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Thursday, July 21, 2011

P-p-p-popcorn Ghosts! by Sam Hurwitt

Show #68: Macbeth, Marin Shakespeare Company, July 15. I reviewed Marin Shakes’s shaky Macbeth for the Marin Independent Journal, so hie thee hence to read all about it. Macbeth struts…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 02:22PM
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

The Gods Must Be Crazy by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO Show #67: Salty Towers, Thunderbird Theatre Company, July 10. By Sam Hurwitt There are plenty of companies that I follow because I feel I should keep informed …

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:46AM
Friday, July 15, 2011

Rockin’ Verona by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: EAST BAY Show #66: The Verona Project, California Shakespeare Theatre, July 9. By Sam Hurwitt California Shakespeare Theater is doing more Shakespeare than usual this season…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 06:59PM
Thursday, July 7, 2011

Fundraising Pitch: The Musical by Sam Hurwitt

Show #64: 2012–The Musical!, San Francisco Mime Troupe, July 4. I reviewed this year’s unusually self-referential Mime Troupe show in the parks in today’s Marin IJ, so g&#…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:36AM
Saturday, July 2, 2011

Look Away, Disneyland by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY Show #61: Working for the Mouse, Impact Theatre, June 24. By Sam Hurwitt When you’re a little kid at Disneyland, you may understand on some level that the Donald D…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:50PM
Thursday, June 30, 2011

All You Can Be by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO Show #57: Fighting Mac!, Theatre Rhinoceros, June 11. By Sam Hurwitt The artistic director of San Francisco’s Theatre Rhinoceros, which lays claim to being �…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 08:09PM
Friday, June 24, 2011

Assassin Nation by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO Show #56: Assassins, Ray of Light Theatre, June 11. By Sam Hurwitt That Stephen Sondheim has picked some perverse subjects for his musicals shouldn’t be much …

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 09:23PM

San Francisco Values by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO Show #54: Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City: A New Musical, American Conservatory Theater, June 5. Show #50: The Edenites, No Nude Men Productions, June 3.…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:42AM
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Stages of Grief by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: EAST BAY Show #49: Care of Trees, Shotgun Players, June 2. Show #58: Down a Little Dirt Road, Just Theater, June 12. Show #60: Metamorphosis, Aurora Theatre Company, June 18…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:01AM
Friday, June 10, 2011

Playing Against the House by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO Show #53: Nobody Move, Intersection for the Arts/Campo Santo, June 5. By Sam Hurwitt Everybody in Nobody Move is on the move. More specifically, they’re on th…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 05:23PM
Thursday, June 9, 2011

Go Ask Alice by Sam Hurwitt

Show #55: Tiny Alice, Marin Theatre Company, June 7. I reviewed Marin Theatre Company’s season-closing production of Edward Albee’s 1964 play Tiny Alice for today’s Marin I…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:55PM
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Accidents Will Happen by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY Show #46: Disassembly, Impact Theatre, May 14. By Sam Hurwitt There’s such a thing as being accident-prone, but when your body is covered with scars from freak inc…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 03:57AM
Thursday, June 2, 2011

Trophy Lives by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: SAN JOSE Show #47: Love in American Times, San Jose Repertory Theatre, May 18. By Sam Hurwitt When people see a very wealthy, much older man married to a very attractive, muc…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 07:06PM

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Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
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