Theater Review: ‘Sonia Flew’ an emotional powerhouse
Sonia Flew adds an emotional exclamation mark to the end of the San Jose Rep's 2009/2010 season, and does so with such riveting performances and heartfelt drama, that it's impossible not to be moved.
Set alternatively against the backdrop of post-9/11 America and the Cuban Revolution, it elevates our consciousness. What does it mean to...
The San Francisco Mime Troupe’s Iconic Theatre: ‘2012 – the Musical’
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.
Powerbomb! Season Opener ‘Chad Deity’ at Aurora Theatre a Winner
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity is like Max Weber coming back to life, taking on a second career in standup, and deconstructing the sport. It’s the missing chapter from Weber’s classic "Economics and Society," updated through a highly warped filter.
David Lynch’s Festival of Disruption adds Bill Hader
Comedian and SNL alum Bill Hader is the latest to be added to the Festival of Disruption. You know, the guy with this kind of headshot:
Now in its second year and curated by founder David Lynch the Festival of Disruption is certainly evolving into one of the more interesting...
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...
San Francisco Stage: Bono brings ‘Stories of Surrender’ book tour to the Orpheum
"An evening of words, music and some mischief…"
‘This is Our Youth’ amuses and moves at The Custom Made Theater
Kenneth Lonergan’s This is Our Youth is about rich, bored, high kids in the Upper West Side of New York City in the Reagan era with a bundle of cash and a good drug dealer network. This goes about as well as you’d expect. Kicked out of his house...
Clever comedy ‘Wittenberg’ scores in Berkeley
Davalos characterizes Faustus as a Renaissance Timothy Leary.
Other Desert Cities
Just when I thought the play was going nowhere fast comes the crisp, beautifully constructed second act. To use an oft-overused expression, there are, indeed, revelations.
Review: Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker
Moscow Ballet performed The Great Russian Nutcracker at the Flint Center yesterday. I had the good fortune to talk to Cristina Terentiev, who played Masha (aka Clara) before the event. In a somewhat fractured cell phone conversation, I noted how in the past, we revered Nijinsky, George Balanchine and...
