Tuesday, December 1, 2020
TWAS THE MAC BEFORE CHRISTMAS Taylor Mac is back this holiday season with a full serving of virtual vaudeville. Celebrating the holiday season in all of its dysfunction, Taylor Mac's HOLIDAY…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 12:33AMWednesday, October 28, 2020
YES, BUT IS IT ART? Yasmina Reza's oft-produced Art (English translation by Christopher Hampton) may be singularly responsible for the current plethora of new plays today with one set, a sma…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 08:44PMSaturday, October 24, 2020
BERKELEY REP'S IN SEASON As with most theater companies, Berkeley Rep's season goes virtual. Titled Rep On-Air, it will include collaborations with Raúl Esparza, New Yorker cartoon art…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:09PMThursday, October 8, 2020
MORE FROM CENTRAL WORKS The Human Ounce by Nicole Parizeau opened Central Works' 30th season and was the first offering from the Central Works Script Club. A CW world-premiere about art and …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:45PMSaturday, September 26, 2020
CARRY MOONBEAMS HOME IN A JAR Here comes 42nd Street Moon's announcement for its fall season, with plenty of showtunes to keep you going until COVID-19 takes a big fat hike. The season, Moon…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:25AMSaturday, June 20, 2020
FIRST THEATER RE-OPENS IN LOS ANGELES TODAY Arena Cinelounge Sunset, Hollywood's location for arthouse, genre, and independent cinema, will be the first physical movie theater in Los Angeles…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:59AMFriday, June 5, 2020
GAY PLAYS STREAMED LIVE FOR PRIDE BY PRIDE PLAYS Pride Plays (Festival Producers Doug Nevin and Michael Urie, and Festival Director Nick Mayo) and Playbill, in partnership with Rattlestick P…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:56PMFriday, March 22, 2019
THIS IS THE MOMENTOS I have seen the Chicago-based performance collective Manual Cinema on their home turf twice, and the theatricality is awesome. This endlessly inventive group of artists …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:11PMFriday, February 22, 2019
BULLDOZED It breaks my heart that another poorly made production with no soul or message gets recorded as an Original Cast Recording. Those who may think that Bulldozer is a musical about…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 05:10PMSaturday, October 27, 2018
SILENT SCREAMS Two of the spookiest horror films ever made were completed before much of today's audiences were born. One, Nosferatu, is far better known than the other, especially for the c…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:47AMWednesday, October 10, 2018
Newsroom, political platform, local hot spot, confession box, preacher-pulpit and football stadium. For generations, African men have gathered in barber shops to discuss the world. They talk…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 07:03PMMonday, August 6, 2018
ABBONDONZA If ever there was a reason to say, “Absolutely, positively, do not miss this event,” this is it. For one night only on Sunday August 19 at 7pm, Musical Theatre West…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 09:43PMFriday, July 20, 2018
SHE’S STILL A BEAUTY It is sheer luck that I've been able to see Broadway Baby Susan Egan in over 10 shows since the mid-1980s. From intimate stages (Babes at the Matrix; Hello, …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:24AMThursday, October 15, 2015
IN CHARM’S WAY Turning a beloved French film into an American stage musical is a dicey proposition at best, but that's precisely what Berkeley Rep has done with Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 20…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:52AMMonday, July 13, 2015
MAY THIS SHOW NEVER BEÂ FROZEN One of the first rules of etiquette I ever learned was: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. Were I inclined to heed that sage advice,…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:32PMThursday, December 18, 2014
MY KINGDOM FOR SOME INSULIN Known by many as "the most wonderful time of the year," Christmas has richly earned its reputation for gooey sentimentality, decking the halls with mucho kitsch, …
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:34PMThursday, December 11, 2014
NOT ONLY WILL YOU FLOAT OUT OF THE THEATER, YOU MAY EVEN FLY Have you ever wondered how the original "lost boy" became Peter Pan and what his life was like before flying out the Darling's nu…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:57PMSunday, October 12, 2014
SWAN IN A MILLION Featuring a live performance by the Berkeley Symphony with guest conductor Nicolette Fraillon, The Australian Ballet's Swan Lake comes to Zellerbach Hall this weekend, Octo…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 02:27AMThursday, October 9, 2014
DO I FEAR A WALTZ? Musicals are generally "lost" for any one of a number of reasons: the libretto may be filled with once topical socio-political humor now meaningless to contemporary audien…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:11PMMonday, October 6, 2014
THE GREATER GOOD When is "enough" enough? Where do you draw the line? How far would you be willing to go for the "Greater Good"? These are some of the difficult questions posed by playwright…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 04:32PMFriday, September 19, 2014
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN As a child, I always hated clowns. At best they were weird; at worst just plain scary. And, to top it off, they weren't even funny, at least not to me. Why then w…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 03:44AMWednesday, September 17, 2014
THIS WICKED MAGIC SHOW WILL CAST AN ENCHANTED GODSPELL Teddy Bear's; Fanny's; Trinity Place; 132 Bush; the Plush Room; The Mint; Josie's; the list goes on and on. Time was when San Francisco…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 10:00PMSunday, September 14, 2014
THE CAT'S MEOW MEOW: PURRRRRFECT When you hear the words "performance art," do you envision a motionless Marina Abramovic allowing a 10-foot boa constrictor to wrap itself around her head? W…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 01:14PM 
