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Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
- Archikulture Digest
- September 23, 2019
Small town people have big time dreams, even if they aren’t real.
Pride and Prejudice
- Archikulture Digest
- September 23, 2019
The poverty-stricken Bennett clan struggles to marry off their daughters in hopes of getting a retirement income.
Desperate Measures
- Archikulture Digest
- September 22, 2019
Cowboys and courtesans, oh my!
Show of Force
- Archikulture Digest
- September 22, 2019
Four women enlist for the war, and they survive. Sort of.
Vacuous
- Archikulture Digest
- September 22, 2019
A look back at a few 2019 Fringe shows that involved the Seminole State students and faculty.
Evita
- Archikulture Digest
- September 8, 2019
A young woman climbs to the top of Argentinian politics and becomes the pop star voice of her nation.
Next to Normal
- Archikulture Digest
- September 1, 2019
A bright uplifting musical theater views of mental illness.

Ragtime
- Archikulture Digest
- August 26, 2019
Blacks fight for equality as immigrants fight for survival and whites fight to reach the North pole.
Keep Living, Keep Loving
- Archikulture Digest
- August 26, 2019
Jazz and Disney and plenty of piano. There’s only one place THAT could be…
Fade
- Archikulture Digest
- August 24, 2019
Two immigrants take two different career paths in the LA Television business.
Breakthrough Theater Retrospective Years 6-10
- Archikulture Digest
- August 18, 2019
Breakthrough performs some of their favorite tunes from their last Five years of musicals
Sondheim.
If / Then
- Archikulture Digest
- August 18, 2019
A woman and her playwright can’t decide on a through line.
Heartbreak House
- Archikulture Digest
- August 13, 2019
The idle rich fuss and feud as WW1 builds up a head of steam.
How to Marry a Divorced Man
- Archikulture Digest
- August 11, 2019
Second time may be lucky, but not without some serious drama along the way.

Twelve Angry Jurors
- Archikulture Digest
- August 11, 2019
We explore the inner workings of our judicial system in this legal thriller.
The Centerfold Girls
- Stroke of Midnight
- July 31, 2019
Nudity and gore meet in this clunky but entertaining film.
Flashdance
- Archikulture Digest
- July 8, 2019
A stage adaptation of a hit movie about a female steel worker with a yen to dance.
Bye Bye Birdie
- Archikulture Digest
- July 8, 2019
A young music agent struggles with his hot talent and his fiery fiancé as he seeks success in the business of rock and roll.
Breakthrough Retrospective – Years 1-5
- Archikulture Digest
- July 2, 2019
Well, they made it this far. Let’s see what they’ve accomplished.
Out of My Dreams
- Archikulture Digest
- June 28, 2019
Hanna Laird starts out an awkward kid and ends up semi-famous in this charming one-woman cabaret.

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- November 18, 2019
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- Archikulture Digest
- November 17, 2019
Drugs tear families apart, even as they try to tape them back together.
Play de Luna – Power Hungry
- Archikulture Digest
- November 16, 2019
Eight new plays draw raucous laughter in this season’s version of Play De Luna.
Ringu Collection
- Screen Reviews
- November 15, 2019
The Ring cycle is collected on this lavish Blu-ray box set.
John Yao’s Triceratops
- Music Reviews
- November 14, 2019
How We Do (See Tao Recordings. ). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Fastball
- Music Reviews
- November 13, 2019
The Help Machine (33 1/3 Records). Review by Christopher Long.
Gregory Harrington
- Music Reviews
- November 12, 2019
Without You (Estile Records) Review by Stacey Zering.
Doctor Sleep
- Stroke of Midnight
- November 11, 2019
Doctor Sleep is awful. Just plain awful.
Jumpstarted Plowhards
- Music Reviews
- November 11, 2019
Round One (Recess Records). Review by Scott Adams.
Mary Prankster
- Music Reviews
- November 8, 2019
Thickly Settled . Review by Phil Bailey.