Spring at Foothill College: ‘Sunday in the Park with George’
Tyler Bennett’s performance of Seurat had such depth and nuance that it recalls the old Anna Deavere Smith bit about good acting being the furthest…
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.
We are Family… NOT! ‘The Lyons’ at the Aurora (Review)
Above all, you wonder 'Who are these two to each other?' Is this really the time to be arguing about redoing the living room? You…
‘Venus in Fur’ ignites San Jose Stage (Review)
The roots of the expression "S&M", a play-within-a-play and two outstanding performances conspire to create an epic night of theater.
Indian Ink at A.C.T. (Review)
Performances delight. But at Tom Stoppard's 'Indian Ink', now playing A.C.T. in San Francisco, does the whole add up to the sum of the quality…
‘Build’ at City Lights: A riveting look at video game developer culture and A.I. (Review)
A play about Silicon Valley that hits close to home. Can two video game developers meet deadline? And will ego, love, and loss render their…
‘Tree’ and the magic of theater at San Francisco Playhouse (Review)
The hit you get off of this one is almost as big as all our collective histories.
Just in Time for Super Bowl: X’s and O’s – A Football Love Story (Review)
Every lighting cue and every sound cue work to heighten this realism and transform the Berkeley Rep’s thrust stage. In lesser hands, this hyperrealism could…
More than ebony and ivory: ‘2 Pianos 4 Hands’
This show is the perfect introduction for those who are curious what the often-grueling track to becoming another musician trying to not get stuck in…
Stuck in the ‘Haiku Tunnel’ of big firm culture
Kornbluth’s got the law firm culture down – a world in which even summer associates trump the admins and paralegals who really keep the place…
‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ – a prequel with loft (Review)
If you balked at J.M. Barrie’s 1902 novel as a child, perhaps because families named Darling, dogs named Nana, and astral beings like Tinkerbell were…