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Review: ‘Kinky Boots’ never ceases to amaze
Lola (J. Harrison Ghee) and Charlie (Adam Kaplan) form a bond through footwear in “Kinky Boots,” playing at the Golden Gate Theatre through May 22nd. (Photo by Matthew Murphy) I just love me some Lola....
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Church life in Middle America dominates DMT’s ‘Book of Days’
A fictional town in rural Missouri is in full on self-examination mode in Lanford Wilson’s ‘Book of Days’ at Hayward’s Douglas Morrisson Theatre. (DMT photo) There are three things needed in order to...
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Ubuntu’s ‘Othello’ a language of love
Othello (Ronald Kirk) embraces Desdemona (Emilie Whelan) while Iago (Michael Navarra) reacts. (photo by Colin Blattel) Michael Navarra is playing Iago in Ubuntu Theater Project’s production of William...
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Review: City Lights’‘I and You’ is supremely lovely
Anthony (Davied Morales) is a bit too energetic for the cynical Caroline (Ivette Deltoro) in “I and You,” playing in San Jose through June 19th. (City Lights photo) Oh, it’s just me, myself and I Solo...
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Travels with Robert: Broadway set designer returns home with SHN’s ‘Cabaret’
Robert Brill’s multi-level set helps to showcase the popular number “It Couldn’t Please Me More (The Pineapple Song)” in Roundabout Theatre Company’s “Cabaret,” through July 17th in San Francisco...
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Review: A sleek and sexy world awaits in SHN’s ‘Cabaret’
The Emcee (Randy Harrison) presides over the decadence of late 1920’s Germany in “Cabaret,” through July 17th in San Francisco. (Photo by Joan Marcus) The Emcee cuts a seductive figure, sleekly...
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Review: Things heat up in San Jose Stage’s ‘The Wild Party’
Queenie (Allison F. Rich) and Burrs (Noel Anthony) enter a dark world of sex and jealousy in San Jose Stage’s “The Wild Party,” through July 17th. (Photo by Dave Lepori) It doesn’t take long at all for...
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Review: Frenetic course in ‘Latin History’ at Berkeley Rep is funny, poignant
John Leguizamo crams 3,000 years of history into 90 minutes in his newest one-man show “Latin History for Morons” at Berkeley Rep through Aug. 14th. (Photo by Kevin Berne) A very cool story my dad...
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Hauge’s twenty year run as head of CMTSJ filled with memories and magic
A banner year as head of Children’s Musical Theater San Jose has artistic director Kevin Hauge pointing firmly into the future. (All photos by David John Chavez) Children’s Musical Theater San Jose...
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Review: A sharp examination of the role of journalism in...
Stephanie (Tasha Lawrence, Left) and Will (Richard Prioleau) corner Maddie (Jessica Lynn Carroll) about a picture she took in the world premiere of “Confederates” at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. (Photo...
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Peaches Christ is ready to take the stairs in ‘Showgirls! The Musical’
The over-the-top 1995 film “Showgirls” returns to San Francisco in a musical version playing through Aug. 27th. (peacheschrist.com) The plot of the 1995 sexual camp flick “Showgirls” has been the...
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Another ‘Beautiful’ run ready to go in San Francisco
(L to R) Barry Mann (Ben Fankhouser) and Cynthia Weil (Becky Gulsvig) share their iconic songs in “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” in San Francisco through Sept. 18th. (Photo by Joan Marcus) Less...
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Soprano Sylvia Lee sings signature role in Opera San Jose’s ‘Lucia di...
Sylvia Lee takes on her first role for Opera San Jose as its newest resident principal artist, the title role of “Lucia di Lammermoor.” (Photo from sopranosylvialee.com) Sylvia Lee has gotten used to...
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Elle yes: Hillbarn’s ‘Legally Blonde’ is big and bold
Elle Woods (Courtney Hatcher) presents a most interesting personal statement to a Harvard committee member (Ray Ross) in Hillbarn Theatre’s “Legally Blonde,” through Sept. 18th in Foster City. (Photo...
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Saraf blends two political worlds in Naatak’s ‘Mr. India’
The crowded marketplace of Delhi, India is the backdrop for “Mr. India,” the story of a simple tea seller’s unlikely rise to power. (Naatak photo) A simple tea seller. It is this half-blind everyman...
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Review: Crowded Fire’s ‘The Shipment’ is effectively uncomfortable
Bay Area talents William Hartfield, Nican Robinson, Howard Johnson Jr., Nkechi Emeruwa, and Michael Wayne Turner III explore stereotypes in Crowded Fire’s “The Shipment.” (Photo by Pak Han) I’m not...
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Hedwig and Hall are a match made in rock and roll Heaven.
Tony Award winner Lena Hall has brought her Tony Award winning performance as Yitzhak to her native San Francisco in “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” running through Oct. 30th in San Francisco. (Photo by...
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Gorrebeeck works hard to handle the truth in Hillbarn’s ‘A Few Good Men’
Lance Corporal Harold W. Dawson (Brad Satterwhite, L) discusses his murder trial with his attorney, Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee in Hillbarn Theatre’s production of “A Few Good Men,” running through...
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Bay Area theatre companies spark conversations with ‘Every 28 Hours’
“It’s a shame that our fathers and mothers are killed and we can’t see them anymore.” And on one evening, Zianna Oliphant had enough. If that name doesn’t spring to mind, that’s okay. All you have to...
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Review: Savagery is softened by storytelling in Berkeley Rep’s ‘The Last...
(l to r) Clinton Roane (Emmanuel), Reggie D. White (Joseph), Brittany Bellizeare (Rose), Jasmine St. Clair (Laurie), and Andy Lucien (Max) share laughs through their rough circumstances in “The Last...
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