Hershey Felder Plays the Master"and his Magical Music by Barry David Horwitz I would go anywhere anytime to see Hershey Felder's artistry as writer, actor, pianist, and music idea man extrao…
JC Lee Exposes Ambitious Achilles & Agonized Patroclus by Barry David Horwitz Meet two young men: One named A for Achilles and the other P for Patroclus. Looming behind them we see Homer…
Luna Malbroux Brings Heart & Humor to Social Justice by Kim Waldron Who better to deconstruct white male privilege than a queer Black woman, especially when she's a gifted comedian? And …
Kacee Clanton Channels Folk Rock Icon with Conviction and Command                    by Rosa del Duca "A Night …
Shakespeare Contemplates Second Chances by Irene Nelson An angry man puts his wife on trial, convinced she is pregnant by his best friend. The man is a king, adultery means treason. His wife…
DiPietro & Bryan Create a Cult for Climate Change by Tyler Jeffreys "The Toxic Avenger" musical centers around Melvin Ferd III (Will Springhorn, Jr.) who is thrown into a vat of radioact…
Vau de Vire Burlesque Adds Circus to Dinner Theater by Irene Nelson Lightly clad in bright turquoise, including the feathers in her hair, eka.boo.button (aka Eka Malboeuf) carries a whiskey …
Han Ong Recalls Revolutionary Singer-Activist by Jeremiah Wall The title of Han Ong's play "Grandeur" must be ironic, since the setting in a dimly-lit Harlem apartment is anything but grand.…
Austin Zumbro's Wacky Musical Activates Imaginations by Rosa del Duca My 18-month-old daughter is obsessed with trucks, especially garbage trucks. She hears them from blocks away, runs to th…
Pamela Feinsilber was, for ten years, a senior editor at San Francisco magazine, making sure the cultural coverage was as broad and deep as possible. Today she edits novels and nonfiction fr…
Millennial Notes Jessika D. Williams Commands as Rosalind by Nicholas Leither The Bruns Amphitheate in the Orinda hills offers a singular charm to every performance. Here, you sit outside as…
John Fisher Goes Fabulous for Magical Musical by Jeremiah Wall Director John Fisher and Theatre Rhinoceros are staging "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," tapping a rich vein of song, danc…
Oscar Wilde, the Jon Stewart of Victorian England by Robert M. Gardner Oscar Wilde's "An Ideal Husband," at Town Hall Theatre, pulls out all the stops with great acting, luxurious sets, and …
Jason Bayani Brings Poetry Slam Vibe to Migrant Tales by Irene Nelson Jason Bayani's passionate one man show alternates between poetry, storytelling, and film to tell us his personal story, …
Desdemona Chiang Imagines a New Arden in OakTown by Barry David Horwitz For Shakespeare's pastoral comedy "As You Like It," Director Desdemona Chiang has placed the evil Duke's Court in the …
God Demands a Boy Band, Hilarity Ensues by Rosa del Duca Let me give you the backstory of the 2004 award-winning musical "Altar Boyz": a Christian boy band is performing its last concert on …
Millennial Notes Brian Katz & Kurt Vonnegut Collude on WWII Drama by Ben Sloan 2017 marks a resurgence of Russian collusion, Neo-Nazis, and American nationalism. What marks the dividing …
Jen Silverman Blends Iowa Housewife and Bronx Vegan by Tyler Jeffreys They say relationships teach us about ourselves, and that we grow after each one ends. Jen Silverman's "The Roommate" gi…
Gunderson & Reddy Lavish Love on Immortal Henrietta Lacks by Barry David Horwitz TheatreFIRST has a World Premiere at Live Oak Theatre that you will talk about for weeks. "Hela: The Poet…
Millennial Notes Mira Nair Whips Up a Wonderful Marriage of East and West by Suraj Ramrakhyani Director Mira Nair must have decided early into production that she wasn't going for a soft, dr…
Del Shores Shows Queer Folk in Fagalicious Texas by Barry David Horwitz "Sordid Lives" has been a movie, but now it's live, onstage at NCTC, and you want to be there for the fun and for the …
Robin Lynn Rodriguez Shows What Yuppies Really Want by Barry David Horwitz It doesn't take much to trash the Yuppie Gentrifiers, near Maxwell Park, Oakland"or in S.F., or anywhere else, eith…
Playwright David Williamson Grapples with Sex and Power by Irene Nelson For thirty years I worked for unions"representing members on both sides of sexual harassment charges. For me, Firescap…
Mira Nair Imports Spectacle, Songs, Sweethearts"Bollywood Style by Robert M. Gardner "Monsoon Wedding" depicts a well-to-do Dehli family's frenzied preparations for the elaborate arranged ma…
Alan Bennett's Short Story Brings Humor to Senior Sex Saga by Barry David Horwitz Alan Bennett's story "Smut," from the hand of a master of form, fiction, and fact, carries us through subtle…