Saturday, May 27, 2023
Jack Thorne Mingles Bat Love with Modern Mayhem by Barry David Horwitz “Let the Right One In” offers a theatrical spectacle that mingles slow moving horror with intimate adolescent yearn…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:29PMWednesday, May 17, 2023
W. Fran Astorga’s Comic Vision Inspires with Grace & Eco-Poetry by Barry David Horwitz I have never seen a play like “Exhaustion Arroyo: Dancin’ Trees in the Ravine.” “Arroyo…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:53PMSaturday, February 25, 2023
Gunderson, Lowdermilk, Kerrigan’s Musical Tells Judges’ HERstories by Barry David Horwitz This stirring spectacle of three women who became Supreme Court justices illuminates the story o…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:55PMSaturday, January 21, 2023
Don Reed Wins Our Hearts with Warmth & Wit—Oakland Style by Barry David Horwitz If you’ve never seen a Don Reed stand-up show, now is the time for a rare treat. Don Reed has come hom…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:25PMThursday, December 15, 2022
Taylor & Jones’ Musical Echoes Mahalia Jackson’s Spirituality by Barry David Horwitz In “HALIE! The Mahalia Jackson Musical,” co-writers Wendy E. Taylor and Darryl V. Jones drama…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:08AMFriday, December 2, 2022
August Wilson’s Fiery 60s Friends Deliver Wit & Wisdom by Barry David Horwitz If you haven’t grown up either poor or Black or marginalized, then it’s hard to understand how powerfu…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 02:36AMSaturday, November 26, 2022
Dustin H. Chinn Shreds Colonial & Capitalist Lies in Vietnam by Barry David Horwitz Travel with Dustin H. Chinn from French colonial Indochina to post-war capitalist Vietnam to foodie he…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:06AMThursday, November 17, 2022
Director Shawna Lucey’s Sensitive Scenes Stir #MeToo by Barry David Horwitz When Violetta (divine Pretty Yende) has been rejected publicly, all the elegantly dressed Parisian women flock a…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 02:52PMWednesday, November 2, 2022
Naghmeh Samini’s Clever Couple Connect at Motel Babel by Barry David Horwitz In 2009, a people’s rebellion broke out in Iran—and thousands challenged the fraudulent election of a right…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:35AMTuesday, October 25, 2022
Guillermo Reyes, Rudy Guerrero Spark New Fire in Castro by Barry David Horwitz There’s a lot of Good Guys and Bad Boys in Guillermo Reyes’ “Bad Hombres” at Theatre Rhino’s new play…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:39PMThursday, October 13, 2022
Victoria Evans Erville Evokes Liberating Sweetness & Strife by Barry David Horwitz “The Music of Moms” shows how Black men and women are forced into the military for school or work. …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:34PMFriday, October 7, 2022
Paula Vogel Tells HerStory of Tyrannical Father vs. Women Rebels by Barry David Horwitz Paula Vogel’s “Indecent” holds Sholem Asch’s play “God of Vengeance” tightly in its heart,…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:48PMMonday, October 3, 2022
Nora Brigid Monahan Strips Away Facades, Builds New Ones by Barry David Horwitz At New Conservatory Theatre Center, it’s time to see a rollicking comedy about unexpected collisions between…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:14AMThursday, July 28, 2022
Martyna Majok’s Teens Face Shocking Everyday Perils by Barry David Horwitz Clear-eyed Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok pulls back the curtain from the furtive lives of undoc…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:20PMSunday, July 10, 2022
S.F. Mime Troupe Strikes Gold, Speaks Truth to Power by Barry David Horwitz All summer, you can go to Bay Area parks to see the S.F. Mime Troupe’s latest comedy musical called “Back to t…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:34AMThursday, June 16, 2022
Lucas Hnath’s Mother Links Violent Criminals to Police by Barry David Horwitz “Dana H.” tells us about a secret connection between extreme racist criminals and police co-conspirators. …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:18PMSunday, June 12, 2022
Adam Rapp Crafts a Thriller with Two Touchy Writers by Barry David Horwitz “The Sound Inside” is more like a case study than a play. When an isolated Creative Writing Professor at Yale e…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:21AMThursday, May 26, 2022
Dominique Morisseau Rips the Polite Mask from Racism by Barry David Horwitz I loved “Blood at the Root.” The six young actors emerge as fully developed, believable teens. There’s enoug…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:06PMSaturday, May 21, 2022
Michael Wayne Turner III Designs Dynamic Black Mad Hatter by Barry David Horwitz The handsome young man, with elegant curled mustache, welcomes us to his dressing room with an irresistible s…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:23PMWednesday, May 18, 2022
Jessica Huang’s Poetic Play Exposes Asian Immigrant Abuse by Barry David Horwitz Jomar Tagatac plays Harry Chin with subtle and moving emotion, turning simple moments into stage gems. Harr…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:42PMSaturday, April 30, 2022
Dave Malloy Melds Music, Madness in Brilliant Chorus by Barry David Horwitz Dave Malloy has gathered us at Berkeley Rep with his musical show from Signature Theatre in New York. We find ours…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 11:39AMFriday, April 29, 2022
Yilong Liu’s Queer-Sci-Fi Whisks Us Back to the Future by Barry David Horwitz Lots of people are taking the anti-HIV pill to protect themselves from getting the virus. Taking the little bl…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:48PMSunday, April 24, 2022
Adam Ashraf Elsayigh Spotlights Three Gay Egyptians in Peril by Barry David Horwitz “Drowning in Cairo” dramatically reenacts an actual event in 2001, when Egyptian police stormed a gay …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:15PMSunday, April 17, 2022
August Wilson’s Masterpiece Blesses African Ancestors by Barry David Horwitz In “Gem of the Ocean,” Aunt Ester (superb Greta Oglesby), a 285-year-old seer and healer, connects us to ou…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 02:34PMMonday, April 11, 2022
Yussef El Guindi Unveils Rampant Imperialism behind Tourism by Barry David Horwitz In a swank hotel in Cairo, a wealthy, anxious older couple from Wisconsin has hired a young Egyptian couple…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 02:34PMWednesday, March 30, 2022
Quiara Alegría Hudes Links Addiction to U.S. Anxieties by Barry David Horwitz The title “Water by the Spoonful” comes from a doctor’s advice on how to give a dehydrated child water—…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:10AMFriday, March 25, 2022
Trey Anthony Unfolds Tale of Absent Mom, Angry Sisters by Barry David Horwitz How can a Black mother say, “I love you” to two daughters who believed she abandoned them in her native Jama…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:37AMSaturday, March 12, 2022
Dan Hoyle Transforms Himself Into Brace of Doubting Bros by Barry David Horwitz Dan Hoyle, master of a million disguises, brings his unique, multifaceted talent to face a serious problem. He…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:01PMSaturday, January 29, 2022
Anthony Veneziale Leads Improv Riffs, Revives Our Lives by Barry David Horwitz “Freestyle Love Supreme” is a wonderful new kind of theater. After all, they have become a movement, a scho…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:49PMSunday, December 19, 2021
Martin Sherman Melds Comedy, Romance, Rebirth by Barry David Horwitz The central character of “Gently Down the Stream,” Beau, a 62-year-old gay man from New Orleans, played by the astoun…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:11PMMonday, December 13, 2021
Carroll & Snider’s Affectionate Acrobats Thrill & Inspire by Barry David Horwitz You can only see “Dear San Francisco” at Club Fugazi. Born out of Cirque du Soleil with a das…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:44PM 
