It didn't hurt that there was some big time name dropping and bedroom talk, either. Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Elvis Presley, Elizabeth Taylor (her idol), Clark Gable and Gene Kelly are just a few of the icons referenced in this recounting of the legendary actress' life.

It all starts with the lesbian brain (memory/lust/hammering doubt) don't you know.

Fall theater season kicks off. Early themes appear to be: (1) strong, independent women; (2) powerful music; and (3) intelligent comedy.

This play offered up that rarity of rarities, a second act that was stronger than the first.

Director Robert Kelley has crafted a production that embodies Austen.

It's an ambitious undertaking, with the two-act play even taking us to the Garden of Eden -- a place that, on this evening, felt quite Barbarella.

Celebrating its second anniversary at The Retro Dome in San Jose, this Guggenheim Entertainment production lives up to the venue's name and is noteworthy for its singular vitality, clockwork professionalism and sheer entertainment value.

No humorless left wing hacks, the SFMT laughs at themselves, with characters like “Working Class Man,” and ups the ante by confronting the two-dimensionality of their subject material with a commedia dell'arte approach.

Once again, Actors Theatre of San Francisco has chosen to tackle one of the best and most difficult plays written in contemporary American English.

Short of an opening bit, and two vintage recreations of Jim Henson’s work from the mid 1950’s and early ‘60’s, the entire show involves a dialogue between master-of-ceremonies Patrick Bristow and the audience as he solicits suggestions for short bits that the six puppeteers then perform.