Cymbeline for Philistines by Sam Hurwitt

Marin Shakes's Cymbeline is a madcap hodgepodge " and a musical.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 7:18pm on July 10, 2015☆⚑

Police State of Panic by Sam Hurwitt

The San Francisco Mime Troupe makes musical comedy out of grim police violence.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 7:18pm on July 10, 2015☆⚑

Justice Incarnate by Sam Hurwitt

Steven Anthony Jones plays Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 7:18pm on July 10, 2015☆⚑

The Kids Are All Doomed by Sam Hurwitt

SF Shakes takes Romeo and Juliet out for a walk in the park.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 7:04pm on July 9, 2015☆⚑

Not at All Austen-tatious by Sam Hurwitt

Livermore Shakes's Sense and Sensibility captures Jane Austen's wry humor.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 7:04pm on July 9, 2015☆⚑

Theater Against Depression by Sam Hurwitt

The Marsh is crowdfunding for a year of free performances of Brian Copeland's monologue about suicidal depression.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 4:07pm on July 2, 2015☆⚑

Falstaffs, Falstaffs Everywhere by Sam Hurwitt

Actors Ensemble reshuffles the Henry IV plays with six female Falstaffs.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 3:55am on July 2, 2015☆⚑

Disconnected in the Connected Age by Sam Hurwitt

New Caryl Churchill play breaks in ACT's shiny new Strand Theater.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 3:55am on July 2, 2015☆⚑

Disturbed in the Suburbs by Sam Hurwitt

Lisa D'Amour's dark comedy gnaws at the unease lurking beneath suburban life.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 3:55am on July 2, 2015☆⚑

Old School Oppression by Sam Hurwitt

Tarell Alvin McCraney is back with a heartbreaking coming-of-age drama at Marin Theatre Company.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 7:30am on June 12, 2015☆⚑

Intrigue on the Campaign Trail by Sam Hurwitt

Farragut North wallows deep in the muck of political campaigns.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 12:34am on June 9, 2015☆⚑

Hot Plays for Hot Days by Sam Hurwitt

I give a few recommendations of plays and musicals not to miss this summer.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 11:01pm on June 4, 2015☆⚑

Return of the Prodigal Son by Sam Hurwitt

Playwright Luis Alfaro returns to Magic Theatre with the start of an epic American trilogy.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 4:50pm on June 4, 2015☆⚑

Not Just the Sheriff's Wife by Sam Hurwitt

Venezuelan actress Eliana López, wife of Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, tells her side of the 2012 domestic violence scandal.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 3:37am on June 1, 2015☆⚑

Flying High on the Mountain by Sam Hurwitt

If you want to believe a boy can fly, there are few better sites than a mountaintop.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 2:19am on May 28, 2015☆⚑

I Get a Kick Out of Cole by Sam Hurwitt

Anything Goes has so many classic Cole Porter songs in it that it's a wonder it's not some greatest-hits musical revue.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 8:12pm on May 27, 2015☆⚑

Modern Stone Age Family by Sam Hurwitt

The Skin of Our Teeth shows a wilder side of Thornton Wilder.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 7:28pm on May 26, 2015☆⚑

A Heathers Musical? How Very. by Sam Hurwitt

The surprise is not that someone made a musical out of Heathers. It's that it took so long.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 7:28pm on May 26, 2015☆⚑

Cross-Time Conversation by Sam Hurwitt

Frederick Douglass meets Donald Rumsfeld in Andrew Saito's Mount Misery.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 2:23pm on May 22, 2015☆⚑

Guvnors is a Ball by Sam Hurwitt

Swinging '60s update of Servant of Two Masters brings belly laughs to Berkeley Rep.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 3:03pm on May 20, 2015☆⚑

Jazz Caravan Through Iran by Sam Hurwitt

So an African-American jazz musician and an Iranian movie star walk into a bar...

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 8:01pm on May 19, 2015☆⚑

Return of the Bear by Sam Hurwitt

Lauren Gunderson's revenge comedy Exit, Pursued by a Bear returns, this time in San Jose.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 6:37pm on May 19, 2015☆⚑

Resonant Echo by Sam Hurwitt

Solo theater artist Echo Brown's lighthearted dating story packs a devastating wallop.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 7:38pm on May 13, 2015☆⚑

I Wish to Go to the Festival by Sam Hurwitt

The San Francisco International Arts Festival is back in full swing.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 6:56pm on May 9, 2015☆⚑

A Knight at the Baths by Sam Hurwitt

We Players stage a bittersweet fairytale romance at the ruins of the Sutro Baths.

SOURCE: The Idiolect at 4:48pm on May 6, 2015☆⚑