Thursday, September 28, 2006
If you’ve ever wondered what I’d look like as a pirate zombie (and I know you have), wonder no more. My dedication to the Bay Area Living section of our newspapers is such that when they…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:27PMThe thought of a theater blog seems frivolous to me sometimes, especially on days when crazy men take hostages in a school. Or bombs fall in the Middle East. Or homicide rates ratchet up to …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:06AMMonday, September 25, 2006
Steve Kluger, a friend of Theater Dogs (FoTD), was so impressed by A Chorus Line in San Francisco (see the Aug. 25 entry) that he bought a ticket for a preview performance in New York. Well,…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:35PMSunday, September 24, 2006
I have seen the future of cabaret, and its name is Shawn Ryan. What, you may ask, does cabaret have to do with theater? And I answer: cabaret is theater with more music and a two-drink minim…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 11:44AMThursday, September 21, 2006
Some random thoughts from the Theater Dog Pound: — Caught up with Contra Costa Musical Theatre’s hilarious and beautifully sung production of Urinetown and was delighted with some of the…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:49PMWednesday, September 20, 2006
My dream of the dance hall girl with the heart of gold crumbled last night. I went San Jose to see the touring production of Sweet Charity based on last year’s Broadway revival. I was exci…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:18PMTuesday, September 19, 2006
Get out your kites, kids. Marlo Thomas is coming to San Francisco. Yes, erstwhile Ann Marie, TV’s first (semi) liberated lady with the keenest fashion sense in all Manhattan is coming to t…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:00PMRosie O’Donnell has indeed brought Broadway back to daytime. Last week on The View, she interviewed Georgia Engel and unleashed Tony-winners Bob Martin (who should win awards as the most e…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:41PMSunday, September 17, 2006
I wasn’t sure I was going to write about this. I thought perhaps it was too self-aggrandizing. But this is the blogosphere, right? Anything goes. So let me tell you about the best thing th…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 11:41AMWednesday, September 13, 2006
If you’re not listening to Michael Rice’s Cool As Hell Theatre Podcast, you’re missing out. Rice interviews all kinds of Bay Area theater folks about their lives and work, but what’s…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:41PMMonday, September 11, 2006
Watched Rosie O’Donnell’s first week on The View (thank you TiVo, you’re the best spouse anyone could ask for), and I have to say this: I missed her a lot. I missed the brashness. I mi…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 09:32PMSaturday, September 9, 2006
Usually a theater critic has to die to get a theater named after him. Not me. Recently I was visiting friends up at their property in Mendocino — seven acres full of redwoods, oaks and pin…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:12PMFriday, September 8, 2006
The first glimpse of John Travolta as Edna Turnblad in the now-filming movie based on the hit Broadway musical Hairspray has been released, and it’s….well, see for yourself. Yes, that’…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 07:03PMWednesday, September 6, 2006
Berkeley Repertory Theatre artistic director Tony Taccone, now in his 10th season with the theater, is the subject of an excellent new article in Theatre Communications Group’s American Th…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 06:22PMNow that California Shakespeare Theater’s wild production of ”The Merchant of Venice” is over, I wanted to weigh in about the experience of writing a negative review for a company I ho…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:21PMFriday, September 1, 2006
Today (Sept. 1) is Lily Tomlin’s 67th birthday, so let’s all take a moment to appreciate her genius. Most recently, Tomlin was a marvel in A Prairie Home Companion, my favorite movie of …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 12:23PMWho knew that right under my very nose I had a spy! My new co-worker, Dino-Ray, read my previous blog item about Dreamgirls and casually let slip that HE’D ACTUALLY SEEN THE MOVIE ALREADY!…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:03AMWednesday, August 30, 2006
Want a goosebump experience? Check out the official site for Dreamgirls, the upcoming movie version the kick-a** 1980 Broadway musical. I got all revved up about this when I first saw the te…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:20AMFriday, August 25, 2006
Received a fantastic e-mail from Steve Kluger, a novelist/playwright I’ve been corresponding with since I reviewed his play After Dark at the New Conservatory Theatre Center. Kluger’s a …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 12:50PMThursday, August 24, 2006
Just watched an interesting DVD documentary about Stagedoor Manor, the summer camp for pre-teens and teens who just gotta sing and gotta dance. Famous alumni of the camp include Zach Braff, …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:26AMMonday, August 21, 2006
Last week, the theater Web sites ran the announcement that one of my favorite singer/songwriters, Patty Griffin, will premeire a musical next spring at the Atlantic Theater Company. The musi…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:26PMTuesday, August 15, 2006
Had two amazing experiences in one on Monday. 1) They actually let me into Skywalker Ranch in Marin, George Lucas’ incredible special effects compound where the biggest special effect of a…
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 07:37PMTuesday, August 1, 2006
A couple months ago, I was interviewing playwright Paul Rudnick about his play “Valhalla,” which was about to open at the New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco. Rudnick is an …
SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:47PM 
