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Director Maog connects deeply with Udofia’s story, vision in A.C.T.’s ‘Her...
Adiaha (Aneisa Hicks) and Iniabasi (Eunice Woods) share a disagreement while Abasiama (Kimberly Scott, left) looks on in Mfoniso Udofia’s “Her Portmanteau,” now running at A.C.T.’s Strand Theater...
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Review: Despite some issues, SHN’s ‘Hello Dolly!’ is big, old-school Broadway...
Dolly Levi (Betty Buckley) dazzles with her multi-talents in “Hello Dolly!,” running through March 17th at the SHN Golden Gate Theatre. (Julieta Cervantes photo) There is a charming moment in “Hello...
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Review: If you don’t know, now you know that juicy ‘Hamilton’ reigns supreme
(l to r) John Laurens (Ruben J. Carbajal), Alexander Hamilton (Julius Thomas III), Lafayette (Simon Longnight) and Hercules Mulligan (Brandon Louis Armstrong) set out to build a new nation in...
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Review: A painful puzzle is put together in A.C.T. San Francisco’s ‘Her...
(l to r) Inabiasi (Eunice Woods) and Adiaha (Aneisa Hicks) have severe disagreements in “Her Portmanteau,” through March 31st in San Francisco. (Kevin Berne photo) In the tiny living room that Abasiama...
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A house is not a home, or is it? Sobelle’s ‘Home’ looks at the differences...
Live music is one component of Berkeley Rep’s “Home,” performed by Elvis Perkins, left. The show is created by Geoff Sobelle, center, and runs through April 21st. (Kevin Berne photo) On the surface,...
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Ramirez removes the cloak of homeless invisibility in Ubuntu’s ‘Down Here Below’
Actors play a collection of Oakland’s homeless population in “Down Here Below,” produced by Ubuntu Theater Project at the Flax Building in Downtown Oakland through April 28th. (Jose Manuel Moctezuma...
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Review: Lend an ‘ear’ to Herrera in the Marsh’s ‘Why Would I Mispronounce My...
Irma Herrera recently closed her solo show “Why Would I Mispronounce My Own Name” at the Marsh in both San Francisco and Berkeley. (Chuck Revell photo) His name was Otilio. To her, he was Tio Otilio....
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Review: Warmth, joy and the mundane are found in wonderful ‘Home’
(L to R) Geoff Sobelle and Sophie Bortolussi in “Home” at Berkeley Rep, which closes this weekend on Sunday, April 21st. (Kevin Berne photo) There is always a moment when a person, a couple or a family...
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Review: Decadence on display in SHN’s delightful ‘Charlie and the Chocolate...
Charlie (Henry Boshart) and Willy Wonka (Noah Weisberg) create a bond in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” running in San Francisco through May 12th at the SHN Golden Gate Theatre. (Joan Marcus...
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Review: Curran’s white-hot ‘Jungle’ forces us to look within our souls
Safi (Ammar Haj Ahmad) stands near Okot (John Pfumojena) in “The Jungle,” playing through May 19th at the Curran in San Francisco. (Little Fang photo) “You have to understand, that no one puts their...
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O’Toole’s great talent leads her to Berkeley Rep’s ‘Good Book’
Film, television and stage actor Annette O’Toole plays Bible scholar and atheist Miriam in Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s West Coast premiere of “The Good Book,” running through June 9th. (Alessandra...
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For the Kilbanes, A.C.T.’s ‘Weightless’ is a marriage made in music heaven
Oakland-based band “The Kilbanes” are transferring their critically acclaimed production of “Weightless” from San Francisco’s Z Space to the Strand Theater. (Emily Sevin photo) Like so many artists who...
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Review: A foggy Chinatown the backdrop for Palo Alto Players’ delightful...
Ta (Jomar Martinez) and Mei-Li (Emily Song) search for love in San Francisco’s Chinatown of the 1960s in “Flower Drum Song,” through May 12th in Palo Alto. (Joyce Goldschmid photo) It only takes a...
View ArticleMusica y raíces of the Bay Area’s Afro-Cuban community on full display in...
Paul S. Flores draws a clear delineation between the stories of Cuban exiles and those of Cuban immigrants. An exile story has themes such as Fidel Castro and the city of Miami, stories often found in...
View ArticleReview: Celestial beauty abounds in A.C.T.’s grand ‘Weightless’
It is truly hard to pinpoint what exactly makes the American Conservatory Theater production of “Weightless” so beautiful, so majestic. It takes a hint of time at the onset to figure out what structure...
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Review: Berkeley Rep’s ‘The Good Book’ a thrill that looks at the good and...
Tape recorders, headphones and Saint statuettes fill the world of Connor (Keith Nobbs) in Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s “The Good Book,” running through June 9th. (Alessandra Mello photo) There is a...
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CMTSJ’s costume crew works hard to do things oh sew right
Elijah Ramos, right, puts on his red coat, one of four costumes he had to switch in and out of in Children’s Musical Theater San Jose’s “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” this past March. (All...
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Bublitz’‘Ripped’ at Z Space looks at the complexities of consent
Bradley (Edwin Jacobs) and Lucy (Krystle Piamonte) struggle with the aftermath of their choices in the world premiere of “Ripped” at Z Space in San Francisco, running through June 15th. (Lorenzo...
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Review: A beautiful ‘Silent Sky’ at City Lights shines bright
Henrietta Leavitt (Maria Giere Marquis, left) and Annie Jump Cannon (April Green) delve into a critical, astronomical world during the early 20th century in “Silent Sky” at City Lights through June...
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For Taccone and Leguizamo, musical farce is the thing in Berkeley Rep’s ‘Kiss...
After the success of “Latin History for Morons” in 2016, Berkeley Rep artistic director Tony Taccone, top and actor John Leguizamo have reunited for the world premiere of “Kiss My Aztec,” running...
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