Not Just for Folkies: ‘Fire on the Mountain’ breathes electricity
Entering the house, you soak in Joe Ragey’s scenic design upon which the contradictions of the place are writ large. “Harlan County is UMWA County”…
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.
’30s camp in ‘Nick & Nora’ at 42nd Street Moon (Review)
That slightly heightened unreality of 1930’s camp is such a great leveler that nobody emerges enough to really capture your interest.
Man, Oh, Man: ‘Sister Play’ at Magic (Review)
A stranger ignites 'Sister Play' in playwright John Kolvenbach's premiere at Magic Theatre.
Theater News: San Francisco Playhouse announces season
San Francisco Playhouse 2015-16 season line-up: Dogfight, Stage Kiss, Colossal, Red Velvet, City of Angels. A sixth play is TBA. Read all the details here…
Don’t shoot that bird! (Review)
While our negativity threshold saves us, sometimes we need to get psychically beaten to get a bit of truth in now and then. Stupid Fucking…
Berkeley Rep’s ‘Tartuffe’ smart fun with no morning-after regrets (Review)
If you’ve been petutzed by the DC clowns, so devoid of the Christian virtues they claim to profess, Tartuffe will have a salutary effect on…
TheatreWorks ‘The Lake Effect’: More Rajiv Joseph magic (Review)
Like North Pool and Bengal Tiger in the Baghdad Zoo, the characters of Lake Effect take a heightened form of the imperfect journey we all…
Antigone at the Cutting Ball (Review)
Loper is the sort of actor who’s totally in the moment, absorbing what other cast members put out there and responding to it.
Feisty Old Jew: Charlie Varon at the Berkeley Marsh (Review)
Varon’s gift is that he wraps it up in a bow and delivers it to you. That he puts a San Francisco patina on the…
A Post-electric Play: ‘Mr. Burns’ at A.C.T. (Review)
Dystopic though it may be, there’s forward energy here, if only out of the struggle for more lines, and the rights to those lines.