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MILKMILKLEMONADE Comes To Berkeley, Previews 8/27
Impact Theatre kicks off its 15th season with the Off Off Broadway hit MilkMilkLemonade, written by Joshua Conkel and directed by Desdemona Chiang. MilkMilkLemonade previews August 26 & 27 and opens August 28 at Impact Theatre's home, La Val's Subterranean in Berkeley....
MILKMILKLEMONADE Comes To Berkeley, Previews 8/26-27
Impact Theatre kicks off its 15th season with the Off Off Broadway hit MilkMilkLemonade, written by Joshua Conkel and directed by Desdemona Chiang. MilkMilkLemonade previews August 26 & 27 and opens August 28 at Impact Theatre's home, La Val's Subterranean in Berkeley....
Regional Review: AMERICAN IDIOT at Berkeley Rep
Although I grew up in the Bay Area in the '80s and '90s, the Green Day ship sailed without me, so I came into the show with very little knowledge of the band or the album which supplies most of the show's pounding score. American Idiot is about 92% music and 8% dialogue, so there's little wait time ...
ATC Script Club Examines 'The Crucible' 11/24
AURORA THEATRE COMPANY SCRIPT CLUB New edition examines Shaw and Miller's versions of America Monday, November 24, 2008, 7:30
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Review: Keeping Cool with 'Blues in the Night'
'Blues in the Night,' now playing 8-weeks at San Francisco's Post Street Theatre, offers an evening from the loneliest pages of the American song-book performed by three stunning ladies in a dimly-lit hotel....
Review: 'The Big Voice' Hits All the Right Notes
The special off-Broadway engagement of 'The Big Voice: God or Merman?' now playing San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center is an unwavering true, hilarious and passionate story worth a-thousand retellings....
Review: Campy New Musical Suffers 'Insignificant' Book
San Francisco's L. Jay Kuo finally stages his original musical 'Insignificant Others' with a note-worthy cast. But despite months of revision, the book is in need of a major over-haul....
Review: Laughter is Best Medicine at ACT's 'Invalid'
Finally, after a relative dry-spell, ACT polishes off their 40th season with a hilarious reinvention of Moliere's 'The Imaginary Invalid.'...
Review: Taken In By 'Take Me Out'
Richard Greenberg's 'Take Me Out,' now at the New Conservatory Theatre Center, is a grand slam production played by a highly focused and polished team of theatrical athletes....
Review: 'Oliver Twist,' a Very Good Boy
Neil Bartlett's reimagined 'Oliver Twist' abducts Charles Dickens' classic tale, sends it through the meat-grinder, and spits it back onto its feet in a fantastic and grimy work of art....
Review: 'Songs' Not Afraid of Anything
Ray of Light's 'Songs for a New World' is not afraid of anything, simply putting four-actors center-stage with nothing but the music... and creating a beautiful evening....
Review: 'Blackbird' Sings a Daring Song
David Harrower's 'Blackbird,' now making its West Coast premiere at the American Conservatory Theatre, is risky, stirring, and uncomfortable... putting the aftermath of child sexual abuse in the spotlight....
Review: 'Merrily' Rolls Into Tedium
To close their 37th season, TheatreWorks tackles 'Merrily We Roll Along,' the self-proclaimed Broadway flop. They deserve a pat on the back. Just don't do it again....
Review: White's 'Terre Haute' Haunts
Edmund White's US premiere of 'Terre Haute' at San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center is beautifully uncomfortable and exceptionally performed, putting us in the opposing minds of a terrorist and a novelist....
Review: Gotanda's Sappy San Franciscan Saga
The world premiere of Philip Kan Gotanda's 'After the War' at ACT is more a sappy 1940s San Francisco soap-opera than a nod to Japanese-American history....
Review: 'Boyz' Keep the Faith
A winning combination of catchy songs, heart-pumping dance, and good wholesome Jesus-loving makes 'Altar Boyz' a non-stop rockin' evening....
Review: Hedda Grabs Ya... For A While
ACT's 'Hedda Gabler,' by Henrik Ibsen and directed by Richard E.T. White, has thrilling first and final acts embodied by concise and professional actors. But somewhere in between, this production may lack the special 'something' to Hedda's schemes....
Review: Some Chills, Few Thrills at Rep's 'Pillowman'
The Berkeley Rep's production of 'The Pillowman' has the expected chill here-and-there and notable performances, but misses some of the essential rhythm of Martin McDonagh's thrilling style of fear....
Review: 'Three Seconds' Makes the Shot
The SF Playhouse continues its 4th season with a pleasantly funny and touching West Coast premiere, 'Three Seconds in the Key' by Deb Margolin, brimming with creative word- and sport-play....
Review: White and Widdoes Keep 'The Circle' Rolling
W. Somerset's 'The Circle,' at the American Conservatory Theatre show-cases great actors (Allison White Jean and Kathleen Widdoes) as great characters in a not-so-great play....
Review: Jesus Christ, He's Still Got It!
Ted Neeley phenomenally headlines in the Farewell Tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's 'Jesus Christ Superstar.'...
Review: Those Darn Boys from Jersey, I'm Tellin' Ya!
The first national tour of 'Jersey Boys,' had unsurprising Opening Night success at San Francisco's Curran Theatre. Over-flowing with fantastic tunes and heart-racing performances, audiences literally bounce out of their seats with this well-received hit....
Review: All Wear Smiles at 'bowlers'
'all wear bowlers,' the Drama Desk Award-winning clown act starring Trey Lyford and Geoff Sobelle, is a comical romp that puts a unique and fun spin on familiar gags....
Review: Conveniently Charming 'Convenience'
'Convenience,' the five-person Gregg Coffin musical (with only seven chairs and a keyboard), charms audiences at the New Conservatory Theatre Center of San Francisco....
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