Going Red for Christmas: ‘It’s a Wonderful Life – A Live Radio Play’ at SJ Stage (Review)
Stephen Hilliard’s costumes could be out of a 1940’s Vogue… and his costumes for men are equally memorable.
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.
The Book of Mormon: Irreverent, adolescent, sophisticated, brazen, hysterical, and just plain fun (Review)
I was curious and eager to see this show at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco the night before Thanksgiving, having had the good fortune…
Berkeley Rep: A breathtaking ‘Tristan & Yseult’ (Review)
While this is so not Wagner (unless of course, you can imagine clapping along to Wagner, or Wagner with a lot of balloons, or Wagner…
Oakland Redemption: Brian Copeland at the Marsh
Just as the hungry know more about the value of food than any foodie gourmet, Copeland knows more about hope and Christmas miracles than any…
Sex and death at Magic Theatre: ‘Arlington’ (Review)
Her entire role is sung, and we see her singing the way some of us write: tentatively, figuring the world out, one word at a…
Ethereally Aesthetic: Entering the World of ‘Amaluna’ by Cirque du Soleil (Review)
As Cirque brings something new into the world, we emerge from Amaluna restored by the breathtaking excellence of this performance.
Deliciously Demented: Peter and the Starcatcher
Molly's no asexual Victorian girl with a proper long nightgown, stitching Peter’s shadow back in place. Smart and assertive, one imagines Hilary Clinton as a…
42nd Street Moon does Rodgers and Hart
In many ways, this is the best of Rodgers and Hart, impeccably scripted and consciously paced for maximum effect.
Review: ‘Pianist of Willesden Lane’ a classical analog to ‘Book Thief’
In the face of untold atrocities, our only respite is that of the unbreakable: family, dreams, conviction. And... music.
Enter ‘Chad Deity’ at San Jose Stage Company
If you think you’re too good for wrestling, come to this show. If you think you know something about race and complicity, come to this…