Millennial Notes Willy Russell Liberates Happiness from Age by Owen Brunelle Shirley Valentine (delightful Kerri Shawn), a 52 year old Liverpool housewife, is facing an empty nest and talkin…
Addie Ulrey Asks Questions It's Safer to Ignore   by Kim Waldron Nimbly juggling a rifle between bare feet, 13-year-old, bi-gender Montanan Brucie puzzles over dragons while rolling a…
Choreographer Neumeier & National Ballet of Canada Celebrate Nijinsky's Triumphs amidst Madness by Pamela Feinsilber As the dancers of San Francisco Ballet prepare to perform 12 (12!) wo…
Millennial Notes Barrie, Mwaluko, & Yaged Claim Identity against All Odds by Owen Brunelle "Shifting Spaces" by Those Women Productions takes us on a journey through three worlds: the to…
John Logan's Duet of Acrobatic Thinkers by Ross Callahan What leaps out at me from "Red"? Their sudden bursts of anger. The vitriol! Rothko slamming down his paint brush, immediately echoing…
Millennial Notes Stephen Sondheim's Love Story Makes Us Swoon by Maggie Lohmeyer It happens to us all. What are we going to do this weekend? Who's free? What movie do we go to? Who's picking…
Millennial Notes Cirque Du Soleil Conjures  a Circus Musical by Tyler Jeffreys and Evelyn Arevalo Cirque Du Soleil's "Crystal""a magical circus on ice"branches out into a cool realm of mu…
Millennial Notes Kutulas, Carter, Shuch Reimagine Outdated Fairy Tales by Michael V. Rodriguez The heroines of "Iron Shoes" emerge from the sexist shackles of Russian and Romanian folk tales…
Millennial Notes Sarah DeLappe Captures Teenage Dynamics by Joan-Kirsti Brennan In "The Wolves," we get to follow nine teenage girls on their elite indoor soccer field in Middle America. The…
Millennial Notes Lucy Prebble Exposes Scientific Fallacies by Tyler Jeffreys At S.F. Playhouse, the West Coast premiere of Lucy Prebble's "The Effect" artfully explores the mysteries of love…
Luca Guadagnino Seduces with Alluring Imagery by John Sklute The night that 17-year-old Elio and Oliver, his father's 20-something visiting graduate assistant, consummate their love, Oliv…
Simon Stephens' Science of the Human Heart by Kim Waldron Riding on the London subway, a young woman impulsively kisses a much older man on the neck. Can he trust her? Can we trust them? …
Marcus Gardley: Poet of Dysfunctional Love by Robert M. Gardner Marcus (talented Michael Curry) recites poetry as he fumbles through puberty and on to adulthood, the mediator for his fra…
Michael Golamco's Warm-Hearted, Sharp-Tongued Rom-Com by Joan-Kirsti Brennan In "Cowboy vs. Samurai," Michael Golamco, native to San Mateo, uses humor and sharp dialogue to dig into our cult…
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 …
Millennial Notes David Ives' Surreal Tales Leave Us Laughing by Evelyn Arevalo "All in the Timing" presents four short comedies that all focus on misconnections and the shortness of life. Da…
Millennial Notes Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm Goes Beyond the Pale by Michael V. Rodriguez Even before the curtain rises, Officer Borzoi (terrifying BE Rivers) authoritatively points to the wo…
Millennial Notes Rupert Holmes' Murder Mystery Keeps Us Guessing by Maggie Lohmeyer I can see why "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" won Tony Awards at its debut in 1985. Writer and composer Ruper…
Qui Nguyen Turns the War Topsy-Turvy by Drew Lehman "Vietgone" turns America's conventional view of the Vietnam War on its head. Playwright Qui Nguyen follows Vietnamese refugees who lost ev…
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…
Millennial Notes Tennessee Williams Disrupts Sex and Class  by Gilad Barach The African American Shakespeare Company's "A Streetcar Named Desire" is simply a masterpiece. Tennessee Willia…
Alice Birch's Women Revel in Un-Civil Disobedience  by Kim Waldron The career woman wants more time off from work. The young girl is forced to marry her rapist. A woman feels tra…
Viñas, Sakata, Tracys' Heroes Inspire by Robert M. Gardner TheatreFIRST steps out boldly in its premier production of "Between Us," Part B"with three solo plays by Bay Area artists. Part …