Review: Eight is enough in celestial ‘Octet’ at Berkeley Rep
Jessica (Margo Seibert) reflects on her screen addiction in “Octet” at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. (Cover photo) The cast of “Octet” engages in a wild song and dance. (Kevin Berne photos) Many folks...
View ArticleDowning, Swanson find many thrills in ‘Real Women Have Curves’ at 6th Street...
Getting to direct a play that captures a group of marginalized Latinas who find themselves trapped on the wrong end of the economic business scale is a delight for Marie Ramirez Downing. Yet the...
View ArticleReview: Bilingual adaptation of ‘Romeo y Juliet’ at Cal Shakes is stellar
There is an ever-present sense of danger lurking beneath the envious moon in “Romeo and Juliet,” William Shakespeare’s tale of star-crossed lovers, each title character representing one house that...
View ArticleReview: Despite flaws, ‘Hadestown’ at Broadway SF shimmers
Orpheus (Nicholas Barasch) falls in love immediately with Eurydice (Morgan Siobhan Green) in “Hadestown,” running through July 3 in San Francisco. (T. Charles Erickson photos) One of the many...
View ArticleReview: Harrowing ‘Swept Away’ at Berkeley Rep navigates difficult choices on...
(L to R) Big Brother (Stark Sands), Captain (Wayne Duvall), Mate (John Gallagher Jr.) and Little Brother (Adrian Blake Enscoe) face horrific choices in the world premiere of “Swept Away” at Berkeley...
View ArticleReview: Maladies aplenty in challenging ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’ at SF...
(L to R) Kevin (Josh Schell), Gina (Susi Damilano), Emily (Were von Wulfen) and Justin (Johnny Moreno) engage in strong debates on the porch in “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” at San Francisco...
View ArticleReview: ‘I, Too, Sing America’ at SFBATCO displays the power of restoration
The company of “I, Too, Sing America” are gathered to share radiant joy through song and dance. (Cover photo) Jocelyn Thompson-Jordan belts a special song. (Alexa “LexMex” Treviño photos) There are so...
View ArticleReview: ‘Fefu and her Friends’ confounds and thrills at A.C.T.
Christina (Sarita Ocón, left) works to figure out the quirks of Fefu (Catherine Castellanos) in the American Conservatory Theater’s production of “Fefu and Her Friends,” running through May 1 in San...
View ArticleApostol’s new (old) normal – juggling ‘sloths’ at the Magic while having...
Rinabeth Apostol, left, plays a scene with Jomar Tagatac in the San Francisco playhouse production of “King of the Yees” in 2019. (Jessica Palopli photo) (Cover photo) Alison (Apostol) and her father...
View ArticleReview: Eight is enough in celestial ‘Octet’ at Berkeley Rep
Jessica (Margo Seibert) reflects on her screen addiction in “Octet” at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. (Cover photo) The cast of “Octet” engages in a wild song and dance. (Kevin Berne photos) Many folks...
View ArticleDowning, Swanson find many thrills in ‘Real Women Have Curves’ at 6th Street...
Getting to direct a play that captures a group of marginalized Latinas who find themselves trapped on the wrong end of the economic business scale is a delight for Marie Ramirez Downing. Yet the...
View ArticleReview: Bilingual adaptation of ‘Romeo y Juliet’ at Cal Shakes is stellar
There is an ever-present sense of danger lurking beneath the envious moon in “Romeo and Juliet,” William Shakespeare’s tale of star-crossed lovers, each title character representing one house that...
View ArticleReview: Despite flaws, ‘Hadestown’ at Broadway SF shimmers
Orpheus (Nicholas Barasch) falls in love immediately with Eurydice (Morgan Siobhan Green) in “Hadestown,” running through July 3 in San Francisco. (T. Charles Erickson photos) One of the many...
View ArticleReview: Berkeley Rep’s stunning ‘Dana H.’ may never leave you
Dana Higginbotham (Jordan Baker) tells the story of her five-month captivity in the engrossing and captivating production of “Dana H” at Berkeley Repertory Theatre through July 10. (Calvin Ngu photos)...
View ArticleReview: Harrowing ‘Swept Away’ at Berkeley Rep navigates difficult choices on...
(L to R) Big Brother (Stark Sands), Captain (Wayne Duvall), Mate (John Gallagher Jr.) and Little Brother (Adrian Blake Enscoe) face horrific choices in the world premiere of “Swept Away” at Berkeley...
View ArticleReview: Maladies aplenty in challenging ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’ at SF...
(L to R) Kevin (Josh Schell), Gina (Susi Damilano), Emily (Were von Wulfen) and Justin (Johnny Moreno) engage in strong debates on the porch in “Heroes of the Fourth Turning” at San Francisco...
View ArticleReview: ‘I, Too, Sing America’ at SFBATCO displays the power of restoration
The company of “I, Too, Sing America” are gathered to share radiant joy through song and dance. (Cover photo) Jocelyn Thompson-Jordan belts a special song. (Alexa “LexMex” Treviño photos) There are so...
View ArticleReview: ‘Fefu and her Friends’ confounds and thrills at A.C.T.
Christina (Sarita Ocón, left) works to figure out the quirks of Fefu (Catherine Castellanos) in the American Conservatory Theater’s production of “Fefu and Her Friends,” running through May 1 in San...
View ArticleApostol’s new (old) normal – juggling ‘sloths’ at the Magic while having...
Rinabeth Apostol, left, plays a scene with Jomar Tagatac in the San Francisco playhouse production of “King of the Yees” in 2019. (Jessica Palopli photo) (Cover photo) Alison (Apostol) and her father...
View ArticleReview: Eight is enough in celestial ‘Octet’ at Berkeley Rep
Jessica (Margo Seibert) reflects on her screen addiction in “Octet” at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. (Cover photo) The cast of “Octet” engages in a wild song and dance. (Kevin Berne photos) Many folks...
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