Millennial Notes Albee's Cold War Couple Turns Hot by Benjamin K. Sloan    "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (1962)"in the Shotgun Players wonderful new Repertory Season"takes us o…
Leading Ladies Give New Meaning to 'Summer Fling' by Alice Cheng What women want wavers between our practical minds, passionate hearts, and reproductive needs. In order to "have it all," we …
Shop Clerks Sing Their Hearts Out in Pre-War Hungary by Alice Cheng "She Loves Me," the 1963 musical hit, proves that we are all hopeless romantics. Set in Budapest in 1937, two secret pen p…
Erotic, Engaging Psycho-Social Struggle by Daniel Joseph Lilly The evening with Theatre Rhinoceros, at the Eureka Theater, begins with the silhouette of Artistic Director John Fisher as Dr. …
"All Aunt Hagar's Children" Proves Black Lives Matter by Daniel Joseph Lilly Word for Word's creative staging of the short story "All Aunt Hagar's Children" by Pulitzer Prize winning author …
Millennial Notes Black Lives, White Rules by Benjamin K. Sloan Before the Civil War, hundreds of thousands of African Americans were living in the South as "free" people"a status that consti…
Cirque du Soleil Makes Imagination Happen by Alice Cheng Cirque du Soleil unleashes a torrential downpour of physical feats and Latin delights with the U.S. Premiere of "Luzia: A Waking Drea…
Verdi Shows State Commanding Love and Death by Alice Cheng San Francisco Opera's new production of Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida" poignantly portrays the love, jealousy, and suffering of two women …
Geeks, Nerds, Brains, and Odd-Balls Surpass Themselves by Alice Cheng "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" (2005) remains a side-splitting, fresh, and endearing comedy about what win…
American Arrogance Pins Lyrical Butterfly by Alice Cheng Giacomo Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" examines the consequences of opposing and unequal cultures clashing. The opera is set in early 2…
Hip-Hop Darling Spawns "1776" Revivals by Susan Dunn "Hamilton: An American Musical," with its 16 Tony nominations and 11 Tony Awards, has rolled out a revolution across the theater world by…
Shaw's Comedy: Millionaire or Missionary? by Alice Cheng & Barry David Horwitz Can a highly competitive, profit-oriented country also practice altriusm and empathy? Why do we have extrem…
A Classical, Classy Musical Ode to Mystery by Alice Cheng "Baker Street," the musical at 42nd Street Moon, brings alive the mystery and nostalgia of Sherlock Holmes, still charming audiences…
Durang's Doctors Multiply Our Manias by Alice Cheng "Beyond Therapy" (1981) by Tony Award winning playwright Christopher Durang explores, violates, and molests gender roles, destroying the t…
Millennial Notes Heroes of Spanish Civil War Celebrated in Song by Tyler Jeffreys Seriously, there should be a soundtrack of "Heart of Spain: A Musical of the Spanish Civil War" on sale righ…
Searching for Soul in the Seventies by Alice Cheng Set in 1978, soon after the Jonestown massacre and the death of The Who drummer, Keith Moon, "Black River Falls" by Bryn Magnus takes a har…
Millennial Notes Tom Stoppard's Battle Royale: Faith vs. Science by Benjamin K. Sloan Many millennials have a tendency to  assert  their "truth," impatiently, like angsty preachers who…
Al Letson Learns Lessons in His Classroom by Alice Cheng "Be all you can be, but not what you can dream." Such is the message reverberating in the young and pliable minds of children growing…
George and Martha need an audience to watch them tear each other apart, even if only their sober selves gazing down from a mid-century modern platform in their mid-century modern apartment. …
Millennial Notes McCraney's Brothers Battle "Big Brother" by Tyler Jeffreys The Theatre Rhinoceros' production of "The Brothers Size" presents a hot-blooded, choreographed drama, lyrically d…
70s Cult Classic Bridges Decades of Decadence by Jacob G. Dickerman For two hours, Santa Rosa's 6th Street Playhouse transforms into the most depraved place in the Bay Area"and that's saying…
Would You Like to Be a Kid Again? by John Chakan "Peter Pan" tells the story of a mischievous child who refuses to grow up. The tale is full of adventure, sword fights, and the ability to…
Tim Rice Blocks the Queen's Gambit by John Chakan "Each game of chess means there's one less variation left to be played" Go see "Chess," still playing at the Custom Made Theatre for the gre…
Montoya's Mexico Sheds Light on U.S. by Alice Cheng The flamboyant yet thought-provoking production of "Nogales: Storytellers in Cartel Country" at the Magic Theatre engages with issue…
Caribbean Folklore Inspires Jeff Augustin by Daniel Joseph Lilly Jeff Augustin's fiercely passionate "The Last Tiger in Haiti," directed by Joshua Kahan Brody, peers into the lives of Haitia…