In San Francisco: Labayen Dance a rare pleasure
The grey-haired bodies of men no longer in their ‘20s have more fluidity and expression and power than many younger contemporaries.
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.
Review: ‘Clybourne Park’ is must-see theater
Risque suits Geary Street just fine.
Playwright Allison Moore on ‘Collapse’
My husband and I use the bridge all the time.
Review: ‘Next to Normal’ goes for the heart
We rapidly learn that this is not “just another day” as we watch Diana unravel.
Review: ‘Compleat Female Stage Beauty’ at City Lights Theater
"Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to Heaven."
Theater Review: Talent shines in ‘The 39 Steps’
Mark Anderson Phillips in the lead role is a stand-out.
A.C.T. celebrates Pinter’s legacy with ‘The Homecoming’
A long-absent son and his attractive wife, Ruth, return to his contentious childhood home in London’s East End.
Review: Blood between the keys in ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs’
But are we really jailbroken?
Theater Review: ‘Shadowlands’ by Palo Alto Players
I'd happily take John Anthony Nolan (Major Warnie Lewis) home and deposit him in an overstuffed chair in my living room.
Theater Review: ‘Private Eyes’
When nothing is what it seems and everything is subject to question.