Theater review: ‘Spring Awakening’ delivers Broadway hit to San Jose in style

The new, provocative, and highly successful (8 Tony Awards) Broadway hit, Spring Awakening, opened last night downtown San Jose and proved why it has garnered so much love and attention. The reinvention of the musical genre owes a debt of gratitude to this production. Directed by Michael Mayer, who also superbly guided...

Theater review: Irish storytelling in ‘The Weir’ haunts, mesmerizes

Faeries, a lost child, forlorn love and haunting tales warm a small pub outside Dublin, Ireland in The Weir that opened Friday at the San Jose Repertory Theatre. Conor McPherson's play is intense, an emotional roller-coaster that leaves you somewhat winded, and drained. As the wind howls, a group of...
Aurora Theatre in Berkeley

Berkeley: Aurora Theater Company announces call for submissions for 6th Global Age Project

Berkeley's acclaimed Aurora Theatre Company is proud to announce a call for submissions for its sixth season of the Global Age Project (GAP) festival of new works. The company will choose four new plays to be presented as staged readings with professional directors and actors during the GAP festival...

Theater Review: ‘Rent’ at City Lights, San Jose

And it is about the people that we become when that love is rent from us and rips an incredible hole from our hearts and souls.
Tobie Windham and Joshua Elijah Reese as Oshoosi and Ogun Size in The Brothers Size at Magic Theatre. Written by Tarell Alvin McCraney, directed by Octavio Solis. Photo by Jennifer Reiley.

Theater Review: ‘The Brothers Size’ scorches San Francisco

Prison makes grown men afraid of the dark again.
Darren Criss debuts on Glee

Darren Criss, Young Conservatory Alumnus, Appears on Glee

Criss’s debut on the show on Tuesday, November 9, 2010, generated substantial buzz.
Allison Moore

Playwright Allison Moore on ‘Collapse’

My husband and I use the bridge all the time.
Lisa Marie Woods as Louise

Lyric Theatre’s ‘Carousel’: Fine production of flawed masterpiece

Special recognition must go to Lisa Marie Woods, who seizes the opportunity to showcase her dramatic skill and expressive balletic moves during an exquisitely choreographed ballet sequence. Bravo!
Jeff (Ian Leonard) envisions his masterpiece on a Blank Page (Jamison Stern) in the regional premiere of [title of show] at TheatreWorks.

Review: [title of show] opens at TheatreWorks

These people do more with four random chairs than most of us could do with an entire household of furniture.
Lauren English stars as Lili in Magic's revival of Why We Have a Body.

Review: ‘Why We Have a Body’ at Magic, San Francisco

It all starts with the lesbian brain (memory/lust/hammering doubt) don't you know.