Two Sopranos and a Baritone: Plácido Domingo
The audience went wild, with fists pumping in the air as if it was a rock show.
Cy Ashley Webb
Cy spent the ‘80’s as a bench scientist, the tech boom doing intellectual property law, and the first decade of the millennium, aspiring to be the world’s oldest grad student at Stanford where she is interested in political martyrdom. Presently, she enjoys writing for Stark Insider and the SF Examiner, hanging out at Palo Alto Children's Theatre, and participating in various political activities. Democracy is not a spectator sport! Cy is a SFBATCC member.
Theater Review: ‘After the Revolution’ in Berkeley
All these characters are infused with something so true that you open your heart to them. These are all people you know, love, argue about…
Bring on the Champagne: Audra McDonald at SF Symphony Opening Gala
McDonald has one of the biggest, most generous stage personalities on this side of Yo-Yo Ma – and a voice so warm and lush with…
And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little
If you enjoy theatre that is ripe with female energy, “Miss Reardon” is right up your alley, with at least five different types of female…
Crossing borders: American Dream
Any writer will love this character, whose identity and hopes for the future are embedded in verb tenses and for whom the transitive is blasphemous.
One of a kind: The Goat Rodeo Sessions
I wish Goat Rodeo was around in 1999, because something this huge was needed to say goodbye to the old millennium, while looking forward to…
Happy Days, Happy Days: Beckett at Stanford
Walsh’s Winnie is so darn likeable that we don’t feel as if we're trapped in a bad lit class about post-modernism. Silence may be pouring…
Damn Yankees
I’m hard pressed to think of any contemporary equivalent to these big, all male dance numbers; everything else seems too precious, too ironic, or too…
The Most Congenial Spot: ‘Camelot’ at SF Playhouse
The SF Playhouse version of 'Camelot', with its knife's edge violence at the surface, comes closer to the feel of this period – further illustrating…
He’s the Man: Don Reed and East 14th
Can you dig it? Don Reed's a gem of a storyteller, spinning tales of growing up in Oakland with dance moves that best anyone on…