Thursday, August 16, 2007
This 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…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:01AMWednesday, August 15, 2007
While the fleshy and fuzzy folks who live on Avenue Q are in town, they’re dropping by Theater Dogs this week to blog a little about being in the Bay Area. Today we hear from Christmas Eve…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:01AMTuesday, August 14, 2007
Opened Aug. 10 at Project Artaud Theatre, San Francisco Noir thriller `Angel Face’ gets a tough-talking Word for Word treatment Three stars Hard boiled Dames don’t come much more hardboi…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 06:28PMThis week on Theater Dogs, we’re joined by guest bloggers from the puppet and human cast of Avenue Q at San Francisco’s Orpheum Theatre. Please welcome today’s blogger, Trekkie Monster…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:01AMMonday, August 13, 2007
Tickets go on sale Sunday, Aug. 19 for The Color Purple, the Oprah Winfrey-produced musical based on Alice Walker’s novel of the same name. Jeannette Bayardelle (below, center), who comes …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:02PMAll this week on Theater Dogs, the denizens of Avenue Q will be sharing their thoughts while their show continues at San Francisco’s Orpheum Theatre through Sept. 2. Many thanks to the cas…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 12:50PMSunday, August 12, 2007
Opened Aug. 11, 2007, Bruns Amphitheater, Orinda More love, less triumph in Cal Shakes-San Jose Rep co-production two [1/2] stars Romance trumps comedy In the theater, there’s nothing wors…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:50PMSaturday, August 11, 2007
Had to share this: the great Gwen Verdon, Bob Fosse’s muse, performed a routine called “Mexican Breakfast” on some TV show of yore. Then some enterprising soul combined the footage wit…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:43PMFriday, August 10, 2007
Talk to enough actors and you’ll begin to see a trend emerge. Most of them had a transformative experience as children acting in one particular show. Any guesses? If you said The Wizard of…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:00PM“At this point in my life, I’d rather do the standards. I’m not exactly the hip-hop type.” So says Freda Payne, the 58-year-old pop/R&B singer best known for her million-selling …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 10:06AMThursday, August 9, 2007
Opened Aug. 8, Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco Raunchy, raucous `Q’ finally hits SF Four stars Monstrously good It definitely doesn’t suck to be in the audience of Avenue Q, the frisky mu…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:03PMWednesday, August 8, 2007
With all the wild and wonderful denizens of Avenue Q heading into San Francisco’s Orpheum Theatre this week, you’ll want to check into the Theater Dogs frequently. The characters _ both …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:59PMSunday, August 5, 2007
Howdy, Theater Dogs. I’ve been on vacation for the last week or so, but I’m back, eager to bring you interesting tidbits of theater news and reviews. Took a roadtrip up the Oregon coast …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 09:01PMFriday, July 27, 2007
The idea of outdoor theater is so appealing in the summertime – picnics, friends, perhaps a little wine and, if you’re lucky, an engaging show. But this is the Bay Area, where July and A…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:01AMThursday, July 26, 2007
So, you and two of your buddies are forming a theater company. Of course there are significant artistic considerations — a company needs a mission, right? — but there’s one hugely impo…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:08PMWednesday, July 25, 2007
One of the funniest evenings I’ve ever spent in a theater was at the Cable Car Theatre in San Francisco for Eddie Izzard’s Dress to Kill (which was later filed at the bigger theater next…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 08:22PMMonday, July 23, 2007
Opened July 21, 2007 at the Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto TheatreWorks’ `Theophilus North is Wilder and wonderful three stars Northern delights In turning Thornton Wilder’s final novel,…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:59PMFriday, July 20, 2007
In his unfinished, unpublished preface to Theophilus North, his final novel, Thornton Wilder wondered what we humans do with our “despair, rage and frustration.” He considered North, whi…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:47PMThursday, July 19, 2007
Opened July 18, 2007 at American Conservatory Theater Kiki & Herb warble, whine and imbibe through `Alive From Broaway’ three stars Dark humor The warning is right there on the poster …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:06PMWednesday, July 18, 2007
Take a big, tasty bite of Bay Area theater _ and do it for free _ at the San Francisco Theater Festival on Sunday, July 22. The festival’s 10 stages will host more than 70 shows and nearly…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 06:13PMSummer has finally arrived, at least it has for me. Living in the cool-to-cold, foggy Bay Area, I seek my summer thrills in movie theates (sorry, but the thought of outdoor summer theater in…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:58PMThursday, July 12, 2007
Remember the name James Zongus. You just might be able to say you knew him when. Though only 12 years old, James, a Foster City resident, has been performing for nearly a decade, and his sto…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:37PMWednesday, July 11, 2007
The Broadway production of Xanadu actually received some lovely reviews. Critics seemed astonished that they were compelled to write nice things about what is apparently a funny, enjoyable s…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:46PMMonday, July 9, 2007
What is it about actors that allows them to be naked onstage? Does that courage come from the same source that lets them be actors in the first place, a mix of confidence, capability and des…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 08:08PMSunday, July 8, 2007
Opened Saturday, July 7, 2007, Bruns Amphitheater, Orinda Cal Shakes’ Man and Superman soars with superheroic cast four stars Shavian perfection A lifetime happiness? No man alive could be…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:07PMFriday, July 6, 2007
Every year around the Fourth of July, I like to celebrate something entirely American: the musical. I’m a little late this year, but it’s my patriotic duty. So here, better late than nev…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:32PMShould we be taking it as an omen that the first big musical of the new theater season is Xanadu? And is that a good omen or not? A Theater Dogs spy who saw an early preview says it’s defi…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 12:32AMThursday, July 5, 2007
Though it hasn’t exactly rocked the world, Patty Griffin’s musical, 10 Million Miles, has opened at New York’s Atlantic Theater Company. It’s the story of Molly (Irene Molloy) and Du…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 12:52AMSunday, July 1, 2007
It’s old news by now that Carrie Fisher will be replacing Rita Moreno next spring in Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s 40th anniversary season. Fisher will be doing her solo autobiographical …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 10:18PMThursday, June 28, 2007
Excitement is mounting for the movie version of Hairspray, which opens July 20. I know several people who have seen early screenings of the movie and they LOVE it, so push all thoughts of lo…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:48PMWednesday, June 27, 2007
REPORT FROM LAS VEGAS Calling Las Vegas the Broadway of the West is really pushing it. Sure, Mama Mia! has blossomed into a hit, and it looks like Spamalot and The Phantom of the Opera have …
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