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Monday, December 15, 2014

Crack Team in Search of Truth by Sam Hurwitt

Somebody's trying to tell you something, something desperately important, but you can't understand.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:07PM
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

The Gods Are Dicks by Sam Hurwitt

Strife’s out for revenge on Diana, and it’s no surprise that she goes about it in a weaselly way.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:21AM
Monday, December 8, 2014

Holiday Treats, Hold the Chestnuts by Sam Hurwitt

Looking for new ways to ring in the holidays in the theater?

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:16AM
Friday, December 5, 2014

Charlie and the Footwear Factory by Sam Hurwitt

Kinky Boots is a study in how to do a musical adaptation right.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:55AM
Thursday, December 4, 2014

Comedy About Comedy–That’s Hard by Sam Hurwitt

Reduced Shakespeare Company tries to squeeze some comedy out of the subject matter of comedy.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:04AM
Wednesday, December 3, 2014

You Take the Good, You Take the Bad by Sam Hurwitt

So how’s the new David Finch/Meredith Finch Wonder Woman? Well, it’s not good.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:46AM
Thursday, November 27, 2014

A Candid Date with the Candidate by Sam Hurwitt

As satire goes, The Totalitarians is blunt, broad and messy in more ways than one.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:43PM
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Nothing but Zingers by Sam Hurwitt

Kathleen Turner plays journalist Molly Ivins as a patchwork of quips.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:32PM
Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Steampunk Cirque by Sam Hurwitt

Cirque du Soleil's Kurios will be remembered as “the steampunk one.”

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:13PM
Monday, November 24, 2014

The Apartment, the Musical by Sam Hurwitt

Neil Simon and Burt Bacharach made The Apartment into a musical, and I wish they hadn't.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:56PM
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Shaken, Not Stirred by Sam Hurwitt

FoolsFURY's new earthquake play lacks impact.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:21PM

Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Techno-Organic Witch Bikini by Sam Hurwitt

Wonder Woman meets Witchblade, and it all goes horribly wrong.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:20AM
Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Encore the Dragon by Sam Hurwitt

Boy meets dragon in a bittersweet and dangerous romance at Impact Theatre.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:22PM

Aw Yeah, Titans! by Sam Hurwitt

The best thing about this comic—and this series—are the running gags.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:00AM
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

The Best of All Possible Musicals by Sam Hurwitt

Bernstein's operetta of Candide clinging to optimism in the face of countless horrors has a troubled history of its own.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:43PM
Wednesday, November 5, 2014

The War at Home by Sam Hurwitt

The Cold War comes home to the suburbs in Just Theater's new play.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:54PM

Wonder Where It All Began by Sam Hurwitt

Seriously, what is it with Wonder Woman and redheaded rivals?

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:41AM
Monday, November 3, 2014

The Nymphs Come Out at Night by Sam Hurwitt

THIS WEDNESDAY a short play of mine is playing in the San Francisco Olympians Festival!

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:38PM
Friday, October 31, 2014

Back Down the Rabbit Hole by Sam Hurwitt

An octogenerian Alice takes one last trip to the fantastical land of her youth.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:14PM
Thursday, October 30, 2014

Wondy Don’t Play That by Sam Hurwitt

Wonder Woman by Gilbert Hernandez? Don't mind if I do!

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:01AM
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Save Maya Krypto! by Sam Hurwitt

Our dog is sick. Like, $10,000 worth of sick.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:37PM

Ho-Hum Haunting by Sam Hurwitt

The Woman in Black is an old-fashioned ghost story, with emphasis on "old-fashioned."

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:14PM
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

The Call of the Wild by Sam Hurwitt

She's Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf all rolled into one.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 09:42PM

Revolution Then by Sam Hurwitt

Ain’t no party like the Black Panther Party at Berkeley Rep.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:27PM
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Do You Hear the Puppets Sing by Sam Hurwitt

It's funny to see how thoroughly a show about foul-mouthed puppets has entered the mainstream of Broadway musicals.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:56AM

The Anti-Rock Musical by Sam Hurwitt

Bye Bye Birdie depicts the cultlike following of a rock star, but it's not a rock musical. Far from it.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:41AM

World Without a Wonder Woman by Sam Hurwitt

It would be nice for the Wonder Woman plotline not to be about who loves whom.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:27AM
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Down with the Press! by Sam Hurwitt

"Assumptions abound when it comes to writing. At least in the Bay Area about how I write plays."

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:09PM

Baking Up a Revolution by Sam Hurwitt

SF Mime Troupe writer Michael Gene Sullivan whips up a satire about a revolutionary baking circle for Central Works.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:23AM
Friday, October 17, 2014

Consider the Yeasts by Sam Hurwitt

It’s the Jesus Christ Superstar of single-celled organisms.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:39PM
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Warkiller II: This Time It’s Personal by Sam Hurwitt

Azzarello doesn’t want his 23 issues of buildup about his new Big Bad to have been for nothing.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:34AM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic