Bus Barn ends their season on a high note
A good friend often asks why I subject myself to the same musical over and over again. That’s a fair question, especially when the 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.
Fahrenheit 451: Burning books in Palo Alto
Some rules are made to be broken. Several months back, I decided never to review children’s theater. On one hand, I didn’t want to be…
The Golden Horde reaches San Jose
The Noble King was called Genghis Khan Who in his time was of so great renown That there was nowhere in no region So excellent…
New Century Chamber Orchestra ends season on high note
New Century Chamber Orchestra’s Sea to Shining Sea was a special treat. Samuel Barber’s 1836 Adagio for Strings found its way into our collective unconscious…
Theater Review: ‘Gypsy’ at Hillbarn
Throughout the first act of the Hillbarn’s Gypsy, I wondered why it seemed so lackluster. Annmarie Martin (Rose) is a commanding vocalist. Dan Kapler (Herbie)…
Fantastically funny, ‘Anton in Show Business’ opens in Palo Alto
Even since Michael Litfin’s “PLACES” appeared at Palo Alto Children’s Theatre, theatre about theatre has been on my radar. Where else can we get away…
Sunday Evening Compline at Memorial Church
Sunday nights invariably find me doing the same thing: closing my books at the Green Library on the Stanford campus, and taking my weary butt…
Theater Review: ‘RENT’ by Palo Alto Players receives standing ovation
Directed by Joe Duffy, the Palo Alto Players’ RENT opened to a standing ovation. With its high energy, strong vocals, it’s sure to be on theater-goers’…
A stunning season finale for the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
If you’re really lucky, you’ll stumble upon something so completely astounding, you’ll be amazed that you’d been oblivious to it all along. It’s all the…
A mad, mad, mad world: Kushner’s ‘The Illusion’ at The Pear
The Illusion is a mad, mad, mad pastiche of steam punk, commedia del arte, and 17th century drama that only Tony Kushner could put together. …