Kate Hamill Turns Jane Austen into Hilarious Social Satire  by Patricia L. Morin Kate Hamill's "Pride and Prejudice" breaks free the chains of 1800s social conventions and snobbery. In Ha…
Deborah Yarchun Explores Threats & Benefits of AI by Patricia L. Morin "Atlas, the Lonely Gibbon" delivers a blend of tense and comedic moments in an AI world gone rogue. A young techie …
Father Joe Bradley's Inspirational Story Calls for Sharper Focus  by Joanne Engelhardt "The Four Gifts," at Hillbarn Theatre in Foster City, shows what happens when a person who is no…
Michael Wayne Turner III Shows a Little Madness Is a Good Thing by Kim Waldron First, we see a dandy, one with a vast and classy wardrobe, his face expressive with a ready smile and eloquent…
Millennial Notes Julie Taymor's Majestic Musical Parade Shines Onstage by Tyler Jeffreys Like the earth's first humans, "The Lion King" tale originates in Africa. Sadly, the original Disney …
Sor (Sister) Juana Inés de la Cruz Spotlights Women's Issues   by Patricia L. Morin "House of Desires" offers a delightful bounty of surprises as it explores forms of love and the hu…
Millennial Notes Handel's Opera Offers an Evening of Musical Delights by Julian Auston West Edge Opera's production of Julius Caesar serves as a pleasant reminder that small stage opera is f…
Martyna Majok's Teens Face Shocking Everyday Perils by Barry David Horwitz Clear-eyed Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok pulls back the curtain from the furtive lives of undocum…
Millennial Notes Sondheim & Goldman's Joyous Songs Evoke Musical Nostalgia by Ian Waters A surreal, pink light glimmers off showgirls in sequined leotards with beautiful smiles, who ling…
Paul Dukas' Opera, Directed by Alison Pogorelc, Asserts Women's Wisdom by Jennifer Ann Charron Beginning with Paul Dukas' lush opera, director Alison Pogorelc delivers a gorgeous and deeply …
Millennial Notes Jessica Dickey Provokes Reflections on Women's Rights by Amy Deng What does it feel like to have a vagina? Nan Day, the cancer researcher in Jessica Dickey's play, says it's…
Millennial Notes Danielle Evans Flips Script on Racism Terrors by Tyler Jeffreys "Boys Go to Jupiter" should be mandatory for every white person in America to read. Word for Word amplifi…
Millennial Notes José Rivera's Soldier Brings Gulf War Home to California by Amy Deng As the moon takes over the surreal California desert, the night sky and thorny cactus glow fluorescent …
S.F. Mime Troupe Strikes Gold, Speaks Truth to Power by Barry David Horwitz All summer, you can go to Bay Area parks to see the S.F. Mime Troupe's latest comedy musical called "Back to the W…
Jacklyn Backhaus Spins Herstory from Medieval to Modern by Patricia L. Morin Jaclyn Backhaus' "Wives," a comic satire spanning five centuries in four acts, mixes exaggerated caricatures of w…
Millennial Notes Matthew Sklar's Tunes Thrust Homophobia into Full View   by Ian Waters "The Prom" opened the week Roe v. Wade was overturned, and I passed multiple protests on the…
Cristina Garcia Condenses Her Celebrated Novel to Its Essence by Lynne Stevens This is a play of rebellion and revolution, a tale of the struggle between mothers and daughters. In Brooklyn, …
Girish Karnad Poses Love Choice Between Poetry & Power by Susan Dunn "Hayavadan," Girish Karnad's popular 1971 play, fulfills our romantic fantasies. A woman aspires to the perfect man, …
Bright Sheng"A Brilliant, Innovative Composer for Our Time by Jennifer Ann Charron Bright Sheng's score of Dream of the Red Chamber is one of the most dynamic, yet sumptuous pieces of music …
Lucas Hnath's Mother Links Violent Criminals to Police by Barry David Horwitz "Dana H." tells us about a secret connection between extreme racist criminals and police co-conspirators. No won…
Millennial Notes Anaïs Mitchell Touches Our Hearts, Updates Musical Myths by Jordan Freed A penetrating trombone rips into a brassy solo and Hermes (seductive Levi Kreis), our divine narr…
Michael Cavanagh's Reimagined Version Entertains & Bewilders by Jennifer Ann Charron Mozart's Don Giovanni is nonpareil"a masterpiece with an amazing score, jam packed with beautiful ari…
Adam Rapp Crafts a Thriller with Two Touchy Writers by Barry David Horwitz "The Sound Inside" is more like a case study than a play. When an isolated Creative Writing Professor at Yale encou…
Aishah Rahman Unfolds Grief Inflicted on Black Families by Patricia L. Morin Aishah Rahman's 1987 play "The Mojo and the Sayso" tells the story of a 1973 murder of a 10-year-old-boy in Queen…
Jen Silverman's Crazy Cat Becomes a God Among Us  by Tom Glynn As the many disasters and catastrophes over the past five years have frayed individual limits of patience and raised collect…