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Thornton Wilder's Time Travelers Turn into Glorious Ghosts by Barry David Horwitz When I moved to Berkeley in 1960 for school, I thought I'd landed in Thornton Wilder's ideal small town. We …
Marga Gomez Tells Touching Tale of Growing Up Lesbian by Barry David Horwitz Marga Gomez charms with her wry smile as she regales us with the story of her Catholic school girlhood in Washing…
Millennial Notes Isaac Gómez Exposes the Horrors of Gentrification by Evelyn Arevalo "The Displaced" is not your run-of-the-mill horror story. Playwright Isaac Gómez gives us a bright,…
Don Reed Says What We've All Been Thinking by Barry David Horwitz Don Reed does it all"he stars in TV, movies, stand-up, and just plain showing up"always with a great presence, a lilting voi…
Dael Orlandersmith Weaves an Epic on Jazz, Harlem, Hope by Barry David Horwitz "Stoop Stories" could be called "The New York Odyssey" because playwright/poet Dael Orlandersmith has created a…
Shire & Maltby Create a Collage of Musical Delights by Patricia L. Morin San Francisco Playhouse, under the innovative direction of Susi Damilano and Choreographer Nicole Helfer, offers …
Molly Smith Metzler Spotlights Strains of New Motherhood by Patricia L. Morin Cinnabar Theater's powerful production of Molly Smith Metzler's play exposes not only the demands on new mothers…
Millennial Notes Shakespeare Kicks Off New Season of Fantastic Live Theater  by Jordan Freed Watching "The Winter's Tale" at Cal Shakes feels like witnessing two prodigious trapeze artist…
Gunderson & Gray Capture Life Under Lockdown  by Patricia L. Morin Left Edge Theatre's two one-acts, "Beautiful Monsters" by Kelly Gray and "I and You" by Lauren Gunderson, explore th…
John Fisher Sends Up Silly Snobs in U.S. & U.K by Robert M. Gardner & Barry David Horwitz In "National Trust," a solo show by John Fisher, we find our hero camping it up, calling int…
Fred Pitts Links Black and Native American History  by Patricia L. Morin Using his personal tour of the 21 Spanish missions across California, soft-spoken Fred Pitts has fashioned an intr…
Millennial Notes Lin-Manuel Miranda Revives Revolution in Living Color by Evelyn Arevalo The touring company of "Hamilton" in San Francisco boasts an exciting diversity of singers and dancer…
Jon Tracy Celebrates Lady Zen's Magical Memories by Philippa Kelly The central Mexican city of Guanajuato has a strange history of unearthing the dead. It's home to a "mummy museum" that hou…
Cavalli Pits Power vs. Love in Sensual Spectacle by Joseph Mutti This was the first time I'd attended a performance of Francesco Cavalli's "Eliogabalo," loosely based on the life of the infa…
Lauren Yee Exposes Love's Labor's Lost in Pottsville, PAÂ Â by Patricia L. Morin & Barry David Horwitz "The Song of Summer," a comedy by Lauren Yee, follows the rocky romance betwee…
Reflections "Essential Services Project" Offers Free Thrills by Patricia L. Morin Imagine the creativity, stamina, and drive it takes for one person to write, act, direct, and produce, a…
 JanáÄek &  Khuner Deliver Lush Emotional Score by Jennifer Ann Charron West Edge Opera's new production of LeoÅ¡ JanáÄek's "Katya Kabanova" premiered July 24, in the…
Linda Evans Carves a Path to Gender Fluidity by Patricia L. Morin TheatreFirst and Lisa Evans are to be applauded for braving the sensitive questions of sexuality and gender in "You Really S…
Tom Swift Soars with Awesome Actors, Rapid Repartee by Barry David Horwitz Tom Swift's striking new play at TheatreFirst, "A Marriage," leaps off the screen and into our hearts"with daring i…
Armistead Maupin's S.F. Tales Come Home as Musical  by Patricia L. Morin Armistead Maupin's story of newcomers and old-timers in 70s San Francisco was transformed into a musical in 20…
Neil LaBute Parallels 9/11 Attack & Lovers' Psychodrama by Patricia L. Morin "The Mercy Seat," under the creative direction of Allie Bailey at Los Altos Stage Company, cleverly exposes a…
Jeanne Sakata Celebrates an American Hero by Barry David Horwitz In Jeanne Sakata's moving "Hold These Truths," the incomparable Jomar Tagatac takes us into Gordon Hirabayashi's mind when he…
Millennial Notes Jason Robert Brown Sets Male & Female Flaws to Music  by Ian Waters Have you ever reflected on a tragic event in your life, and asked where it all went wrong? …
Kathleen Collins, Dawn L. Troupe Summon Healing Spirits  by Philippa Kelly On Sunday night I saw the Oakland Theater Project's "Begin the Beguine," a drive-in experience in the carpark of…
Millennial Notes Lynne Alvarez Asks Youth to Fight Colorism & Privilege by Evelyn Arevalo In "Esperanza Rising" at Teatro Visión, playwright Lynne Alvarez shows how racism comes from …
