Unraveling mysterious cult ‘On Clover Road’
“Children are made of glass. Children shatter.” Maybe their parents do too. On Clover Road could have been a straight-ahead story about cults we’ve seen…
Theater and Stage
Reviews and coverage of theater and performing arts in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Berkeley, and beyond. Written by ATCA critic Clinton Stark.
Realer than Real: Echo Brown and ‘Black Virgins Are Not for Hipsters’
When she talks about how racist the Bay Area is, compared to NYC or Cleveland, her observation seems perfectly aligned with the Bay Area’s glacial…
‘The How and the Why’ at Berkeley Aurora
Grad student Rachel, played by Martha Brigham, is such a study in insecurity that you want to take her offstage, and give her a Xanax.
This Time with Heart: Second Time Around
Jeanrenaud's cello dances around the emotional tones, fleshing out color and nuance that Rosenau never fully articulates.
Unwrapping ‘The Realistic Joneses’
The underlying tension plays against the duration of the play even more than it plays between characters. We wait for coherency like we wait for…
Zen Knives and an Old Man’s Dreams: ‘Toyko Fish Story’ (Review)
This isn’t strip mall sushi, but sushi-as-art form, sushi-as-meditation. This is sushi like the sushi prepared by famed chef Toshio Sakuma, former owner of Steve…
Broadway Review: ‘Wicked’ defies gravity, as usual
The national tour of Wicked couldn’t possibly be less than fabulous. Stephen Schwartz’s score combines the infuriatingly catchy with the beautifully lyrical. His clever lyrics…
San Francisco To Do: Off the Grid, An Act of God, Dirty Dancing, Flavor Napa Valley
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” What’s happening Bay Area? Turns out, a lot.…
Dirty Dancing Re-visited: 1987 film adapted for stage (Video)
I go backstage at the Golden Gate Theatre and re-discover some 80's magic.
Mystic Crystal Revelations: Hair
Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em.