69 stories by "Richard Connema"
Flaherty and Ahrens' score is more workmanlike than memorable, but it is fun, and director Robert Barry Fleming, along with a splendid cast of singer/actor/dancers, presents an excellent eve…
Aurora Theatre opens its 2012-2013 season with The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity, Kristoffer Diaz's vibrant play about the wacky world of professional wrestling.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre opens its 2012-2013 season with the clever comedy Chinglish by David Henry Hwang in a co-production with the South Coast Repertory Company.
Director Mark Rucker and a company of American Conservatory Theatre actors manage to pull off a delightful evening of light entertainment for a warm night.
Some of it is pretty mundane stuff; playwright Baker manages to flesh out the characters without providing us with huge conflict or the need to explain every bit of back story.
A valiant, gorgeous and outstandingly staged War Horse has come to the Curran stage and is a must see for theatregoers.
Jay Manley's production of the 1962 Pulitzer Prize winning musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is upbeat and irresistible, playing in the Smithwick Theatre on the Foothi…
A re-deigned and re-orchestrated vision of Les Misérables has arrived to rock the Orpheum Theatre.
As the Blues Speak Woman says in this fast stepping production of Spunk, George C. Wolfe's 1990 adaptation of the stories of Zora Neale Hurston: "How do you git the git?/With some blues 'n' …
The ACT production is stuffed with fervent, individual performances that fuse into an incalculably powerful ensemble.
On a chilly night, a play that begins with a storm and ends with a sea voyage is performed by a restructured group of six actors.
The show really takes off in the sidesplitting audition scene as the anxious prospects strip to show their worth-or other characteristics, in the case of Ethan, played very well by Ross Neue…
Carmichael (Rod Gnapp) wants his hand back, and he has been searching most of his life for the left hand he lost when some "hillbillies" cut it off when he was a teenager.
It is a tough musical to stage but, thanks to great singing and energy-driven Greek dances, the company pulls it off.
The theatre commissioned renowned Schnitzler expert Margaret Schaefer to adapt this charming Viennese bon bon.
The Magic is introducing (in this country) Linda McLean's bold new play Any Given Day, a portrait of modern, urban life and the transitory nature of love and happiness.
Theatre Royal Bath Productions and Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse bring an impeccable production of Harold Pinter's 1960s drama The Caretaker to the Curran Theatre starring Jonathan Pryce.
The world premiere of Sharr White's "Annapurna"; Trevor Allen in "Working for the Mouse"; Cirque du Soleil's "Totem."
San Francisco reviews of Rita Moreno's "Life Without Makeup," "A Delicate Balance" and Larry Blum's "Blink and You Might Miss Me."
