Sunday, September 23, 2007
Opened Sept. 22, 2007 at the Bruns Amphitheater, Orinda Thou shouldst not have been old till thou hadst been wise. Cal Shakes ends season with royally pleasing Lear three stars Moving, power…
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Opened Friday, Sept. 21, 2007 Shotgun’s lyrical Bulrusher finds poetry in love and Boont Three stars Beauty and Boont to boot In Shotgun Players’ Bulrusher, the characters most definitel…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:02PMFriday, September 21, 2007
Parents get dragged into the darndest things by their kids. Aw, c’mon, Dad, you know you want to do it. C’mon, Mom, it’s really fun! For John Duggan (above, center), it didn’t take t…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:01AMThursday, September 20, 2007
Great actors wait for it — that defining moment when, as actors and as men, they are seasoned enough to tackle one of theater’s biggest mountains: the title role of Shakespeare’s King …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 06:56PMWednesday, September 19, 2007
In case you missed it, here’s the San Francisco (soon to be Chicago) cast of Jersey Boys performing on the Emmy Awards in a tribute to another set of Jersey boys — “The Sopranos.”
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:16AMTuesday, September 18, 2007
California Shakespeare Theater has announced its 2008 summer season, and like this season, it’s two Shakespeares and two non-Shakespeares. Pericles by William Shakespeare runs May 28 throu…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 08:53PMMonday, September 17, 2007
Alice Walker, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Color Purple, is now looking for the color of excellence. Last week at Oakland’s Skyline High School, Walker kicked off a Bay A…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 06:38PMSunday, September 16, 2007
Opened Sept. 15, 2007 at the Magic Theatre Magic Theatre heads into space with Pullman’s Expedition 6 Three stars Fascinating Space may be the final frontier, but in theater, space is pret…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:54PMFriday, September 14, 2007
Opened Sept. 13 at California Conservatory Theatre Swingin’ sweethearts jazz up tuneful Pete ‘n’ Keely three stars Cute kitsch If the names Steve and Eydie mean anything to you, keep r…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 07:49PMWednesday, September 12, 2007
Little Daniel Radcliffe grew up before our eyes in the Harry Potter movies. Earlier this year, he did his utmost to break away from the "boy wizard" image by starring in a London production …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:34PMMonday, September 10, 2007
The Bay Area saw Legally Blonde, The Musical first. Now anyone with basic cable can see the Broadway hit when MTV broadcasts the show in its entirely on Sept. 29. Legally Blonde, the musical…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 07:29PMSunday, September 9, 2007
Opened Sept. 7, 2007 Impact scares up some horror in Sleepy three stars Dark, bumpy night Things go bump in the night during Impact Theatre’s Sleepy, and those bumping things are often dea…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:03PMFriday, September 7, 2007
Playbill Online reports that the San Francisco cast of Jersey Boys will be performing on the Emmy Awards telecast, Sunday, Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. on Fox. Here’s who you can expect to see on th…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:35PMIn response to my interview with Sweeney Todd orchestrator Sarah Travis, I received an e-mail from Jenifer Tice, who had some interesting thoughts on the whole actors-as-musicians phenomenon…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:27PMThursday, September 6, 2007
Opened Sept. 5, 2007 Mirth, wisdom reside in Berkeley Rep’s Heartbreak House Four stars (GBS=Great bloody show) What a good summer it’s been for George Bernard Shaw. First California Sha…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:32PMWednesday, September 5, 2007
Opened Sept. 4, 2007 Demons and all, Sweeney Todd resurrected at ACT Three stars Merry musical mayhem Let’s go straight for the jugular here: When it comes to Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barbe…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:21PMMonday, September 3, 2007
American Conservatory Theater’s season-opening production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is wowing audiences in San Francisco with its stripped-down intensity, nerve-jan…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:37PMFriday, August 31, 2007
This was inevitable. Harry Potter, the boy wizard who turned the world on with his wand, is going to be a musical, at least according to the Sunday Mirror in the United Kingdom. Casting agen…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 07:00PMThursday, August 30, 2007
Gotta love the YouTube. Some genius mashed up the song “If You Were Gay” from Avenue Q and paired it with disgraced Sen. Craig’s emphatic declaration that he is not gay. Have a look. (…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 07:15PMFor Berkeley Repertory Theatre artistic director Tony Taccone, the most interesting thing about his company’s 40th anniversary season is the year 1967. “So many organizations in the last…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 06:16PMIn celebration of Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s 40th anniversary season, which officially opens Sept. 5 with Heartbreak House, here’s a timeline featuring key moment’s in the company’…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:54PMA Theater Dogs reader sends the following correction that appears in the current issue of American Theatre magazine. Due to transcription problems, some errors and misquotes appeared in the …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:18PMSunday, August 26, 2007
Opened Aug. 25 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts TheatreWorks’ Emma charms, delights in world premiere musical adaptation three [1/2] stars A match well made Oh the pain …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:39PMSaturday, August 25, 2007
Mel Brooks’ new musical comedy adaptation of Young Frankenstein, based on his and Gene Wilder’s 1974 movie of the same name, opened in its pre-Broadway tryout last week in Seattle. The t…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 12:48PMFriday, August 24, 2007
Here’s how Jane Austen describes the title character of her novel Emma: Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and a happy disposition, seemed to unite some of…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:01AMThursday, August 23, 2007
This is not — I repeat — not a review of The Joan Rivers Theatre Project at San Francisco’s Magic Theatre. Rivers and her crew are in town for a few weeks to workshop a new play, and r…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:25PMMonday, August 20, 2007
The Associated Press is reporting that Xanadu, the surprise hit Broadway musical version of the wretched 1980 movie of the same name, will begin its tour next summer in San Francisco. Stay t…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 08:04PMAmerica spoke (or at least a very small percentage of America), and the first nationally televised casting session for a Broadway musical has turned into a full-blown Broadway musical. “Gr…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:52PMFriday, August 17, 2007
As our week of Avenue Q guest blogging comes to a close, we get not one but TWO bloggers today. Again, many thanks to the touring Q company for playing along and to the kind folks at SHN/Bes…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:01AMThursday, August 16, 2007
Far away from the glare of New York media, Joan Rivers is giving birth. Yes, the 74-year-old comedienne, who once wrote and directed a flop movie about the world’s first pregnant man, is a…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 06:49PMThis week is going by too quickly as Theater Dogs welcomes guest bloggers from the touring production of Avenue Q at San Francisco’s Orpheum Theatre. Today we hear from Kate Monster, the w…
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