Monday, September 17, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Port Out, Starboard Home, foolsFURY Theater and Z Space.
By Sam Hurwitt
Let’s get the title out of the way first. The word “posh” supposedly derives from …
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:01AMSaturday, September 15, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Invasion!, Crowded Fire Theater.
By Sam Hurwitt
Invasion! is a puzzling play. Written by Tunisian-Swedish playwright Jonas Hassen Khemiri and translated from th…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:34PMWednesday, September 12, 2012
WONDER WEDNESDAY
On Wednesdays I look at various chapters in Wonder Woman’s history. Click here for previous installments, including Greg Rucka’s run and the current “New 52” era.
By…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:59AMTuesday, September 11, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Placas: The Most Dangerous Tattoo, San Francisco International Arts Festival.
By Sam Hurwitt
Placas: The Most Dangerous Tattoo is a project that’s been in the…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:14PMFriday, September 7, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: SAN JOSE
The Death of the Novel, San Jose Repertory Theatre.
By Sam Hurwitt
The big selling point of San Jose Rep’s season opener, The Death of the Novel, is not that it’…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:10PMThursday, September 6, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Aurora Theatre Company.
By Sam Hurwitt
It’s not often that you see a guy in a Mexican wrestling mask just sitting in the audi…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:59PMWednesday, September 5, 2012
Wonder Woman gets her first recurring villain! And acts as a majorette in an all-gal marching band! And that’s not even close to the strangest thing that happens in this issue. It starts …
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:05AMTuesday, September 4, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY
Chinglish, Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
By Sam Hurwitt
As opposed to the similar portmanteau “Spanglish,” which simply refers to speaking a blend of Spanish and E…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:37PMThursday, August 30, 2012
The Liar, Marin Shakespeare Company.
Robert Currier directs a delightful production of David Ives’s marvelously clever adaptation of Pierre Corneille’s 1643 farce The Liar. I wr…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 04:10PMWednesday, August 29, 2012
WONDER WEDNESDAY
On Wednesdays I look at various chapters in Wonder Woman’s history. Click here for previous installments, including Greg Rucka’s run and the current “New 52” era.
…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:55AMTuesday, August 28, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY
The Fisherman’s Wife, Impact Theatre.
By Sam Hurwitt
Playwright Steve Yockey has had plays produced locally by Magic Theatre, Climate Theater and Marin Theatre Com…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:03PMThursday, August 23, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY
Precious Little, Shotgun Players.
By Sam Hurwitt
What exactly is being communicated, and how is it different from what’s being said? For that matter, why’s it be…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:49PMWednesday, August 22, 2012
Last week we looked at the end of Greg Rucka’s terrific tenure as the regular writer of Wonder Woman. But that wasn’t quite the end of Rucka writing Wonder Woman, as he came back four ye…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:57AMWednesday, August 15, 2012
WONDER WEDNESDAY
On Wednesdays I’ll be taking a look at various chapters in Wonder Woman’s history. This is the sixth in a series of posts on Greg Rucka’s much-lauded stint writing Won…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:47PMTuesday, August 14, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Believers, Wily West Productions.
By Sam Hurwitt
It may or may not be the end of the world. Certainly there are a lot of frogs and locusts out there, and all th…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:40PMMonday, August 13, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Dog Sees God, Boxcar Theatre.
By Sam Hurwitt
Boxcar Theatre has become known for taking on bold projects, whether it’s staging several Sam Shepard plays in re…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:18AMThursday, August 9, 2012
Circle Mirror Transformation, Marin Theatre Company.
For someone whose work was unseen in the Bay Area before this year, East Coast playwright Annie Baker is suddenly all over the place: Bod…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:31PMWednesday, August 8, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY
The Education of a Rake, Central Works.
By Sam Hurwitt
Congressman Roy Armstrong loves women. As he’s quick to tell anyone who asks, being raised by a working-clas…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:36PMWONDER WEDNESDAY
On Wednesdays I’ll be taking a look at various chapters in Wonder Woman’s history. This is the fifth in a series of posts on Greg Rucka’s much-lauded stint writing Won…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:27AMSunday, August 5, 2012
If the historic first crossover between the fanatically popular fortysomething-year-old science fiction franchises wasn’t enough to rope me in—and it was—this was the issue of Star Tre…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:20AMTHEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
War Horse, SHN.
By Sam Hurwitt
There are two ways of looking at War Horse. Both points of view are equally true, but it comes down to a matter of taste. One is …
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:59AMThursday, August 2, 2012
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Marin Shakespeare Company.
Robert Currier dreamed up a Hawaiian-themed Midsummer at Marin Shakes, featuring hulu fairies in long johns, and I dutifully wrot…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:44AMWednesday, August 1, 2012
WONDER WEDNESDAY
On Wednesdays I’ll be taking a look at various chapters in Wonder Woman’s history. This is the fourth in a series of posts on Greg Rucka’s much-lauded stint writing th…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:00PMFriday, July 27, 2012
FF FRIDAY
This is the ninth in a series of reviews of writer Jonathan Hickman’s run on Fantastic Four and its spinoff, FF. The first eight posts are here, here, here, here, here, here,…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:10AMThursday, July 26, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: SAN JOSE
One-Man Lord of the Rings, San Jose Repertory Theatre.
By Sam Hurwitt
Charles Ross basically has the best job in the world. The solo performer has been touring his O…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:20PMWednesday, July 25, 2012
WONDER WEDNESDAY
On Wednesdays I’ll be taking a look at various chapters in Wonder Woman’s history. This is the second in a series of posts on Greg Rucka’s much-lauded stint writing Wo…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:51AMMonday, July 23, 2012
THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Duck Lake, PianoFight Productions.
By Sam Hurwitt
It’s not every weekend I see a ballet-horror-comedy about killer ducks that “skeletonize” unsuspecting t…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:31AMSunday, July 22, 2012
SUNDAY CROSSOVER
Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes, DC Comics/IDW Publishing, 2012.
By Sam Hurwitt
A couple weeks ago I gave my Star Trek/Doctor Who review the heading “STAR TREK SATURDAY,�…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:03PMFriday, July 20, 2012
FF FRIDAY
This is the eighth in a series of reviews of writer Jonathan Hickman’s run on Fantastic Four and its spinoff, FF. The first seven posts are here, here, here, here, here,…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:19AMThursday, July 19, 2012
King John, Marin Shakespeare Company.
Marin Shakespeare Company gave Shakespeare’s King John a rare staging–perhaps the first production in Marin–and I reviewed it in today…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 01:48PMWednesday, July 18, 2012
WONDER WEDNESDAY
On Wednesdays I’ll be taking a look at various chapters in Wonder Woman’s history. This is the second in a series of posts on Greg Rucka’s much-lauded stint writing Wo…
SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:37AM 
