A MYTH ADVENTURE In retelling Euripides’ Medea, Luis Alfaro stirs mythology, mysticism, vengeance, raw passion, the immigrant's plight, and unfathomable traditions of cultures past int…
BAREDÂ SOULS AND BARE FLESH The huge production of Ray of Light Theatre’s The Full Monty may be packed into the tiny Eureka Theater (opening night was squirming-room-only), but it as…
THE ALIENS CUTS CLOSE TO THE BONE The Aliens was already sailing high when it made its West Coast premiere at the SF Playhouse, as it has been hailed by the New York Times as a "gentle and e…
A GRIPPING PLUNGE INTO THE DARK SIDE Watching Marin Theatre Company's Othello, I wondered if William Shakespeare was determined " with teeth-gritted ferocity " to make the audience squirm wi…
JULIUS CAESAR IN AFRICA Modern theater companies traditionally place Shakespeare into all kinds of settings, eras and cultures in search of new or updated relevance. While the choices for ma…
BECKY SHAW WON'T LET YOU FORGET HER " THAT'S A PROMISE AND A THREAT I'm pleased to report that Becky Shaw is not easy to sit through. Five well-chiseled characters (that you pray you will ne…
PRINCIPLES ON TRIAL Playwright David Mamet is a master of provocative, gut-wrenching truths packed in fast-paced, blue dialogue, and Race, his 90-minute, one-act take on racism and the Ameri…
AN UNFORGETTABLE FAIRY TALE FOR GROWN-UPS Just in time for Halloween, Marin Theatre Company’s Bellwether takes its audiences into a deliciously spooky fairy tale world they won’t…
ONCE IN A LIFETIME IS A ROMP FOR AN ERA When the "talkies" trumpeted a new era in American living rooms, a bevy of entertainers stampeded to get in on the ground floor of this opportunity, a…
SEVEN GUITARS HITS A POWERFUL CHORD Late playwright August Wilson’s reputed knack for capturing time, place, and character crystallizes unforgettably in the Marin Theatre Company’…