In post-apocalyptic Northern California, The Simpsons becomes the stuff of myth.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:02PMDanai Gurira's The Convert is a wrenching battle between traditional culture and colonial "civilization."
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 09:04PMAfrican-American Shakespeare Company and the Cutting Ball Theater each reinvent Antigone.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:31PMThis isn't really first team-up of Earth-2's Wonder Woman & Earth-1's Superman, Batman, Black Canary & Green Arrow.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 04:26AMThere's a little Catherine Trieschmann festival going on in the Bay Area right now.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:46PMCatherine Trieschmann's play about a talented but troubled teen plays through Masrch 1 at Oakland's Flight Deck.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 06:19PMImagine spending time with a family full of absurdly inconsiderate people who can’t stand each other and constantly push each other’s buttons. And it’s not even your family.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:18PMEarnest young actors get in over their heads grappling with colonialism in Just Theater's cutting play within a play.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:31AMThe whole genre of war comics doesn’t work well in a world where a superhero might swoop in to save the day.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:59AMThree Sisters is one of those classics that other playwrights just love adapting.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:04PMLafayette's Town Hall Theatre takes flight with Angels in America.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:46PMThree Bay Area companies adapt the same Greek tragedy at the same time.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:00PMEvery insane family is insane in its own way in Shepard revival at the Magic.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 04:44PMCity Lights' Build is very much a Silicon Valley play.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:35PMLamplighters takes on Bernstein's delightful and troubled operetta Candide.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:19PMChekhov's classic gets some updated dialogue in Tracy Letts' version, but the dreary lives of a struggling Russian family remain intact.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 10:14PMThe company Lafayette is presenting the first part of Tony Kushner's AIDS-era classic, 'Millennium Approaches,' through Feb. 28.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 11:58AMThe theater and sports worlds collide in new football docudrama at Berkeley Rep about the damage done to players.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:35PMAngela Lansbury and company share dry martinis and dryer wit in Noël Coward comedy.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:51AMActors Ensemble of Berkeley revives Dust Bowl musical Panhandle -- with mixed results.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:48PMThere are strong spirited performances in the musical number, but the play's grim tone takes a toll.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 02:34PMYeah, a samurai named Sumo. Somehow this is a thing.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:11AMThis adaptation of Victor Hugo's sprawling tale of rebelling French peasants gets good performances throughout. The musical runs through Jan. 31 at Livermore's Bankhead Theater.
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News at 09:10PMTri-Valley Rep takes on the musical mammoth that is Les Mis.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:17AMAlterTheater's Landless eulogizes the empty storefronts it performs in.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:01AMSF Sketchfest, San Francisco's mammoth star-studded comedy festival, is back once again.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:50AMLet's see what else was in the comics where Wonder Woman debuted, and when she joined the Justice Society.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:54AMThe long wait is over! Here's my Top 10 Bay Area shows of 2014.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:44PMIt's that time again... time for the Top 10 Marin productions of 2014!
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:32PMThis issue of Wonder Woman is a kinky sex party from start to finish.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:23AMSomebody's trying to tell you something, something desperately important, but you can't understand.
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