Indulgences

Review: Indulgences in the Louisville Harem

Like Violet and Florence, they’re a pair of opposites with Robbilet (who looks like Pablo Escobar played by Groucho Marx) being silent and Davis being irrepressibly loquacious.
Gregor (c. Alexander Crowther) makes an unwelcome appearance during Grete’s (l, Megan Trout) performance, angering Mr. Fisher, Father, and Mother (l-r, Patrick Jones,* Allen McKelvey,* Madeline H.D. Brown) in Metamorphosis

5 Questions with Metamorphosis director Mark Jackson

"Metamorphosis wouldn't make as good a film, I think, because the bug would inevitably be rendered in CGI, leaving nothing to the audience's imagination."
Assassins ensemble

Theatre Review: ‘Assassins’ – Inspired lunacy

With this production, Ray of Light Theatre has once again proven itself to be a force to be reckoned with in Bay Area musical theatre.
Blithe Spirit

Review: Noël Coward meets Benny Hill

Scenic designer Patrick Klein must have worked over time creating a lush, well-appointed set.
Ray of Light Theatre - Assassins opens this weekend in San Francisco.

Bay Area Stage this Weekend: Blithe Spirit (Palo Alto), Assassins (San Francisco)

You name it, and chances are you'll find here in the San Francisco Bay Area, the third (possibly second if you consider LORT count) largest theater market in the U.S.
Mamma Mia Tour

Review: ‘Mamma Mia!’ opens in San Jose

Categorizing this show as predictable and banal would be like criticizing Twinkies for being high-fat chemi-concoctions.
Jeff (Ian Leonard) envisions his masterpiece on a Blank Page (Jamison Stern) in the regional premiere of [title of show] at TheatreWorks.

Review: [title of show] opens at TheatreWorks

These people do more with four random chairs than most of us could do with an entire household of furniture.
Halsey Varady as Kate Monster and Monique Hafen and Robert Brewer as Trekkie Monster in Avenue Q at San Jose Stage Company.

Review: San Jose Stage’s ‘Avenue Q’ a fun, sweet production

In spite of Avenue Q’s teaser reputation as a Muppet satire packed with vulgarity, profanity and full puppet nudity, the dialogue and situations are quite tame by today’s HBO standards.

Symphony Silicon Valley wraps season with global flare

One of the highlights of the piece was a duet with Asarnow and Concertmaster Robin Mayforth on the violin that was both tranquil and moving.
Connie Bradshaw (Julie Reiber, center, purple dress) gives newcomer Mary Ann Singleton (Betsy Wolfe, center, blue shirt) a taste of the big city in a disco. Photo by Kevin Berne.

Theater Review: ‘Tales of the City’ – It was worth the wait

This is a wonderfully edgy, quintessential San Francisco experience, embracing its eccentricity with a singular charm and an irrepressible, incandescent spirit.