A Roaring 20s Comedy of Errors by Sam Hurwitt

Mill Valley's Curtain Theatre sets Shakespeare's raucous comedy of mistaken identity in the flapper era.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 4:46pm on September 6, 2016☆⚑

Take the Twelfth by Sam Hurwitt

Another summer, another Twelfth Night.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:37am on August 25, 2016☆⚑

A Cheeseball Comedy by Sam Hurwitt

Altarena Playhouse produces the Sedaris sibs' popular Book of Liz.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 6:44pm on August 24, 2016☆⚑

TheatreFirst's Bold Third Act by Sam Hurwitt

Longtime East Bay company TheatreFirst reinvents itself with a bold new mission.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 6:34am on August 24, 2016☆⚑

The Moor the Merrier by Sam Hurwitt

Three local companies present three very different takes on Othello this summer.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 6:34am on August 24, 2016☆⚑

Rancho Capulet by Sam Hurwitt

We Players puts the audience to work with a site-specific Old West Romeo and Juliet.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 6:34am on August 24, 2016☆⚑

A Musical Waistland by Sam Hurwitt

If you have a craving for a musical revue of pop songs with new lyrics about weight loss, boy do we have the show for you!

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 6:34am on August 24, 2016☆⚑

Never Forget, Never Forgive by Sam Hurwitt

A family grapples with the legacy of the Holocaust in Berkeley revival of Broadway play.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 8:55pm on August 11, 2016☆⚑

Capitalism Is the New Imperialism by Sam Hurwitt

New Central Works play takes on corporate imperialism.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 8:55pm on August 11, 2016☆⚑

Building a Better Mikado by Sam Hurwitt

Lamplighters unveils a new Mikado without all the vexing orientalism.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 8:55pm on August 11, 2016☆⚑

Murder and All That Jazz by Sam Hurwitt

Woodminster razzle-dazzles 'em with a winningly wicked Chicago.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 8:55pm on August 11, 2016☆⚑

Looking for Love in War-torn Places by Sam Hurwitt

Love is a battlefield in new mythological play.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 8:55pm on August 11, 2016☆⚑

A Temperate Tempest by Sam Hurwitt

If you're going to be shipwrecked by a freak storm, a Livermore winery is an awfully pleasant place to wind up.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 4:03am on July 27, 2016☆⚑

Soup Kitchen Confidential by Sam Hurwitt

Shotgun cooks up redemption in soup kitchen drama Grand Concourse.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 9:27pm on July 25, 2016☆⚑

Our Stars and Bars, Ourselves by Sam Hurwitt

A presidential candidate's daughter's very bad decision comes back to haunt her in Confederates.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 9:27pm on July 25, 2016☆⚑

It Hurts a Village by Sam Hurwitt

Ubuntu Theater Project caps off an impressive season with a devastating Katori Hall play.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 9:27pm on July 25, 2016☆⚑

Immaculate Mary Poppins by Sam Hurwitt

The Broadway musical isn't the best version of Mary Poppins, but its star at Tri-Valley Rep is practically perfect.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 7:50pm on July 20, 2016☆⚑

Recovery, Relapse, Rinse, Repeat by Sam Hurwitt

The familiarity of the addiction and recovery narrative may be part of the point.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 6:25pm on July 15, 2016☆⚑

Good "Fences" from Good Neighbors by Sam Hurwitt

Cal Shakes's Fences brings maternal power to a tale of fathers and sons.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 5:33pm on July 12, 2016☆⚑

Ogre and Ogre Again by Sam Hurwitt

Woodminster Summer Musicals goes ogre the top with Shrek.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 5:33pm on July 12, 2016☆⚑

Pretty Persuasion by Sam Hurwitt

A little Austen goes nicely with Shakespeare in Livermore.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 5:18am on July 12, 2016☆⚑

Leguizamo Takes Us to School by Sam Hurwitt

John Leguizamo teaches Latin History lesson at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 4:04pm on July 7, 2016☆⚑

A Bear of a Play by Sam Hurwitt

Jealousy and foolery and bears, oh my!

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 9:49pm on July 6, 2016☆⚑

Go Grumpily into That Good Night by Sam Hurwitt

An elderly misanthrope goes through her pre-suicide to-do list at the EXIT.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 9:49pm on July 6, 2016☆⚑

Constitutionally Unconventional by Sam Hurwitt

A beauty queen plots to rewrite the US Constitution at Marin Shakes.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 9:49pm on July 6, 2016☆⚑