Terrence McNally Whips Up a Golden Egg by Barry David Horwitz "It's Only a Play" mixes all the jokes and clichés about theater we've ever heard. Like circling vultures, the playwright and c…
Caryl Churchill Spins the Numbers Game by Barry David Horwitz Behind a low, white circular barrier, suggesting a petri dish, an anxious son confronts his worried father. In her shocking play…
Bryony Lavery, Tina Taylor Sing of Seafaring Women by Barry David Horwitz The British nuclear submarine silently shadowed the Russian sub Kursk, on 12 August 2000. In fact, there were three …
John Fisher Ridicules Our Glorious Leader, with Gusto by Barry David Horwitz In John Fisher's no-holds-barred political satire "Transitions," disruption rules the day. Fisher, himself, alway…
Smith, May, Lo, & Frazier Invoke Inspiring Heroes by Barry David Horwitz There's a lot to like in "Between Us," the four short plays I saw on Sunday afternoon at Live Oak Park Theater. I…
Patricia Milton's Comedy Pits Southern Comforts v. Black Values  by Barry David Horwitz Central Works has scored again with their World Premiere #58. Director Gary Graves has burnished Pa…
Lucas Hnath's Dramedy Scales Shakespearean Heights by Barry David Horwitz "This is a man …" says the anxious man in suit and tie, pacing poolside, and pointing at a blond, muscled swimmer …
George Bernard Shaw Explodes Middle Class Morality by Barry David Horwitz Bernard Shaw is back, and he's alive and hilarious at Aurora Theatre. Aurora's revival of Shaw's unique blend of bri…
Tim Pinckney Enlists Millennials in AIDS Army by Barry David Horwitz Here, at last, we have a new play that melds the 80s with the present and shows how one man's struggle against AIDS conti…
Harold Pinter's 'Common Man' Manipulated by Mom & Mafia by Barry David Horwitz "The Birthday Party" (1958), by Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter, is a scary "comedy of menace" because we …
Hershey Felder Plays Tchaikovsky, Masterfully by Barry David Horwitz Hershey Felder has come to Theatreworks to embody Tchaikovsky. When Felder, as Tchaikovsky, plays for the Opening Night o…
Don Reed Re-Creates Characters from Oakland to UCLA by Barry David Horwitz When Don Reed flashes his wide, welcoming smile, the whole room lights up. Now that he's a well-known performer on …
Ira Hauptman Mixes Math with Mysticism by Barry David Horwitz The struggle between Indian spirituality and English stubbornness comes to an intimate and exciting revelation, reflecting the P…
Diane Barnes Journeys from Doctor to Actor by Barry David Horwitz In "My Stroke of Luck," Diane Barnes M.D., learns how to deal with human suffering. She learns compassion. Rather than a tal…
Brian Copeland: A Genuine Christmas Genius by Barry David Horwitz Everyone knows that Brian Copeland, famed for his "Not a Genuine Black Man" solo show that has toured the country and played…
Paula Vogel's Collage of Stories, Songs Touches Hearts by Barry David Horwitz "A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration" embodies the ultimate Advent calendar. Every moment, a …
Lillian Hellman Dramatizes Altruistic Actions by Barry David Horwitz Berkeley Rep's choice of  Lillian Hellman's "Watch on the Rhine" (1941) plunges us into the pre-World War Two time of …
Will's Charismatic Crew Leaps from Screen to Stage by Barry David Horwitz Marin Theatre Company has crafted a whirligig of theater, holding our attention with a kaleidoscope of color, song, …
Joe DiPietro Celebrates Immigrant Italians Finding Famiglia by Barry David Horwitz If you're going to grandmother's house for the Holidays, take in "Over the River and through the Woods" at …
Marco Ramirez Crowns First Black Champ, Poetically by Barry David Horwitz You have not seen a play like "The Royale" in a long time. Remember the punch of The Invisible Man, when the white s…
Philip Dawkins Imports French Fun to U.S. by Barry David Horwitz What a joy! A show about gay marriage that is funny, sweet, witty, and smart. And "Le Switch" covers two divergent cultures"F…
Jake Jeppson Pushes #Sensitive Bros to the Edge by Barry David Horwitz In "#bros" by Jake Jeppson, the Dudes spew hashtags and ideas in a rapid, edgy style, revealing their neediness and the…
Bess Wohl Mocks Mindfulness Movement, with Love by Barry David Horwitz In "Small Mouth Sounds" by Bess Wohl, we feel the clash of East and West from the start. When six would-be meditators g…
Linda Ayres-Frederick Unwinds Immigrant Woes by Barry David Horwitz "The Unveiling" does a convincing and realistic job of getting across what a new immigrant in America must feel like. Once…
Thomas Bradshaw's Jaded Jefferson Exploits Slave Girl by Barry David Horwitz Thomas Bradshaw has stirred up a hornet's nest. In "Thomas and Sally," he is messing with Thomas Jefferson, and h…