14 stories by "Jeanie K. Smith"
It's an entertaining evening with outstanding performances and a captivating story, even if you don't agree with the glamorization of criminals. That's nothing new in the world of musical th…
Eventually we sense the pull of decades, and witness the chain of life as both a melancholy and miraculous occurrence that we are fortunate to experience.
Jeffrey Hatcher's theatrical adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's novel "An Unsocial Socialist" has all the earmarks of Shaw's better-known plays: witty, erudite dialogue; arch and sarcastic …
San Jose Repertory Theatre has mounted a stylish and entertaining world premiere of Dan Hoyle and Tony Taccone's new play about Silicon Valley wheeling and dealing ...
The inspiring one-man play by D. W. Jacobs currently playing San Jose Repertory Theatre manages to deliver the significant precepts of Fuller's life's work as well as capture the glorious ec…
Palo Alto Players has mounted a timely and richly appointed production in the Lucie Stern theatre; unfortunately, the acting fails to mine the complexity of the text, giving us sturm und dra…
Delicious, devilish, and downright nasty at times, Michele Lowe's 2002 play The Smell of the Kill currently playing City Lights Theater is the kind of show that will have you still chuckling…
David Mamet, best known for his edgy, gritty dramas such as Glengarry Glen Ross and American Buffalo, also wrote a clever, sharp-witted satire in 2008, sending up American politics and the s…
It's wholly original, a memory play that manages to take us back in time and forward in sentiment, to simultaneously celebrate diversity and universality.
San Jose Repertory Theatre delivers a smart, chic production for this Bay Area premiere, with superb acting and striking design.
San Jose Stage has a well-earned reputation for taking on cutting-edge work, and their season opener further cements that honor with The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, a new play by Krist…
This wild and wacky comedy has many of the earmarks of Guare's other work, including fantastical elements and social satire, but suffers from thematic zeal.
The cast in SBMT's Les Mis is uniformly excellent, from the leads to the ensemble; there's a superb depth of talent on stage.
The device that drives the play is the world of origami—apparently much more of an art form than most of us realize, and steeped in philosophy and technique enough to generate scholarship,…
