American Conservatory Theater's masochistic backstage comedy isn't exactly hard-hitting.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:47PMWhile I didn’t know what to expect from this book, I speculated there might be some spanking involved.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:24PMAs fiendish plots go, it’s actually pretty lame. Somebody made all the clocks in New York City suddenly disappear.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:49AMThe Lion and the Fox shows young Machiavelli meeting a man who exemplified qualities that would later be known as “Machiavellian”: Cesare Borgia.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:15AMA young African-American woman finds herself mysteriously transported from 1979 to rural Maryland in the early 1800s
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:26PMDiana does some detective work that leads her to...a beauty salon? But...but feminists don’t go to beauty salons!
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:17AMMinneapolis's Steven Epp returns to Berkeley Rep for the umpteenth time with some Dario Fo hijinks.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:26PMIt was hard at first to keep track of who’s an unquestionable authority of sartorial propriety and who’s simply a gossip, or why I should care about all these snooty rich fucks.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:56PMThat business about hell having no fury like a woman scorned? Yeah, Medea pretty much exemplifies that.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:24PMThe Phantom Stranger has got to be the worst Justice League member ever.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:02AMLocal playwright's self-produced drama takes you backward in time through a cyberstalking tragedy.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:31PMMy project is to read 52 books by women authors this year.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:23PMWhen you get invited to a charity event by a guy named Ty M. Master, you’d better dress for dinosaur fighting.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:47AMA young couple decides to live a full 60 years together in the 100 days they have left.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:22PM"Feisty old Jew" Bernie Schein is a man who loves nothing so much as a good argument.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:45PMMarin Theatre Company's Lasso of Truth seems like it was pretty much made for me.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:16AMSo why exactly can no man ever set foot on Paradise Island? The answer may surprise you!
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:09AMUbu Roi can be an irritating classic, but Cutting Ball justifies its ubu-quity.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:54PMA magnificent seven local actors--all female--take on Shakespeare's ever-durable comedy Twelfth Night..
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:51PMMarin Onstage presents An Evening of Short Plays, including...Miss Julie? Um, okay.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:21PMMarin Theatre Company unveils Carson Kreitzer's Wonder Woman play, Lasso of Truth.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:03PMThe transgender angle seems like the most normal (and certainly the most palatable) thing about Hir.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:12PMI don’t like to make grand pronouncements like this too often, but Mer-Man is a fucking loser.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:48AMMarcus Gardley brews a potent gumbo of Lorca, New Orleans and powerful women.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:46PMBrian Copeland and Marga Gomez are back at the Marsh, both stepping back from the autobiographical.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:08PMI should have known this play was trouble from the start.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:20PMBaryshnikov is at Berkeley Rep, and that's good. He's in an incomprehensible Chekhov adaptation, and that's bad.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:03PMDiablo Actors' Ensemble's production of Driving Miss Daisy keeps on going, even if the company doesn't.
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:45PM