Friday, April 13, 2007
Opened Thursday, April 12, 2007, Aurora Theatre Company Aurora exposes laughs, drama in Public Places Two [1/2] stars Sturdy laughs Building a play about architecture is a tricky business. C…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:43PMGrowing up, one of my favorite shows was “Laverne & Shirley,” and as an adult, nothing pleases me more than the comedies of director Christopher Guest (Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, W…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:01PMThursday, April 12, 2007
Opened April 11, 2007, Berkeley Repertory Theatre Race, family issues enter through Berkeley Rep’s Blue Door Three stars Intriguing identity quest There’s a simple, shared driving force …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:19PMTuesday, April 10, 2007
The Bay Area fell in love with Bill Irwin more than 30 years ago when he clowned around with the Pickle Family Circus. One of our most inspired physical comedians — his best work can stand…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 07:10PMThursday, April 5, 2007
A member of a once-popular boy band is taking a break from his group to perform in some musical theater. No, Justin Timberlake is not starring in Broadway by the Bay’s Show Boat. Nor is Jo…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 08:00PMWednesday, April 4, 2007
Moreno, Hoch return for Berkeley Rep’s new season Berkeley Repertory Theatre is throwing itself a year-long 40th anniversary party. Among the guests are Bay Area diva Rita Moreno, making h…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:01AMTuesday, April 3, 2007
Last year, I reviewed Lypsinka’s fantastic The Passion of the Crawford, which returns to San Francisco’s Empire Plush Room tonight for a run through April 22. Below, in honor Lyp’s ret…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 06:06PMMonday, April 2, 2007
Now here’s an original cast album that will be near and dear to many a Bay Area theater-loving heart: Martin Short’s Fame Becomes Me. Last year, under the auspices of Best of Broadway an…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 07:46PMSunday, April 1, 2007
San Francisco playwright Peter Sinn Nachtrieb has won yet another award for his play Hunter Gatherers. Here’s some of the press release that came out of Louisville, Ky., on Saturday: The A…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:00PMThursday, March 29, 2007
Opened March 28, 2007, American Conservatory Theater ACT finds jazzy grace notes in Gotanda’s After the War three [1/2] stars Great chops Well into Act 1 of Philip Kan Gotanda’s world-pr…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:13AMWednesday, March 28, 2007
If you’re a regular Theater Dogs reader, you know there’s a lot of love here for Patty Griffin, one of our best singer-songwriters. She just came through the Bay Area supporting her new …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:12PMWhen the ribald puppet musical Avenue Q won the best musical Tony Award in 2004 (one of three the show won that night), those of us outside New York got excited at the prospect of the nation…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 06:00AMWe knew there would be plays in American Conservatory Theater’s 41st season. What we didn’t know was that the core company would welcome three new actors. ACT artistic director Carey Per…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:00AMTuesday, March 27, 2007
Opened Friday, March 23, 2007 at the Ashby Stage Shotgun’s Blood Wedding looks, sounds great 2 [1/2] stars In cold Blood Music and passion are always in fashion at the Copa…Oh, wait this…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 07:16PMMonday, March 26, 2007
San Francisco playwright Peter Sinn Nachtrieb (above) accepted his Will Glickman New Play Award Sunday at a reception hosted by Theatre Bay Area. Peter won the $4,000 award for his play Hunt…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 06:04PMFriday, March 23, 2007
In honor of this week’s vernal equinox, I want to sing the praises of my latest musical theater obsession: Spring Awakening. Having been a Duncan Sheik (below, left) fan from the moment I …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 12:30PMThursday, March 22, 2007
If you missed the San Francisco cast on “The Tonight Show” March 19, here you go. Apparently the SF cast — Christopher Kale Jones, Erich Bergen, Deven May and Michael Ingersoll — are…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:29PMWednesday, March 21, 2007
The Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle’s 2006 award winners were announced last week, and the recognition was spread out pretty evenly. American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theat…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:47PMTuesday, March 20, 2007
Opened March 15, 2007, Exit on Taylor Cutting Ball slices into murderous Woyzeck three stars Creepy, compelling If Georg Buchner’s Woyzeck seems to be an explosion of dramatic ideas and im…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 06:41PMMonday, March 19, 2007
Bay Area playwright Philip Kan Gotanda has focused a significant amount of his considerable artistic powers on one subject: Japanese American internment during World War II. He addressed the…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 07:10PMSaturday, March 17, 2007
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day today, and to celebrate the work of my favorite singer-songwriter, I’m posting my review of Patty Griffin’s concert Friday night at the Warfield in San Fr…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:26AMFriday, March 16, 2007
Set those TiVo’s (or VCRs if you’re old school). The San Francisco cast of Jersey Boys — the whole cast, not just the boys — will be on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” this Mond…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:49PMThursday, March 15, 2007
The next Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Page to Stage event is with playwright Adele Edling Shank, who recently opened her adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse. The onstage mod…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:58PMOpened Wednesday, March 14, 2007, Orpheum Theatre Lightly satirical `Altar Boyz’ keeps the comic faith Three stars In praise of peppy pop And God said, “Anoint thy hair with product.’�…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:28PMWednesday, March 14, 2007
There’s a whole realm of local show business we don’t get to see unless our company throws a big shindig and hires an entertainment provider like Clark Sterling’s Sterling Performances…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:00PMMonday, March 12, 2007
Opened March 10, 2007 at the Magic Theatre Magic’s Hot House ’07 ends in a robotic muddle 1 [1/2] stars Mechanical Well, one out of three’s not too bad. Actually, it’s not so good. T…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:27PMSunday, March 11, 2007
Two more letters to the editor in the San Francisco Chronicle have brought to a close a nasty little chapter in the otherwise chipper history of the musical Jersey Boys. As you may recall (s…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:42PMFriday, March 9, 2007
I wasn’t going to post this on my theater blog because it’s a pop music review, but there’s actually a fine line between a pop concert — especially one as lavish as this — and thea…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:42AMThursday, March 8, 2007
So many interesting tidbits floating around the theater world this week. First off, they’re actually going to make a movie of Mamma Mia!, which seems logical because the show has made a ga…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:00PMTuesday, March 6, 2007
opened March 3, 2007 at Intersection for the Arts Poetry, prison fuse as Campo Santo finds `A Place to Stand’ three [1/2] stars Poetic, powerful Hers is a cry that rings in your ears long …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 07:52PMMonday, March 5, 2007
As per last week, if you want to know what happened on TV’s Broadwayest “reality” show, check in with our friend Seth Rudetsky at Playbill.com here. Mr. Rudetsky’s blend of Broadway …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:27PM 
