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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Rancho Capulet by Sam Hurwitt

We Players puts the audience to work with a site-specific Old West Romeo and Juliet.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:34AM

A Musical Waistland by Sam Hurwitt

If you have a craving for a musical revue of pop songs with new lyrics about weight loss, boy do we have the show for you!

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:34AM

Thursday, August 11, 2016

Never Forget, Never Forgive by Sam Hurwitt

A family grapples with the legacy of the Holocaust in Berkeley revival of Broadway play.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:55PM

Capitalism Is the New Imperialism by Sam Hurwitt

New Central Works play takes on corporate imperialism.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:55PM

Building a Better Mikado by Sam Hurwitt

Lamplighters unveils a new Mikado without all the vexing orientalism.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:55PM

Murder and All That Jazz by Sam Hurwitt

Woodminster razzle-dazzles 'em with a winningly wicked Chicago.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:55PM

Looking for Love in War-torn Places by Sam Hurwitt

Love is a battlefield in new mythological play.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:55PM

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

A Temperate Tempest by Sam Hurwitt

If you're going to be shipwrecked by a freak storm, a Livermore winery is an awfully pleasant place to wind up.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 04:03AM

Monday, July 25, 2016

Soup Kitchen Confidential by Sam Hurwitt

Shotgun cooks up redemption in soup kitchen drama Grand Concourse.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 09:27PM

Our Stars and Bars, Ourselves by Sam Hurwitt

A presidential candidate's daughter's very bad decision comes back to haunt her in Confederates.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 09:27PM

It Hurts a Village by Sam Hurwitt

Ubuntu Theater Project caps off an impressive season with a devastating Katori Hall play.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 09:27PM

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Immaculate Mary Poppins by Sam Hurwitt

The Broadway musical isn't the best version of Mary Poppins, but its star at Tri-Valley Rep is practically perfect.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:50PM

Friday, July 15, 2016

Recovery, Relapse, Rinse, Repeat by Sam Hurwitt

The familiarity of the addiction and recovery narrative may be part of the point.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:25PM

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Good “Fences” from Good Neighbors by Sam Hurwitt

Cal Shakes’s Fences brings maternal power to a tale of fathers and sons.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:33PM

Ogre and Ogre Again by Sam Hurwitt

Woodminster Summer Musicals goes ogre the top with Shrek.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:33PM

Pretty Persuasion by Sam Hurwitt

A little Austen goes nicely with Shakespeare in Livermore.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:18AM

Thursday, July 7, 2016

Leguizamo Takes Us to School by Sam Hurwitt

John Leguizamo teaches Latin History lesson at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 04:04PM

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

A Bear of a Play by Sam Hurwitt

Jealousy and foolery and bears, oh my!

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 09:49PM

Go Grumpily into That Good Night by Sam Hurwitt

An elderly misanthrope goes through her pre-suicide to-do list at the EXIT.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 09:49PM

Constitutionally Unconventional by Sam Hurwitt

A beauty queen plots to rewrite the US Constitution at Marin Shakes.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 09:49PM

Veterans of the Streets by Sam Hurwitt

3Girls Theatre depicts the lives of homeless women veterans on the streets of L.A.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 09:49PM

School’s in for Summer by Sam Hurwitt

The Mime Troupe takes on the privatization of public schools.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 09:49PM

A Nonoperatic Figaro by Sam Hurwitt

Beaumarchais's original Marriage of Figaro enjoys a rare revival in Berkeley.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 09:49PM

Friday, June 24, 2016

El Cerritan Idiot by Sam Hurwitt

American Idiot rocks El Cerrito.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:21PM

Grand Old Dinner Party by Sam Hurwitt

Two sides of the GOP battle it out in a new satire at Altarena Playhouse.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:21PM

Bun in the Oven, Fire in the Loins by Sam Hurwitt

Shotgun Players gets uncomfortable with Penelope Skinner's The Village Bike.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:21PM

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

We Don’t Need Another White Savior by Sam Hurwitt

AlterTheater goes deep into the question of who gets to tell the story of a people's struggle.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 09:38PM

Rug Shop Othello Leaves Us Wanting Moor by Sam Hurwitt

Ubuntu Theater Project presents the first of several Othellos this summer.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 09:38PM

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Against Forgetting by Sam Hurwitt

Corey Fischer takes a trip down memory lane.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:06AM

Let Loose in the PlayGround by Sam Hurwitt

PlayGround celebrates its 20th annual Festival of New Works.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:06AM

Captive Economics by Sam Hurwitt

Marin Theatre Company’s hostage drama is a tense thrill ride.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:06AM

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