Monday, 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 02:27PMA Jersey Boys war of words erupted last week when Marshall Brickman (right, photo from BroadwayWorld.com), co-writer of the show’s book, responded angrily to comments made by director Des …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:09PMSunday, March 4, 2007
opened March 3, 2007 at SF Playhouse `Jesus Hopped the `A’ Train’ stays on track at SF Playhouse three [1/2] stars Crime, punishment and power There’s an extraordinary insight into the…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:37PMFriday, March 2, 2007
Opened Feb. 24, 2007, Magic Theatre Magic’s Hot House ’07 showing signs of `Rust’ Two stars Scattershot When last we checked in with the Magic Theatre’s Hot House ’07 festival of n…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 08:57PMCarl Lumbly didn’t really go anywhere. He just hasn’t been around much. The Berkeley-based actor is a busy, busy guy (you can read my interview with him in my Stage Scenes column here), …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:01PMThursday, March 1, 2007
Opened Feb. 28, 2007, Berkeley Repertory Theatre Berkeley Rep’s `Lighthouse’ shines in vivid, captivating adaptation Three stars Bright, beautiful, severe Some novels are so inherently u…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:53PMWednesday, February 28, 2007
opened Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007, Post Street Theatre For fans only: One-man `Star Wars’ has major dork appeal three stars Geek mythology Charles Ross is saving the galaxy one geek at a time.…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:39AMTuesday, February 27, 2007
As if that terrible TV show “Grease: You’re the One That I Want” wasn’t enough to prove that the musical Grease has run out of gas, check out this story from Holland. During a produc…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:45PMDaly City native Evan Pappas, who directed Seven Brides for Seven Brothers last year for San Mateo’s Broadway by the Bay, was seriously injured in a car accident Feb. 19 while in Phoenix, …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:44PMMonday, February 26, 2007
There will be no singing of “Memory” when these cats perform. Forgive those of us who aren’t exactly cat people for not jumping up and down, but the Moscow Cats Theatre is heading for …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 07:27PMThe Academy Awards came and went without making much impression. Ellen DeGeneres was fun, just as you’d expect. The nicest surprise to me was the best foreign film winner, The Lives of Oth…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:40PMThursday, February 22, 2007
As the song says, “When you got it, flaunt it.” But when you don’t got it, close it. That’s the advice the producers of Broadway’s The Producers are following. After six years and …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 08:53PMHere at Theater Dogs, we zip from one subject to the next — from the dark cynicism of American $uicide to the zip of a light saber with One-Man Star Wars Trilogy. Well, imagine how hard it…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:00PMWednesday, February 21, 2007
He doesn’t live in a galaxy far, far away, but he does live on an island somewhat far away. Charles Ross, the man behind One-Man Star Wars Trilogy, lives in Victoria, British Columbia, a p…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:17PMMonday, February 19, 2007
True to my word, I didn’t watch the oily reality TV sludge known as “Grease: You’re the One That I Want” on Sunday night, even though it’s a long holiday weekend with nothing bette…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:59PMSaturday, February 17, 2007
Great news for theater dogs who also love some good TV. The Canadian-import series “Slings and Arrows” arrives for a third season on Sunday (Feb. 18) on the Sundance Channel. If the firs…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:50PMFriday, February 16, 2007
(opened Feb. 12, 2007) Jackson, actors commit American $uicide at Thick House three stars Zesty satire If “American Idol” ended each episode with a bullet instead of wild applause, some …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 12:00PMPeter Sinn Nachtrieb’s Hunter Gatherers is the 2006 winner of the Will Glickman Playwrights Award. The annual award — given to the author of the best play to make its world premiere in t…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 09:00AMThursday, February 15, 2007
Earlier this month, I sat down with the stars of San Francisco’s Jersey Boys, the quartet driving audiences into a frenzy every night as Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. You can read th…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:10PMThe Aurora Theatre Company’s The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter has just been extended through March 11 in Berkeley. That’s good news for Pinter fans. It also gives us more time to figu…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:17PMHot on the heels of their latest show (Big Death & Little Death, see below), Crowded Fire Theater Company has announced the departure of founding artistic director Rebecca Novick. Erin G…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 11:27AM(opened Feb. 14, 2007) ACT’s hip, sassy `Hedda’ starts strong, fades quickly two stars Too cute ‘n’ casual Theater, or so they say, is all about the communal experience. We breathe t…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:45AMTuesday, February 13, 2007
(Opened Feb. 10, 2007) Magic whips up some erotica in Bilodeau’s Pleasure & Pain Three stars More pleasure than pain Sexual heat is too often absent from the stage, especially when the…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:59PMMonday, February 12, 2007
(opened Feb. 10, 2007) Crowded Fire blazes forth with bleak, funny Death three stars Apocalypse soon When the first scene of a play involves dead puppies, you can be sure you’re not headed…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 06:25PMNow this is what you call bad television. “Grease: You’re the One That I Want” is two hours of “reality” television at its worst. I know television networks have no shame, but NBC …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:38PMSunday, February 11, 2007
TheatreFirst stirs up Middle East drama in compelling Nathan the Wise three 1/2 stars Wise and wonderful (opened Feb. 9, 2007) At the close of Friday’s opening-night performance of Nathan …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:37PMSaturday, February 10, 2007
For those of you unable to make it to the Golden Gate Theatre for the remaining two weeks of Legally Blonde, The Musical’s out-of-town, pre-Broadway tryout, the good folks at Broadway.com …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:59PMWednesday, February 7, 2007
Merry musical `Legally Blonde’ dazzles and delights 3 1/2 stars Bright, shiny `Blonde’ (opened Feb. 6, 2007; photos by Paul Kolnik) The opening number from Legally Blonde, The Musical is…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:34AMTuesday, February 6, 2007
It’s always good news when Danny Hoch announces his return to the Bay Area. The solo performer behind Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop (which had its world premiere at Berkeley Repertory The…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:59PMJane Austen, Thronton Wilder, Tony Kushner and Golda Meir will all be there…sort of. Robert Kelley, the founding artistic director of Mountain View’s TheatreWorks has just announced his …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:55PMMonday, February 5, 2007
The stage isn’t the only place for theater these days. And as a wise man named Peter Allen once said, “Everything old is new again.” It seems radio has been reborn in the form of podca…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:47PM 
