Friday, January 19, 2018
Hershey Felder Plays Tchaikovsky, Masterfully by Barry David Horwitz Hershey Felder has come to Theatreworks to embody Tchaikovsky. When Felder, as Tchaikovsky, plays for the Opening Night o…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:42PMSaturday, January 13, 2018
Don Reed Re-Creates Characters from Oakland to UCLA by Barry David Horwitz When Don Reed flashes his wide, welcoming smile, the whole room lights up. Now that he’s a well-known performer o…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 11:20PMTuesday, January 9, 2018
Ira Hauptman Mixes Math with Mysticism by Barry David Horwitz The struggle between Indian spirituality and English stubbornness comes to an intimate and exciting revelation, reflecting the P…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:48PMSaturday, December 16, 2017
Diane Barnes Journeys from Doctor to Actor by Barry David Horwitz In “My Stroke of Luck,” Diane Barnes M.D., learns how to deal with human suffering. She learns compassion. Rather than a…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:29PMFriday, December 15, 2017
Brian Copeland: A Genuine Christmas Genius by Barry David Horwitz Everyone knows that Brian Copeland, famed for his “Not a Genuine Black Man” solo show that has toured the country and pl…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:33PMTuesday, December 12, 2017
Paula Vogel’s Collage of Stories, Songs Touches Hearts by Barry David Horwitz “A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration” embodies the ultimate Advent calendar. Every mome…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:09PMFriday, December 8, 2017
Lillian Hellman Dramatizes Altruistic Actions by Barry David Horwitz Berkeley Rep’s choice of Lillian Hellman’s “Watch on the Rhine” (1941) plunges us into the pre-World War Two ti…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 02:39AMMonday, December 4, 2017
Will’s Charismatic Crew Leaps from Screen to Stage by Barry David Horwitz Marin Theatre Company has crafted a whirligig of theater, holding our attention with a kaleidoscope of color, song…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:47AMMonday, November 20, 2017
Joe DiPietro Celebrates Immigrant Italians Finding Famiglia by Barry David Horwitz If you’re going to grandmother’s house for the Holidays, take in “Over the River and through the Wood…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:13AMMonday, November 13, 2017
Marco Ramirez Crowns First Black Champ, Poetically by Barry David Horwitz You have not seen a play like “The Royale” in a long time. Remember the punch of The Invisible Man, when the whi…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:28PMThursday, November 9, 2017
Philip Dawkins Imports French Fun to U.S. by Barry David Horwitz What a joy! A show about gay marriage that is funny, sweet, witty, and smart. And “Le Switch” covers two divergent cultur…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 12:25PMSaturday, November 4, 2017
Jake Jeppson Pushes #Sensitive Bros to the Edge by Barry David Horwitz In “#bros” by Jake Jeppson, the Dudes spew hashtags and ideas in a rapid, edgy style, revealing their neediness and…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 11:16AMMonday, October 30, 2017
Bess Wohl Mocks Mindfulness Movement, with Love by Barry David Horwitz In “Small Mouth Sounds” by Bess Wohl, we feel the clash of East and West from the start. When six would-be meditato…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:57PMSaturday, October 14, 2017
Linda Ayres-Frederick Unwinds Immigrant Woes by Barry David Horwitz “The Unveiling” does a convincing and realistic job of getting across what a new immigrant in America must feel like. …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 02:29AMThursday, October 12, 2017
Thomas Bradshaw’s Jaded Jefferson Exploits Slave Girl by Barry David Horwitz Thomas Bradshaw has stirred up a hornet’s nest. In “Thomas and Sally,” he is messing with Thomas Jefferso…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 02:38AMMonday, October 9, 2017
Harrison David Rivers Evokes Lyrical Love & Loss by Barry David Horwitz At last a play that treats gay lovers like other lovers, exposing their virtues and faults. In “This Bitter Eart…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:32AMThursday, October 5, 2017
John Douglas Thompson Occupies Elsinore, Poetically by Barry David Horwitz Hamlet presents a huge challenge to actors, directors, and designers: Shall we go with the full text? Shall we use …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:17AMThursday, July 20, 2017
Chanticleers Theatre’s Two Elvises Rock the House by Barry David Horwitz In the rollicking comedy “Elvis Has Left the Building,” Chanticleers Theatre features The Colonel, a blustering…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:04PMWednesday, June 28, 2017
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Magical Manhattan Musical by Barry David Horwitz At the top of “In the Heights,” our guide to Washington Heights, Usnavi (Rajiv Vijayakumar), spreads good cheer an…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:40PMSunday, June 25, 2017
Christopher Chen Pulls Triggers on Marriage, Diplomacy by Barry David Horwitz Two mixed couples have their own yuppie views about Chinese versus U.S. honesty and dishonesty, which is subtly …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:03PMFriday, June 23, 2017
Matthew Lopez Reveals Fabulous, Righteous Queens by Barry David Horwitz You know how hard it is to make a living these days as an Elvis impersonator, right? Even if you work in a small dive …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:59PMThursday, June 22, 2017
Hershey Felder Plays the Master—and his Magical Music by Barry David Horwitz I would go anywhere anytime to see Hershey Felder’s artistry as writer, actor, pianist, and music idea man ex…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:03AMMonday, June 19, 2017
JC Lee Exposes Ambitious Achilles & Agonized Patroclus by Barry David Horwitz Meet two young men: One named A for Achilles and the other P for Patroclus. Looming behind them we see Homer…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:07AMSaturday, June 3, 2017
Desdemona Chiang Imagines a New Arden in OakTown by Barry David Horwitz For Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy “As You Like It,” Director Desdemona Chiang has placed the evil Duke’s Court…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:45PMWednesday, May 31, 2017
Gunderson & Reddy Lavish Love on Immortal Henrietta Lacks by Barry David Horwitz TheatreFIRST has a World Premiere at Live Oak Theatre that you will talk about for weeks. “Hela: The Po…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:31AMSunday, May 28, 2017
Del Shores Shows Queer Folk in Fagalicious Texas by Barry David Horwitz “Sordid Lives” has been a movie, but now it’s live, onstage at NCTC, and you want to be there for the fun and fo…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:05AMWednesday, May 24, 2017
Robin Lynn Rodriguez Shows What Yuppies Really Want by Barry David Horwitz It doesn’t take much to trash the Yuppie Gentrifiers, near Maxwell Park, Oakland—or in S.F., or anywhere else, …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:41PMMonday, May 22, 2017
Alan Bennett’s Short Story Brings Humor to Senior Sex Saga by Barry David Horwitz Alan Bennett’s story “Smut,” from the hand of a master of form, fiction, and fact, carries us throug…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:42PMThursday, May 18, 2017
Garry Graves Goes Subterranean, Seeking Strange Fungus by Barry David Horwitz What is Gary Graves’ “Edward King” really about? What does the voluble Edward King (the vital John Patrick…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:49AMWednesday, May 10, 2017
Rajiv Josef Unearths Tortures that Haunt US by Barry David Horwitz Rajiv Josef has written a mind-boggling play that flows lyrically from a powerful writer, winning the 2016 Obie Award for B…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:21AMFriday, April 14, 2017
The Wooster Group Reignites Feminist Fireworks by Barry David Horwitz New York’s experimental Wooster Group has brought us “The Town Hall Affair,” a docu-drama with the emphasis on the…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:20AM 
