

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

42nd Street Moon’s ‘Fiorello!’ smartly recaps life of New York City Mayor

“Fiorello!” is based on a book by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott by the same name. The plot follows the life of La Guardia (Colin Thomson) life during World War I and ten years later. Throughout his prolific career, he battled the Tammany Hall political machine, became a congressman and best of all, fell in love.
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Theater

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Parody musical ‘Dames at Sea’ becomes the very art it seeks to mock

“Dames at Sea,” a production of San Francisco theater company 42nd Street Moon, tries to subvert this overworked genre through cliche 1930s costumes, kitschy acting and saccharine dialogue.
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Theater

Thursday, October 11, 2018

‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’ stomps its way into political discourse

When going to a 1970s musical about a “whorehouse” in Texas, one expects big hair, cowboy boots and slightly regressive attitudes toward lesbians. What one might not expect is a well-aged and upsettingly timely musical that seems to be in direct conversation with the headlines of today.
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Theater

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

42nd Street Moon presents charming, fun look into 1920s with ‘Saturday Night’

“Saturday Night” revolves around a group of bachelor friends who struggle to entertain themselves on weekend nights in their Brooklyn neighborhood.
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