Glossy 'Amélie, A Musical' brings film's whimsy to stage
Adhering closely, plotwise, to the popular 2001 French film "Amélie," the almost-entirely-sung-through romantic comedy "Amélie, A New Musical" transfers well to the stage, at least in the …
Adhering closely, plotwise, to the popular 2001 French film "Amélie," the almost-entirely-sung-through romantic comedy "Amélie, A New Musical" transfers well to the stage, at least in the …
Parodies and adaptations of, and homages to, turn-of-the-century Russian playwright Anton Chekhov abound, and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies ("Dinner with Friends") count…
The kids are not all right in East Coast playwright Lila Rose Kaplan's world premiere, "1 2 3," part of San Francisco Playhouse's Sandbox Series of new works. Kaplan's three » The post …
by Jean Schiffman "Jesus lives here!" shouts a hyped-up, sweating Pastor Elias, delivering a sermon from the pulpit of a small Pentecostal church. It's a vibrant start to "This G…
by Jean Schiffman "Jesus lives here!" shouts a hyped-up, sweating Pastor Elias, delivering a sermon from the pulpit of a small Pentecostal church. It's a vibrant start to "This G…
by Jean Schiffman Marisela Treviño Orta's at times captivating, at times perplexing, drama "Heart Shaped Nebula," now in a world premiere at Shotgun Players, begins when a you…
by Jean Schiffman A huge black coffin sits on an otherwise empty stage in director Christopher Liam Moore's funny and melancholy "Twelfth Night" at California Shakespeare Theater…