Kvetch on the Beach by Sam Hurwitt

"Feisty old Jew" Bernie Schein is a man who loves nothing so much as a good argument.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 3:45pm on March 4, 2014☆⚑

A Lad, Two Lasses and a Lasso by Sam Hurwitt

Marin Theatre Company's Lasso of Truth seems like it was pretty much made for me.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 1:16am on February 27, 2014☆⚑

No Boys Allowed by Sam Hurwitt

So why exactly can no man ever set foot on Paradise Island? The answer may surprise you!

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 3:09am on February 26, 2014☆⚑

Ubu Victorious by Sam Hurwitt

Ubu Roi can be an irritating classic, but Cutting Ball justifies its ubu-quity.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 7:54pm on February 25, 2014☆⚑

Seven Against Illyria by Sam Hurwitt

A magnificent seven local actors--all female--take on Shakespeare's ever-durable comedy Twelfth Night..

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 2:51pm on February 25, 2014☆⚑

Knot in Your Gut by Sam Hurwitt

Gidion's Knot is a hard play to take.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 5:27pm on February 21, 2014☆⚑

Night of the Long Shorts by Sam Hurwitt

Marin Onstage presents An Evening of Short Plays, including...Miss Julie? Um, okay.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 2:21pm on February 20, 2014☆⚑

Amazon Stage by Sam Hurwitt

Marin Theatre Company unveils Carson Kreitzer's Wonder Woman play, Lasso of Truth.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 2:03pm on February 20, 2014☆⚑

Amazons Attack Atlantis by Sam Hurwitt

It sucks to be Aquaman. Like, as a rule.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:29pm on February 18, 2014☆⚑

We're Hir Because We're Hir by Sam Hurwitt

The transgender angle seems like the most normal (and certainly the most palatable) thing about Hir.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 7:12pm on February 17, 2014☆⚑

I'm Henry VIII, I Am by Sam Hurwitt

I don't like to make grand pronouncements like this too often, but Mer-Man is a fucking loser.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:48am on February 12, 2014☆⚑

Maids of New Orleans by Sam Hurwitt

Marcus Gardley brews a potent gumbo of Lorca, New Orleans and powerful women.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 3:46pm on February 8, 2014☆⚑

This Time It's Not Personal by Sam Hurwitt

Brian Copeland and Marga Gomez are back at the Marsh, both stepping back from the autobiographical.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 8:08pm on February 6, 2014☆⚑

Private Parts by Sam Hurwitt

I should have known this play was trouble from the start.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 8:20pm on January 31, 2014☆⚑

Russian Through Chekhov by Sam Hurwitt

Baryshnikov is at Berkeley Rep, and that's good. He's in an incomprehensible Chekhov adaptation, and that's bad.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 8:03pm on January 30, 2014☆⚑

He Drives Miss Daisy by Sam Hurwitt

Diablo Actors' Ensemble's production of Driving Miss Daisy keeps on going, even if the company doesn't.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:45pm on January 29, 2014☆⚑

Give Peace a Pass by Sam Hurwitt

You know how people are always wishing for world peace? Well, in this issue they get their wish.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:23pm on January 28, 2014☆⚑

The Sky's Unlimited by Sam Hurwitt

The prolific Lauren Gunderson is back with another play about SCIENCE!

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 8:21pm on January 24, 2014☆⚑

What You Call Porn by Sam Hurwitt

Liberty Bradford Mitchell describes growing up amid the porn industry as the daughter of one of San Francisco's Mitchell Brothers.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 8:11pm on January 24, 2014☆⚑

Altered Shepard by Sam Hurwitt

AlterTheater revives Sam Shepard's Fool for Love in a San Rafael storefront, directed by the play's original Old Man.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 1:13pm on January 23, 2014☆⚑

Out of Their League by Sam Hurwitt

A semi-amnesiac Wonder Woman has to earn her way back into the Justice League.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 1:53am on January 22, 2014☆⚑

A Sketchy Invasion by Sam Hurwitt

Brace yourselves. The comedians are coming.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 5:00pm on January 20, 2014☆⚑

Bride of Fishingstein by Sam Hurwitt

It's my first show of the year, and it's a good one: Marisela Treviño Orta's lyrical fairytale set in a Brazilian fishing village.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 2:12am on January 16, 2014☆⚑

The Origin of Everything by Sam Hurwitt

Having exhausted the ostensibly original content in Wonder Woman #211 last week, we turn our attention to the wealth of reprinted material that filled out that issue's 100 pages.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:35am on January 15, 2014☆⚑

Twice Told Tales by Sam Hurwitt

It seems like we just had the end of an era, but here we are at the end of another one.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:55am on January 8, 2014☆⚑