Theater Review: ‘Green Whales’ – Sympathy for the Devil?
Gloria McDonald and Sara Luna lead a superb cast of four that capture the just the right tone of comic desperation without ever lapsing into…
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.
Revisiting Gatsby with Ensemble Parallele
Exquisite costumes, imaginative lighting, and video artistry evidence the incredible work poured into this production. Particularly compelling were the set designs, which were dominated by…
Grief and design clash in Carey Perloff’s ‘Higher’
The staging is right out of Architectural Digest. Minimalist, with soaring frosted glass flanking an austere hardwood stage, the juxtaposition against sun-soaked scenes in Israel…
Theater Review: ‘Private Parts’ at The Sandbox, SF Playhouse
After the show, walking down Sutter on a too-good-to-be-true "winter" evening in San Francisco, I reflected in awe at the guts that it must take…
‘Body Awareness’ deconstructs the Male Gaze for serious laughs
Frank dialog reigns supreme. We eavesdrop on some eye-opening stuff; masturbation, vaginas, penises ("beautiful") and oral performances extraordinaire are anything but off-limits.
Jesus in India, American Idiot style
Actors run around half-dressed, smoke weed, punk out, pour wine over their heads, make out. It might all sound insane -- and at times it…
Give ‘Em Hell, Harry
To be a good president, I fear a man cannot be his own mentor. He cannot live the Sermon on the Mount. He must be…
Psycho date night with ‘Becky Shaw’
It's mostly guilt free, and at the SF Playhouse opening night Becky Shaw reminded me perhaps of the last (only?) good reason to be married:…
Simply the Best: Pinchas Zukerman
I first heard Zukerman play in the early 1980’s in Avery Fisher Hall. I no longer remember what he played, but I remember knowing that…
Must see Children’s Theatre: ‘Go, Dog. Go!’
This script may only have 75 unique words, but taken together, they had the audience jumping up and down in their seats as dogs of…