Marsh Magic: ‘Memphis on My Mind’
Like how Memphis, Egypt sits on the river Nile, she points out, her Memphis is also on a river. Things move slowly. People and situations…
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.
Something different on ‘The 39 Steps’
The killer comedic timing of Neuenfeldt, Ward, and Noble keeps this fast-paced spy thriller, which serves more as a Brit equivalent to Get Smart!, than…
Die Mommie Die!
Joan Crawford: your play is ready. Divas unite.
London’s Calling: ‘Sweeney Todd’ (Review)
Ayn Rand might find Studwell's transitions to the iconoclastic demon barber of Fleet Street so effective that she’d just have to get over the central…
The Waltz, the Waltz… Do you Hear a Waltz?
This comparison of European and American attitudes toward marital fidelity suggests that while Americans aren’t as sophisticated as we like to think, we were far…
Conspiracies, suspicions unnerve in superb ‘Ideation’ (Review)
A new play starring ... corporate consultants? Can it possibly work? A resounding yes and yes.
Stage: ‘Bad Jews’ the power of words and silence (Review)
In Magic Theatre's latest Bay Area Premiere, 'Bad Jews' by playwright Joshua Harmon, we are drawn into an intensely personal debate about family, identity and…
Prepare to be Wowed: Bill Irwin & David Shiner at ACT in ‘Old Hats’ (Review)
Old Hats is about growing older in a clown’s body – a subject near and dear to those who feebly thwart increasing decrepitude.
An Audience with Meow Meow
Don’t think for a minute that she’ll give you any of that Je ne veux pas dejeuner stuff.
Rigoletto – Opera San Jose delivers another classic
Rigoletto's so direct and so fast paced, it’s as if the bel canto world of Bellini and Rosetti never happened.