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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
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Drama Backstage by Sam Hurwitt

The latest of several new Stuart Bousel plays premiering this year is about, by and mostly for theater people.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:21PM
Friday, October 10, 2014

Heavy Viewing by Sam Hurwitt

A play about a 600-pound man, performed by a skinny guy in a fat suit, is a tricky proposition.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:25PM
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

From First to Last by Sam Hurwitt

I’ve had the latest hardcover collection of the current Wonder Woman series lying around for months now.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:13AM
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Daisey Does Shakespeare by Sam Hurwitt

Mike Daisey is back with four separate monologues about the Bard’s great tragedies.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:30AM
Sunday, October 5, 2014

Real Horrorshow by Sam Hurwitt

There's a macabre feast of theatrical treats on local stages this Halloween season.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:21AM
Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Can’t Start a Fire Without a Spark by Sam Hurwitt

Lauren Gunderson's latest play explores the near-impossibility of love under state-sponsored repression.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:10AM
Friday, September 26, 2014

A Dated Dating Musical by Sam Hurwitt

Bobby, Bobby baby, Bobby bubbee, in comes Company at Town Hall Theatre.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:53PM
Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Marital Mindbender by Sam Hurwitt

Christopher Chen borrows from fabulist Italo Calvino to create a dizzying web of fantastical fragments about marriage.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:23PM

They Come in Threes by Sam Hurwitt

Sensation Comics continues to be the best news Wonder Woman fans have had for some time.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:01AM
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

The Anguish of the Battlecock by Sam Hurwitt

Ever wonder what goes through the head of a cockfighting rooster? Wonder no more!

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 09:15PM
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Yes, I’ve Paid the Price by Sam Hurwitt

Gina Gionfriddo’s Rapture, Blister, Burn is a play about four women sitting around talking about feminism.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:13PM

When First We Learn to Deceive by Sam Hurwitt

The title of this story is “A Duke Named Deception,” and longtime readers will know exactly what that means.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:00AM
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

The Dark Night of the Diva by Sam Hurwitt

“Post-post-modern diva” Meow Meow muddles through an evening of hilarity and despair through sheer force of personality at Berkeley Rep.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:57AM
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Pity the Fool by Sam Hurwitt

We Players reshuffles Shakespeare's Lear to create a new story about taking care of a delirious and infirm parent.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:09PM
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Once More into the Fringe by Sam Hurwitt

I checked out 10 and a half consecutive hours of the San Francisco Fringe Festival, and boy is my everything tired.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:00PM

Returning Japanese by Sam Hurwitt

Kung says things like “this humble one” and “honorable Amazon,” as is obligatory for Asian characters in 1970s comics.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:46AM
Thursday, September 4, 2014

Playing Rough by Sam Hurwitt

PianoFight gets out of the Tenderloin for a weekend to frolic in the wilds of West Marin.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:42PM
Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Pick a Little, Talk a Little by Sam Hurwitt

My September/October Editors' Picks are up on the Theatre Bay Area website!

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:56PM

Singing in the Basement by Sam Hurwitt

Hey, it's my first review in the Contra Costa Times!

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 04:58PM
Thursday, August 28, 2014

Politics Gone Wilde by Sam Hurwitt

Marin Shakespeare Company gets Wilde and witty with An Ideal Husband.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:29AM

Shakespeare for Beginners by Sam Hurwitt

A traditional, presentational Tempest for free in a Mill Valley park may be more suitable for kids than for adults.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:19AM
Tuesday, August 26, 2014

The Fall of Bay Area Theater by Sam Hurwitt

The sheer volume of great theater going on around the Bay Area can be daunting. I've picked out a few likely standouts to get you started.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:06AM
Thursday, August 21, 2014

Choose Your Own Wonder Woman by Sam Hurwitt

Wondy finally has a second series all of her own.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:55AM
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Ali vs. Fetchit by Sam Hurwitt

Muhammad Ali takes on Stepin Fetchit in Marin Theatre Company's Fetch Clay, Make Man.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:42PM
Sunday, August 17, 2014

Kids Reenact by Sam Hurwitt

In the wake of a child murder and a school massacre, a town's kids congregate to remember the events the adults want to forget.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 04:03PM
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

The Diana Princes’ Diaries by Sam Hurwitt

Princess Diana didn’t just put on glasses and invent the fantastically uncreative alias of Diana Prince.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:38AM
Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Our Stars, Ourselves by Sam Hurwitt

Pleiades reimagines the mythological star-sisters as 1970s debutantes discovering feminism.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:20PM
Monday, August 11, 2014

I Yam What I Yam Thanks to Robin Williams by Sam Hurwitt

At 5 p.m. my editor asked me if I had anything to say about Robin Williams's death. Yeah, I said. I really do.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:16PM
Saturday, August 9, 2014

Dracula Rises from Graves by Sam Hurwitt

A Scotland Yard inspector has come to interrogate the surviving protagonists of Stoker’s novel.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:46PM
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Pardon My Vibrators…of Death! by Sam Hurwitt

In the last issue, Steve Trevor turned into a monster and died.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:36AM

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