Live shows are closed due to COVID-19 Virus FREE Streaming Shows – Now Playing – April 8, 2020 Ongoing “The Afterlife” – Gary Soto – S.F. Youth Theater Ongoing “Radical”&…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:43AMLocal Theaters Pull Off Trick of Plays at Home by Barry David Horwitz In the hopes that we all get through this pandemic with our wits intact, our beloved local theaters have begun to offer …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:38PMLydia R. Diamond’s Spectacular Play Embodies Our Herstory by Barry David Horwitz Toni Stone was a real live woman who yearns to play baseball. But she’s female and Black. She manages to …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:27PMBranden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Rat-Race Delivers Comedy Gold by Tanvi Agrawal & Barry David Horwitz “Gloria” leaves us thinking about the rat-race that Millennials face—how exploited th…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:19PMJohn Collins Makes Stage Magic with The Great Gatsby by Barry David Horwitz “Gatz” has everything—love, passion, party, class conflict, car culture, and self-involvement. F. Scott Fitz…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:32AMMichael Moran’s Sorcery Exposes U.S. Excess & Delusion by Barry David Horwitz Watching Macbeth go down the muddy hole, circling the bloody drain of ambition, cynicism, and self-delus…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:58PMRyan Fogarty Exposes Boys in the Bandwidth by Barry David Horwitz Ryan Fogarty’s gay bromance puts guilt, love, and regret on extravagant display. The hosts, a flamboyant gay couple: Dev (…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:29AMSarah Ruhl Mixes Witchcraft, Women, & Wit by Barry David Horwitz As you walk into Berkeley Rep, you see life-size mannequins in Puritan costumes, looming over the ground-level stage. It …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:58PMBrian Copeland: A Genuine Christmas Gem! by Barry David Horwitz Everyone knows that Brian Copeland, famed for his “Not a Genuine Black Man” solo show that has toured the country and play…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:52AMBryna Turner Depicts Daring Lesbian Leader by Barry David Horwitz Under the old filagree wooden arches and overflowing ivy of a small women’s college–thanks to designer Nina Ball–we en…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:20AMInternational Acrobats Leap, Fly, Dance into Our Dreams by Barry David Horwitz Acrobats and spectacular gymnasts from Japan, Brazil, Canada, Russia, UK, Australia, and U.S. come together in …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 11:12AMMegan Cohen Ridicules the Rich in Climate Apocalypse by Barry David Horwitz Under the deft hand of director Ariel Craft, a new vein has been opened in San Francisco satirical theater. With p…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:48PMSuzan-Lori Parks Imagines Slavery with Amazing Grace by Barry David Horwitz Looking for a dramatic meditation on what it’s like to be a millennial black guy or gal in these days in the goo…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:36PMFrancis Turnly Revives North Korean & Japanese Betrayals by Barry David Horwitz Like the Greeks and Elizabethans, modern playwrights have found a voice to examine national secrets throug…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:29PMJoshua Harmon’s Witty Comedy Fuels First-Rate Acting by Barry David Horwitz At Los Altos Stage Company there’s a surprise waiting for you. A spectacular production of “Admissions” by…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:36AMStephen Karam Looks at US from a Funny Angle by Barry David Horwitz What if aliens were observing us from another world, watching our daily lives? Would they be amused? In other words, wha…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:33PMShakespeare’s Roman Empire Strikes New Trumpean Notes by Barry David Horwitz I have always avoided this play. It’s a horror show of grotesque, gory, and ghoulish murders, rapes, and tort…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:58AMAugust Wilson’s Twenties Saga Traces ‘Race’ Records by Barry David Horwitz “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” burns with suppressed Jazz Age anger: “How to deal with the white man?” …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:24PMMadhuri Shekar Unmasks Our Lies: Joy, Freedom, Equality by Robert M. Gardner & Barry David Horwitz Madhuri Shekar’s “House of Joy” delivers ancient Indian spectacle, gorgeous costu…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:42AMJohn Fisher’s One-Man Army Triumphs! by Barry David Horwitz John Fisher is obsessed with WWII. When he was a kid in the Marin suburbs, John Fisher found a way to escape his family’s bigo…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:47PMScott Silven Connects His Guests to Each Other, Magically by Barry David Horwitz Scott Silven, a consummate storyteller and performance artist, artfully connects an elegant dinner, mind-bend…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:45PMJames Ijames Ships Black Myths to Hell by Robert M. Gardner & Barry David Horwitz One after the other, we meet four intriguing, intelligent, young black men, ranging from age 15 to 30, e…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:25AMChristina Gorman Probes Whistleblower & Wife by Barry David Horwitz Christina Gorman’s political thriller depicts the intriguing case of a couple who each want to “do the right thing…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:35PMTennessee Williams Gets A Smart Stanley & Trans-Blanche by Barry David Horwitz In a storefront theater in Brooklyn, Stanley Kowalski charges in with a roar of “STEEEELLLLAAAA!” that …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:08PMJames Ijames Captures Black Lives in Limbo by Jesse Marley and Barry David Horwitz Walking into Ashby Stage, we are confronted by Celeste Martore’s magnificent, stark white set, an abstrac…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:08AMSavannah Reich Stages Hilarious Debate: Farming vs. Hunting by Barry David Horwitz When you enter the great cave at Z Space for Faultline Theater’s “Caveman Play” by Savannah Reich, it…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:04PMShakespeare’s Dark Comedy Illuminates #MeToo, #Resist by Barry David Horwitz At Marin Shakespeare Company, a rich complement of fine comic actors bring on the fun in “Measure for Measure…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 11:35PMJen Silverman’s Cat Takes Fabulous Human Form by Barry David Horwitz Once that cat climbs out of his grave and assumes human form—even though he’s been skinned alive—all bets are off…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:27AMJonathan Larson Sings across Two Decades—to US by Rachel Norby and Barry David Horwitz After twenty years of fame and fortune, “Rent” has become a star-making machine. Young people fro…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:52PMRajiv Joseph’s Comedy Exposes Seduction of Innocents by Barry David Horwitz Could there be a more topical play than Rajiv Joseph’s “Archduke”? Here’s a new play about young people …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 12:30PMIonesco’s Comedy Disrupts the Known Universe by Barry David Horwitz You can view Director Frank Galati’s streamlined version of Eugène Ionesco’s 1959 play “Rhinoceros” as a puzzle…
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