Oceana, currently playing at the Vortex Theater, is a cross between Cirque de Soleil and Spongebob Squarepants. Okay, okay, no it’s not, though it does take place under the sea and features plenty of graceful and limber dancing, including some aerial work. And the costumes! The costumes! Really nice shiny, stretchy, shimmery job on the costumes! Bonnie Collum (writer/director) and Content Love Knowles (original music and lyrics) have joined forces to create one shell of a show. (Confession - performances about the ocean lend themselves so well to the urge to pun, that it’s nearly impossible to clam up. For instance, this musical features plenty o’ Merman, though no Ethel.) more ›