Barbara Keer – Splash Magazines

Avenue Q- Fresh and Energetic at Music Theater Works

March 22, 2023 Barbara Keer 0

Music Theater Works opens its 43rd season with Avenue Q in the North Theatre at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, 9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie where it is playing until April […]

MIA “WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS GONE?”- Important and Compelling

March 15, 2023 Barbara Keer 0

Mary Bonnett’s world premiere play, MIA “WHERE HAVE ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS GONE?” opened at Greenhouse Theater Center March 12, 2023 . It is compelling and tells a story that a viewer will not quickly […]

West Bay Opera’s “Don Giovanni” was a Winner

March 3, 2023 Barbara Keer 0

I always find it a special experience to be able to attend a West Bay Opera Production. I don’t live in the area and when I visit the opera is not always available. However, on […]

San Francisco Ballet at 90 Performs Giselle – Review

February 27, 2023 Barbara Keer 0

The return of Helgi Tomasson’s Giselle (1999), continues the San Francisco Ballet’s 90th anniversary season in performance through March 5. I had the good fortune of attending the afternoon performance on February 25, 2023 with my granddaughter […]

Step Afrika! at the Bankhead – Review

February 24, 2023 Barbara Keer 0

Step Afrika! stepped into the Bankhead Theatre in Livermore, CA on February 23, bring joy and delight to young and old alike. A memorable celebration of Black History Month, this one night program is sure to […]

GOOD GUY WITH A GUN – An Important Film

February 14, 2023 Barbara Keer 0

Following the world premiere of A John Mossman Film GOOD GUY WITH A GUN at the Dances With Films Festival (DWF) on Friday, December 2, 2022 in NYC, the film is set for its Midwest […]

DONTRELL, Who Kissed the Sea – Mesmerizing

February 5, 2023 Barbara Keer 0

I was delighted to have the opportunity to experience DONTRELL, Who Kissed the Sea by Nathan Alan Davis which opened The Pear Theatre’s tribute to Black History Month, performing in repertory with Frankenstein: Unbound a […]

“Artifacts and Other Stories” – A New Book by Ronna Wineberg

January 5, 2023 Barbara Keer 0

As I came to the end of award-winning author Ronna Wineberg’s new book, “Artifacts and Other Stories”, a collection of 14 short stories, I read the final story which refers to New Years and it […]

“Broker” – A Relevant, Compelling Film

December 27, 2022 Barbara Keer 0

Somehow the word “broker” does not easily connect with “infant” in my mind. However, filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda‘s latest movie, Broker, puts the notion of essentially “selling” babies into a context that is at once deeply […]

Music Theater Works presents “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas”

December 17, 2022 Barbara Keer 0

Now in its 43rd year Music Theater Works presents its last play of 2022, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, now playing through January 1, 2023, in the Center Theatre at the North Shore Center for the […]