Star Finch's Bold Banquet Bursts a Family's Bubble by Barry David Horwitz Watching Margo Hall dictating Josephine's wishes and plans into a laptop throws open a window into a mother's soul. …
 Bridgette Loriaux Spotlights Woman Power & Identity by Patricia L. Morin Walking into the Forest Meadows Amphitheatre at Dominican University, I eyed rows upon rows of wooden seats s…
Katori Hall Hits High Notes of Tina's Titanic Tale by Barry David Horwitz You don't have to be a Tina Turner fan to enjoy "Tina"The Tina Turner Musical" at BroadwaySF. If you are breathing, …
Michael Bennett Exposes Broadway Dancers' Anguish & Joy by Patricia L. Morin "A Chorus Line" engulfs the audience in radiant Broadway colors, exquisite dance steps, and magnificent songs…
S.F. Mime Troupe's Triumphant Return: Song, Dance, Truth by K. Marguerite Caronna Sometimes it's not all just happening in your mind. Often, murky social policies lurk behind our deep dis…
S.F. Mime Troupe Spreads Joy & Jokes for Truth & Justice by Robert M. Gardner Despite the vaunted liberalism of San Francisco where we supposedly have policies to help the poor an…
Millennial Notes Sara Toby Moore Touches Our Hearts with Clowning by Kelly Mou At first, I didn't want to be there because I thought it was a simple and silly clown show. But the facade come…
Ari'el Stachel's Cultural Confusion Exposes Actor's Fears  by Patricia L. Morin In "Out of Character," Ari'el Stachel, 2018 Tony Award winner, pulls out all the stops. He unfolds his …
Madeleine George Modernizes Myth of Dionysius by Robert M. Gardner Hilarious Stacy Ross makes an earthy, sarcastic Dionysius whose methods make us question her ethics. Is she an evil temptre…
Lauren Smerkanich Exposes Manipulation of Emotions for Profit by Patricia L. Morin "The Dignity Circle" engages us from the first words spoken: "What would you do with 40,000 dollars?" Altho…
Robert Harling's Southern Women Bloom Boldly & Tenderly by Lynne Stevens Director Elizabeth Carter conveys the universality of hairstyling, focusing on six women at a cozy hair salon in …
Traci Tolmaire's Renowned Black Artists Confront 50s Racism by Patricia L. Morin "In the Evening by the Moonlight""by Traci Tolmaire with Margo Hall"honors Lorraine Hansberry, James Baldwin,…
Josh Kornbluth Combines Comedy, Genius, & Caring by Barry David Horwitz What a show! What a Genius! "Citizen Brain" is a one man show by the extraordinary Josh Kornbluth, who knows his w…
Shakespeare's Tantalizing Tragedy Gets Modern with Jon Tracy by K. Marguerite Caronna Director Jon Tracy manages to cue a lone vulture to circle overhead for Marin Shakes' "Hamlet" in the pa…
Don Reed Wins Our Hearts with Warmth & Wit"Oakland Style by Barry David Horwitz If you've never seen a Don Reed stand-up show, now is the time for a rare treat. Don Reed has come home fr…
Masteroff, Bock, Harnick's Perfumery Scents the Air with Love by Lynne Stevens In these gray San Francisco days, we need some sparkling singing and dancing to cheer us up. Brilliance and che…
Millennial Notes L. Frank Baum Flies Over the Rainbow in S.F. Masterpiece by Nicholas Leither As a child, I watched it on broadcast television every single year. As a teenager, I watched…
Lynn Nottage's 50s Memory Play Offers Inspiration in Hard Times by Philippa Kelly, Resident Dramaturg, California Shakespeare Theater In 1951, segregation was a social poison: What can two s…
Athol Fugard's Triumphant Sculptor Builds Her Mecca at Home by Patricia L. Morin Athol Fugard's 2011 "The Road to Mecca" touches an issue many senior citizens face today, especially the baby…
Puccini's Opera of Enduring Love Pleases with Musicality & Passion by K. Marguerite Caronna S.F. Opera's production of Madame Butterfly highlights the familiar story of a woman's sedu…
Millennial Notes Lin-Manuel Miranda Celebrates Slice of U.S. Immigrant Life by Rosa Leither Calling Center REP's production of Lin-Manuel Miranda's hit musical "In the Heights" merely "pheno…
Edward Albee Peels the Facade of Hypocrisy & Illusion by K. Marguerite Caronna Tolstoy tells us: "Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."Â Edward Albee's depiction of an Americ…
Lopez/Lorca Tragedy Unveils Woman Driven Mad by Tradition by Lynne Stevens Mythical in its makeup, "Yerma" is a study in what not to do in your romantic relationships. Melinda Lopez …
Shakespeare & Perrone Bring on the Magic & the Clowns by K. Marguerite Caronna A picnic. The Berkeley Hills. Spreading oaks. Theater in the park. Inferno Theatre proudly offers a joy…
Jack Thorne Mingles Bat Love with Modern Mayhem by Barry David Horwitz "Let the Right One In" offers a theatrical spectacle that mingles slow moving horror with intimate adolescent yearnings…