Good Bad King by Sam Hurwitt

King John, Marin Shakespeare Company. Marin Shakespeare Company gave Shakespeare’s King John a rare staging–perhaps the first production in Marin–and I reviewed it in today…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 1:48pm on July 19, 2012☆⚑

The Wonder Wing by Sam Hurwitt

WONDER WEDNESDAY On Wednesdays I'll be taking a look at various chapters in Wonder Woman's history. This is the second in a series of posts on Greg Rucka's much-lauded stint writing Wonder W…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:37am on July 18, 2012☆⚑

Sentimental Medley by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: PALO ALTO Upright Grand, TheatreWorks. By Sam Hurwitt A funny thing happened at TheatreWorks' opening night of Upright Grand at Palo Alto's Lucie Stern Theatre. Before the sh…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 8:23pm on July 16, 2012☆⚑

Hala Back by Sam Hurwitt

FF FRIDAY This is the seventh in a series of reviews of writer Jonathan Hickman’s run on Fantastic Four and its spinoff, FF. The first six posts are here, here, here, here,…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:13am on July 13, 2012☆⚑

Sucks to Be French by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO Les Misérables, SHN. By Sam Hurwitt I wasn't planning to go to Les Misérables. Not that I have anything against the blockbuster 1985 musical of Victor Hugo's …

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 6:34pm on July 12, 2012☆⚑

A Real American Hero by Sam Hurwitt

For the Greater Good, or The Last Election, San Francisco Mime Troupe. This year’s Mime Troupe show revels in melodrama, casting the greedy investment banker as the strapping hero and …

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:02am on July 12, 2012☆⚑

A Classic with Spunk by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: ORINDA Spunk, California Shakespeare Theater. By Sam Hurwitt Spunk is a bit of a departure for California Shakespeare Theater. It was just a decade ago that then-new artistic…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 7:53pm on July 11, 2012☆⚑

Be Her Guest by Sam Hurwitt

WONDER WEDNESDAY Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia, DC Comics, 2002. By Sam Hurwitt When I posted my review of the first six issues of Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang's rebooted Wonder Woman serie…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 3:00am on July 11, 2012☆⚑

Lazzi Come Home by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY Truffaldino Says No, Shotgun Players. By Sam Hurwitt Truffaldino Says No isn't really a commedia dell'arte play, nor an adaptation of one. It is, however, about comm…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:28am on July 9, 2012☆⚑

Doctor Who, I Presume by Sam Hurwitt

STAR TREK SATURDAY Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doctor Who: Assimilation2 #2, IDW Publishing. As I enthused last month, I'm pretty darned excited about Star Trek: The Next Generation/Doc…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 9:57am on July 7, 2012☆⚑

For the Foreseeable Future by Sam Hurwitt

FF FRIDAY Marvel's venerable Fantastic Four series halted with issue #588, to be replaced with a new series, FF, which now stands for Future Foundation rather than Fantastic Four. The new se…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 3:16am on July 6, 2012☆⚑

Blood Will Have Blood by Sam Hurwitt

WONDER WEDNESDAY Wonder Woman Volume 1: Blood, DC Comics. By Sam Hurwitt I'm not sure what it is about Wonder Woman that makes people want to "fix" her. She's considered one of DC Comics' "…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 1:17pm on July 4, 2012☆⚑

It's Creepy Time Down South by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO The Scottsboro Boys, American Conservatory Theater. By Sam Hurwitt Now making its Bay Area debut at American Conservatory Theater, The Scottsboro Boys is a cur…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 3:36am on July 1, 2012☆⚑

Fallen Friend by Sam Hurwitt

Volume four of Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four is the one that killed the long-running title"at least temporarily, and in a totally planned way. This is the one in which a member of the be…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:40am on June 29, 2012☆⚑

Who Killed the Kennedys by Sam Hurwitt

WATCHMEN WEDNESDAY Before Watchmen: Comedian #1, DC Comics. Before Watchmen: Nite Owl #1, DC Comics. By Sam Hurwitt I thought I was out.  I really did. Last week I said I probably would…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 3:33am on June 28, 2012☆⚑

And Then There's Maud by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY Salomania, Aurora Theatre Company. By Sam Hurwitt San Francisco playwright/director Mark Jackson started a fruitful relationship with Berkeley's Aurora Theatre Comp…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 9:45am on June 26, 2012☆⚑

The Empower Ring by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY Emotional Creature, Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Eve Ensler's latest is an ensemble piece for six young women exploring the plight of teenage girls all over the world…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 10:25am on June 25, 2012☆⚑

The Fantastic Foreshadowing by Sam Hurwitt

The third volume of Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four (subtitled "The Future Foundation") starts with Reed Richards, the super-stretching scientist occasionally known as Mr. Fantastic, being…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:55am on June 22, 2012☆⚑

Who Cashes in on the Watchmen by Sam Hurwitt

WATCHMEN WEDNESDAY Before Watchmen: Minutemen, DC Comics. Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre, DC Comics. By Sam Hurwitt Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's 12-issue series Watchmen was a self-contained…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:38pm on June 20, 2012☆⚑

The Owls Are Not What They Seem by Sam Hurwitt

Batuesday: Batman Volume 1: The Court of Owls. By Sam Hurwitt Back in the fall, when DC Comics rebooted its entire line of superhero comics, I picked up the first few issues of all of its "N…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 3:34am on June 19, 2012☆⚑

Real Women Eat Quiche by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, Tides Theatre. By Sam Hurwitt When you arrive at the humble Phoenix Theater, tucked away on the sixth floor of a building around the…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 7:41pm on June 16, 2012☆⚑

Student Affairs by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO Reunion, SF Playhouse. By Sam Hurwitt On the surface, Julie and Valerie seem to have nothing in common. As played by Lauren English in Kenn Rabin's play Reunion…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 6:55pm on June 15, 2012☆⚑

Strange New Worlds by Sam Hurwitt

FF Friday: Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman, Vol. 2. By Sam Hurwiitt My weekly look at the trade collections of writer Jonathan Hickman's current run on Fantastic Four brings me to the sec…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 5:00am on June 15, 2012☆⚑

Return of the Prodigal Idiot by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO American Idiot, SHN. By Sam Hurwitt The Broadway musical based on the album of the same name by East Bay punk band Green Day, American Idiot has walked a lonely…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 7:39pm on June 14, 2012☆⚑

Us, the Musical by Sam Hurwitt

THEATER REVIEW: MOUNTAIN VIEW Wheelhouse, TheatreWorks. By Sam Hurwitt Wheelhouse is a musical that may be of interest if you have a burning desire to learn about the history of the rock ban…

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:20am on June 11, 2012☆⚑