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...
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.
Theater Review: ‘The Brothers Size’ scorches San Francisco
Prison makes grown men afraid of the dark again.
Darren Criss, Young Conservatory Alumnus, Appears on Glee
Criss’s debut on the show on Tuesday, November 9, 2010, generated substantial buzz.
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!
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.
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.