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Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Baby’s Day Out by Sam Hurwitt

Nothing’s really ending, because hardly anything has actually happened in this book.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:02PM
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Peter Not Quite Panworthy by Sam Hurwitt

Peter and the Starcatcher is a prequel to Peter Pan, detailing how the Lost Boys and the pirates got to Neverland in the first place.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 09:34PM

Troy, Troy Again by Sam Hurwitt

Impact Theatre goes way back to the Trojan War in its latest high-octane staging of Shakespeare.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:18PM
Friday, November 8, 2013

Get the Grift by Sam Hurwitt

Local playwright Eve Edelson gives us a look at Nigerian scammers and the online pranksters who revel in wasting their time.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:36PM
Thursday, November 7, 2013

Shaky Doll House by Sam Hurwitt

Marin Onstage takes on Ibsen's A Doll House, but only Nora really rises to the occasion, and Torvald is downright creepy.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 09:27PM
Thursday, October 31, 2013

Suddenly an Artist by Sam Hurwitt

On November 22 I'm going to make my playwriting debut.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:31AM
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Who’s Your Daddy? by Sam Hurwitt

What's up with all this creeping patriarchy, Azzarello?

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:01AM
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Strangers Will Make You Uncomfortable by Sam Hurwitt

Scottish playwright Linda McLean returns with an eerie, elliptical portrait of a life in five scenes.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:26PM
Thursday, October 17, 2013

The Hits Keep on Coming by Sam Hurwitt

There’s a difference between covering a life and capturing it.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:24PM

I and You and Walt Whitman Too by Sam Hurwitt

I saw not one but two brand new Lauren Gunderson plays in the last week and a half. First came The Taming, which I heartily enjoyed. And then came I and You.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:35AM
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Pageant Nation by Sam Hurwitt

The Taming is easily the best thing I’ve seen from playwright Lauren Gunderson since Exit, Pursued by a Bear.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:35PM

Old-Fashioned Politics by Sam Hurwitt

A new political drama at TheatreWorks already seems sorely outdated.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:54PM
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Spinning Worlds by Sam Hurwitt

A play about Johannes Kepler in a planetarium dome? It's a wonder it hasn't happened sooner.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:03AM

That’s Really Super, Broadway by Sam Hurwitt

42nd Street Moon digs up a long-forgotten Superman musical that pretty much demonstrates why it's long forgotten.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:49AM

His and Hers by Sam Hurwitt

The whole thing seems to be about making things pretty, because, you know, it’s a romance.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:26AM
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Carrie Bears Reexamination by Sam Hurwitt

The same night Dolores Claiborne the opera closes, Carrie the Musical opens. Coincidence or Stephen King conspiracy?

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:39AM
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

In a Land Far, Far Away by Sam Hurwitt

When I first started writing up the white-suit mod era of Wonder Woman, this is the story I was most looking forward to.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:01AM
Friday, September 20, 2013

At Least It Wasn’t Cujo by Sam Hurwitt

A Stephen King opera? Who thought that was a good idea?

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:10PM
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Buried Child Revived by Sam Hurwitt

Magic Theatre brings back one of its most famous premieres, 35 years later.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:44PM

Seeing Double by Sam Hurwitt

Now that writer-artist Mike Sekowsky was off the title, the mod era of Wonder Woman was winding down.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:21AM
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Catholic Reform School Girls in Trouble by Sam Hurwitt

Everything about this Catholic reformatory in New York City circa 1914 suggests that this is a very bad place where nothing good could possibly happen.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:21PM
Sunday, September 15, 2013

Off to See the Lizard by Sam Hurwitt

The greatest of giant Japanese monsters on one of SF's tiniest stages.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:43PM
Friday, September 13, 2013

Bonnie and Clyde’s Barn Dance Jamboree by Sam Hurwitt

Bank-robbing couple Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow have been objects of popular fascination.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:53AM
Thursday, September 12, 2013

Location, Location, Location by Sam Hurwitt

A site-specific Macbeth in a Civil War-era fort right under the Golden Gate Bridge succeeds more with the spectacle than the sense.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:23AM

Once More Into the Fringe by Sam Hurwitt

I took in a day and a half of the San Francisco Fringe Festival. The things I do for you people.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:19AM

That Spyin’ Lion by Sam Hurwitt

This is a weird one. And not just because it hinges on a talking lion.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:26AM
Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Let Her Cross Over by Sam Hurwitt

This is so strange to say that I can hardly believe it as I type it, but Wonder Woman has never headlined an intercompany crossover comic.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:52AM
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Social Class, Pursued by Abaire by Sam Hurwitt

David Lindsey-Abaire tackles the class divide in Good People at Marin Theatre Company, and if you get past the slow first act you're in for a treat in the second.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:34PM

All’s Not Well by Sam Hurwitt

The good news: It's a Shakespearean romantic comedy that we're not all already sick of. The bad news: It's only so-so.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:20PM
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

The Devil’s in the Dating by Sam Hurwitt

Earlier this year I reviewed Nicholas Weinbach's quirky indie musical Made in China. Now it's time for his twin brother Max Weinbach's quirky indie musical, A Match Made in Hell!

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:00PM
Friday, August 23, 2013

Broadway Dragstravagaza Camps Out by Sam Hurwitt

Priscilla Queen of the Desert—The Musical combines the two main trends of Broadway musicals: It’s based on a cult movie, and it’s a popsical.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:31PM

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