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Saturday, November 27, 2021

The never-again genius of Sondheim by Chad Jones

One thing we can say for sure about Stephen Sondheim is that he died knowing just how loved and admired he was. It seems like the legendary Broadway composer was receiving lifetime tributes …

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Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Welcome return to Pemberley with Georgiana and Kitty by Chad Jones

The cast of the world-premiere Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley includes (from left) Lauren Spencer as Georgiana Darcy, Aidaa Peerzada as Emily Grey, Emilie Whelan as Kitty Bennet…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 06:32PM
Thursday, November 18, 2021

Love chills in Berkeley Rep’s sizzling Wintertime by Chad Jones

The cast of Charles L. Mee’s Wintertime at Berkeley Repertory Theatre includes (from left) Carmen Berkeley (Ariel), Sharon Lockwood (Hilda), Lorri Holt (Bertha), James Carpenter (Frank), T…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:13PM
Thursday, November 4, 2021

Revived Fair Lady bursts with melody, life, wit by Chad Jones

The cast of The Lincoln Center Theater production of Lerner & Loewe’s My Fair Lady includes (from left, center) Sam Simahk as Freddy Eynsford-Hill, Shereen Ahmed as Eliza Doolittle, Ke…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:45PM
Thursday, October 14, 2021

Superstar heralds return to holy place (aka the theater) by Chad Jones

The cast of the North American tour of Jesus Christ Superstar (featuring Aaron LaVigne in the center as the title character) has a light last supper. The show is at the Golden Gate Theatre a…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:02PM
Wednesday, October 13, 2021

A joyful circus bounces into Club Fugazi by Chad Jones

Ruben Ingwersen (left) and Jérémi Levesque hit remarkable heights in Dear San Francisco: A High-Flying Love Story, the exuberant new show at Club Fugazi. Below: Devin Henderson jumps throu…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 08:33PM
Friday, October 1, 2021

Only neo maxi zoom dweebies won’t enjoy BratPack by Chad Jones

For the Record Live and Feinstein’s at the Nikko present BratPack, a nostalgic fusion of ’80s movies and music that feels part musical, part concert, part vintage video from the age of M…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 08:35PM
Friday, June 4, 2021

Who’s Zooming who in ACT’s Communion? by Chad Jones

Stacy Ross is the star and the host of Communion, a new play presented on Zoom by American Conservatory Theater. Photos courtesy of American Conservatory Theater For almost 30 years now, I h…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:17PM
Thursday, May 27, 2021

Brilliant Mind artfully blends live, digital, interactive by Chad Jones

Denmo Ibrahim as Dina and Ramiz Monsef as Yusef in Marin Theatre Company and Storykrapht’s live and interactive premiere of Brilliant Mind by Denmo Ibrahim. Below: Dina and Yusef deal with…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:44PM
Monday, May 17, 2021

Spectacular Animal Wisdom conjures spirits & raises the roof by Chad Jones

Composer/performer Heather Christian stars in the original streaming film adaptation of the Bushwick Starr’s production of Animal Wisdom. Below:Christian and her cast/band connect with ano…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:31PM
Thursday, May 13, 2021

42nd Street Moon lights the stage with Lady Day by Chad Jones

Doris Bumpus plays Billie Holiday in the 42nd Street Moon streaming production of Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Brill by Lanie Robertson. Photo courtesy of 42nd Street Moon The extraordina…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:30PM
Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Stream this! Julia Brothers @ SF Playhouse, Alice Childress @ ACT by Chad Jones

I have two recommendations for online theater streaming. The first is a play written by and starring one of our best stage actors, and the second is an engaging reading of a timely play abou…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:40PM
Thursday, March 18, 2021

Starry, starry byte – digital Van Gogh enlivens SF arts scene by Chad Jones

Immersive Van Gogh allows visitors to experience what it might be like if you stepped into a painting by Vincent Van Gogh. The multimedia experience runs through Sept. 6 at SVN West in San F…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:37PM
Monday, March 15, 2021

Playhouse, Hansberry join for powerful [hieroglyph] by Chad Jones

Davis (Jamella Cross, left) explains herself to Ms. T. (Safiya Fredericks) after an altercation in the classroom in [hieroglyph], a co-production of San Francisco Playhouse and Lorraine Hans…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:47PM
Sunday, January 31, 2021

Catastrophist unleashes contagious drama – catch it by Chad Jones

William DeMeritt is Nathan in Lauren Gunderson’s The Catastrophist produced by Marin Theatre Company and Round House Theatre. Photos courtesy of Marin Theatre Company; Director of Photogra…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:38PM
Monday, December 7, 2020

ACT puts Scrooge in your head this year by Chad Jones

James Carpenter revisits the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in American Conservatory Theater’s A Christmas Carol: On Air, an audio adaptation of the beloved annual production. Photo by Kevin Ber…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 03:07PM
Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Tension is high in Aurora’s audio drama The Flats by Chad Jones

Sitting in the intimate Aurora Theatre watching great actors close up is one of the great treats of Bay Area theater. Even though we can't be together in that space for a while, the Aurora c…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 06:12PM
Monday, October 26, 2020

SF Playhouse explores Art on stage on film by Chad Jones

The Bay Area theater scene has been short on excitement, understandably, these last seven months. So it's beyond thrilling news when a theater company, in this case San Francisco Playhouse a…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 05:58PM
Saturday, October 24, 2020

Josh Kornbluth saves the world with Citizen Brain by Chad Jones

Josh Kornbluth is really working the Empathy Circuit these days. Unlike, say, the Borscht Belt or the nearly vanished cabaret clubs, the Empathy Circuit isn't any sort of entertainment netwo…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:57PM
Sunday, September 6, 2020

ACT Zooms into a new era with Warcraft by Chad Jones

Credit creative directors and designers who are working to turn Zoom into a dynamic theater space. American Conservatory Theater kicks off the fall theater, such as it is, with a production …

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 06:37PM
Thursday, February 27, 2020

G-L-O-R-I-A! Gloria fascinates, frightens at ACT by Chad Jones

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Gloria is a fascinating play. It's a lively workplace comedy until it's an unsettling workplace drama. There's a sheen of satire to it but also reality and heart. The…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 07:46PM

Review: ‘Gloria’ at ACT digs deep into a really bad day at the office by Chad Jones

ACT in S.F. presents Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' funny and scary 'Gloria,' perhaps even more shocking for what it says than what it depicts.

SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 07:25PM
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

There’s a Sting in this Ship but no sting by Chad Jones

When a show flops on Broadway and then undergoes serious re-tooling, you hold out hope that lessons were learned, wrongs righted and mistakes corrected. The debut musical from rock icon Stin…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:44PM

Review: Sting’s ‘Last Ship’ can’t seem to shake off the barnacles by Chad Jones

Sting's musical "The Last Ship," inspired by his English childhood, got a major rewrite but is still weighed down by cliches and blandness.

SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:36PM
Thursday, February 13, 2020

Soaking it up at the SpongeBob musical by Chad Jones

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical, is the kind of energetic, colorful endeavor that nearly did the trick when it came to making everybody happy. Director Tina Landau and scenic/cos…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:48PM
Friday, February 7, 2020

Theater review: ACT’s ‘Wakey Wakey’ brings Tony Hale to the spotlight by Chad Jones

Don't expect a traditional A-to-B narrative from this fascinating play, says our theater critic. Instead, "Veep" and "Arrested Development" star Tony Hale bemuses audiences with an unexpecte…

SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 05:09PM
Thursday, January 30, 2020

Life, death and more fill Will Eno’s Wakey, Wakey at ACT by Chad Jones

Will Eno is one of the most interesting playwrights in the theaterverse. He's weird and brilliant, funny and deeply humane. Because there can be an oblique and highly theatrical quality to h…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 06:08PM
Thursday, December 5, 2019

Summer’s a bummer in all but music by Chad Jones

For a terrible show, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical is fairly enjoyable, and that is for one reason alone: the music. As jukebox musicals go, this one is toward the bottom of the list, whi…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 04:43PM
Monday, December 2, 2019

Harry Potter grows up in magical Cursed Child by Chad Jones

Harry Potter, known as "the boy who lived," has continuously found life on the pages of seven best-selling novels, on the screen in eight blockbuster films, in theme parks both in Florida an…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 10:57AM
Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Of mice and music: Berkeley Rep’s Despereaux charms by Chad Jones

There are so many charming, astonishing, inspiring moments in PigPen Theatre Co.'s The Tale of Despereaux you have to stop logging them and simply realize that, from beginning to end, this i…

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 01:03PM
Friday, November 8, 2019

Cricket tests history in ACT’s feisty Testmatch by Chad Jones

You could say that Kate Attwell's Testmatch, the world premiere play at American Conservatory Theater's Strand Theater, is about cricket. You could also say it's about untangling the gnarly …

SOURCE: Chad Jones' Theater Dogs at 02:04PM

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
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