Theater review: ‘The Pillowman’ a horrifically good time
Stephen King, your play is ready. Martin McDonagh, winner of an Olivier Award for best new play, brilliantly mixes black comedy, horror and crime drama into an innovative, and often disturbing, script.
Throughout the opening night I kept thinking to myself that it would make a good little horror flick...
Theater review: ‘American Idiot’ an energetic journey
The lead actor John Gallagher, Jr., although looking more Jay Kay than Billie Joe, puts 110% into his role as the despondent teen looking to escape suburbia.
‘The Last Days of Judas Iscariot’: Wickedly hilarious and provocatively profound
Even before I stepped into the theater, the premise of this piece intrigued me.
The entire play is set in purgatory, the place between heaven and hell where, according to the production's playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, a Judge Littlefield (Bill Davidovich) has presided for over 140 years providing the last...
Theater review: ‘Brief Encounter’ a masterful composition of classic cinema and theater
Lights, camera, action! The romance of classic cinema—think Humphrey Bogart—married with the immersion of live theatre whisked me off for a brief rendezvous.
It started innocently as any other theatre visit to the ACT on opening night; some murmur of excitement is always expected with the rolling out of the...
The British Are Coming to A.C.T. with Noël Coward’s Brief Encounter
Kneehigh Theatre's groundbreaking production melds film, theater, and Noël Coward songs. This unique theater event commemorates the legacy of A.C.T.'s historic home as a movie theater during its 100th-anniversary celebratory season.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, July 22, 2009—American Conservatory Theater(A.C.T.) launches its exciting 2009–10 season with the U.S. premiere of the...
Manoel Felciano Joins A.C.T. Core Acting Company
From TheaterMania:
Tony nominee Manoel Felciano has joined the American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.)'s core acting company, and will be playing three roles on its mainstage this season.
He will be appearing as The Representative of the National Association of Turkey and Turkey Products Manufacturers in David Mamet's November(October 23-November 15, 2009); as Azdak...
Theater review: ‘Awake and Sing!’ pulls no punches
Nothing like a great depression to get you in the mood to deal with love and money. It's like a sucker punch—all while trying to balance the checkbook on $26 a week and keep the family on the rails.
'Awake and Sing!', written in 1935 by Clifford Odets, pulls no...
‘As You Like It’: New season, new artistic director and new look at a Shakespeare classic
San Jose Rep's 2009-2010 season, which also marks Rick Lombardo's inaugural year, takes a bold leap with a modern interpretation of William Shakespeare's pastoral comedy, 'As You Like It.'
The start of the play heralds this new era with three dramatic screen panels which span the entire height of the...
Theater review: ‘The Memory of Water’ in Palo Alto
Less money, less space somehow juices up the creative forces.
Labor Day weekend: Theater productions to check out
This labor day weekend why not catch a show here in the Bay Area?
There are many quality productions—big and small—with something bound to please your senses. Satires. Shakespeare. Heart-wrenching romance and drama. Musicals. Comedy. You name it! It's impressive how much creative and artistic vibrancy we're surrounded with here...