‘The Producers’ at Hillbarn a winner
Perhaps the greatest compliment one can give this production of the Tony Award-winning musical is that one forgets that it's “community theatre."
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.
Park your cynicism at the door for ‘In the Heights’
Theatre that stays with you invariably has at least one actor with such compassion and understanding of his character that he completely inhabits it.
Stones don’t bite in ‘Any Given Day’
This is the great Jim Carpenter's first time on the Magic stage, and those that follow Bay Area theater know he's a stalwart icon. For…
‘Of Mice and Men’ a profound gift
This is a strong cast, maybe one of the strongest I've seen on the TheatreWorks stage in the past few years.
You can live in color at ‘Maple and Vine’ in San Francisco
One neat trick about this new work is the decision to treat the audience as recent inductees into the SDO (or is that a cult?).…
Good Morning Baltimore! ‘Hairspray’ opens at Broadway by the Bay (review)
No two-dimensional cutout, Grissom’s Edna, a one-man Greek chorus in drag, is the heart of the show.
Buffalo’ed – A well-intentioned misfire
Any emotional resonance is attributable to the truly remarkable ensemble, with strong, polished performances, plus superb dancing by Alexandria Diaz de Fato.
San Francisco: Ute Lemper – in a class all her own
With the outstanding support of the Vogler Quartet and virtuoso musician and arranger Stefan Malzew, this is a must-see show. Bravo!
‘The Caretaker’ with Jonathan Pryce an iconic show
Hassell’s physical movements take on the patterns of speech, as the articulated rhythms of his monologues become poetry.
Review: ‘God of Carnage’ a wickedly savage comedy
One scene, that I won't give away here, involves the destruction of some rare art history books on a coffee table. It's one of the…