1,373 stories by "Chad Jones"
Every year around this time, the casts of Broadway shows make a spiel at the end of every performance and solicit audience donations for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, which then makes d…
More from last week's Broadway binge. Couldn't resist returning to see Legally Blonde at the Palace Theatre to see how the show had evolved since its January out-of-town tryout at the Golden…
Boy was it hard to leave New York City. The day after I arrived, the city was hit by a nor'easter (a nice name for a Category 2 hurricane-type storm) that dumped, so I'm told 5 ½ inches o…
Hey, Theater Dogs! I'm off to New York to finally see Spring Awakening (among other shows). Will write all about it when I return next week.
Irwin, Turner find laughs, depth in howling Woolf three stars [1/2] stars Painfully funny Why is it we're still interested in George and Martha, the bellicose spouses in Edward Albee's 1962 …
Opened Thursday, April 12, 2007, Aurora Theatre Company Aurora exposes laughs, drama in Public Places Two [1/2] stars Sturdy laughs Building a play about architecture is a tricky business. C…
Growing up, one of my favorite shows was "Laverne & Shirley," and as an adult, nothing pleases me more than the comedies of director Christopher Guest (Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, Waiti…
Opened April 11, 2007, Berkeley Repertory Theatre Race, family issues enter through Berkeley Rep's Blue Door Three stars Intriguing identity quest There's a simple, shared driving force unde…
The Bay Area fell in love with Bill Irwin more than 30 years ago when he clowned around with the Pickle Family Circus. One of our most inspired physical comedians " his best work can stand a…
A member of a once-popular boy band is taking a break from his group to perform in some musical theater. No, Justin Timberlake is not starring in Broadway by the Bay's Show Boat. Nor is Jord…
Moreno, Hoch return for Berkeley Rep's new season Berkeley Repertory Theatre is throwing itself a year-long 40th anniversary party. Among the guests are Bay Area diva Rita Moreno, making her…
Last year, I reviewed Lypsinka's fantastic The Passion of the Crawford, which returns to San Francisco's Empire Plush Room tonight for a run through April 22. Below, in honor Lyp's return, i…
Now here's an original cast album that will be near and dear to many a Bay Area theater-loving heart: Martin Short's Fame Becomes Me. Last year, under the auspices of Best of Broadway and SH…
San Francisco playwright Peter Sinn Nachtrieb has won yet another award for his play Hunter Gatherers. Here's some of the press release that came out of Louisville, Ky., on Saturday: The Ame…
Opened March 28, 2007, American Conservatory Theater ACT finds jazzy grace notes in Gotanda's After the War three [1/2] stars Great chops Well into Act 1 of Philip Kan Gotanda's world-premie…
If you're a regular Theater Dogs reader, you know there's a lot of love here for Patty Griffin, one of our best singer-songwriters. She just came through the Bay Area supporting her new CD, …
When the ribald puppet musical Avenue Q won the best musical Tony Award in 2004 (one of three the show won that night), those of us outside New York got excited at the prospect of the nation…
We knew there would be plays in American Conservatory Theater's 41st season. What we didn't know was that the core company would welcome three new actors. ACT artistic director Carey Perloff…
Opened Friday, March 23, 2007 at the Ashby Stage Shotgun's Blood Wedding looks, sounds great 2 [1/2] stars In cold Blood Music and passion are always in fashion at the Copa…Oh, wait this i…
San Francisco playwright Peter Sinn Nachtrieb (above) accepted his Will Glickman New Play Award Sunday at a reception hosted by Theatre Bay Area. Peter won the $4,000 award for his play Hunt…
In honor of this week's vernal equinox, I want to sing the praises of my latest musical theater obsession: Spring Awakening. Having been a Duncan Sheik (below, left) fan from the moment I li…
If you missed the San Francisco cast on "The Tonight Show" March 19, here you go. Apparently the SF cast " Christopher Kale Jones, Erich Bergen, Deven May and Michael Ingersoll " are heading…
The Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle's 2006 award winners were announced last week, and the recognition was spread out pretty evenly. American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre…
Opened March 15, 2007, Exit on Taylor Cutting Ball slices into murderous Woyzeck three stars Creepy, compelling If Georg Buchner's Woyzeck seems to be an explosion of dramatic ideas and imag…
Bay Area playwright Philip Kan Gotanda has focused a significant amount of his considerable artistic powers on one subject: Japanese American internment during World War II. He addressed the…
