Theater

'Celebrity Autobiography' is a rollicking production of celebrated actors reading excerpts from various stars' memoirs that are unintentionally laugh-out-loud.

Todd Almond continually gets waylaid just trying to be a decent and reasonably happy version of himself in this charmingly surreal musical storytelling session.

'Girl, Interrupted' by Matyna Majok with music by Aimee Mann is based on the Susanna Kaysen memoir. Its themes echo with haunting poignance.

The fantasy fable follows the preparations for a wedding between over-the-moon Jenny and Sebastian, a shiftless, barely-interested charmer who seems to have proposed as a lark.

Xhloe and Natasha's shows almost represent a genre all their own. There's comedy and clowning, eros and acrobatics. There's zany dialogue that touches on deep human subjects. The pair are masters of both physical comedy and conceptual juggling.

Made up of 10-minute plays, the more than 2-hour show started off very strong with Wild Rice's resident playwright Alfian Saat's Appetiser which was insightful and cheeky at the same time.

A couple in the audience actually closed their eyes and lifted their hands in prayer. The line between make-believe and reality had blurred, if only for a moment.

A nine-production lineup in three venues adds up to nearly a full year of live theater in the heart of San Antonio.

With Bryce Foley sparking a solid cast as a dangerous Marc Antony, Smith Street Stage's production makes great use of its outdoor space and excels at rendering Shakespearean language understandable and the story hit home.

The talented cast of six gives (and shows) their all in this dreamlike collage of narrative. It shows a lot of heart – and a lot of skin. But its organs are in disarray.