THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Show #5: Future Motive Power, Mugwumpin, January 21.
By Sam Hurwitt
It’s hard to imagine what Future Motive Power would have been like if the ensemble Mugwumpin hadn’t managed to obtain use of San Francisco’s Old Mint to stage it in. It’s not that the Mint has anything to do with the story...
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THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO & OAKLAND
Show #4: The Pink Dot Stories, SF Sketchfest, January 20.
Show #6: The Thrilling Adventure Hour, SF Sketchfest, January 22.
Show #7: The Black Version, SF Sketchfest, January 22.
Show #8: The Drawing Room Apocalypse, SF Sketchfest, January 24.
Show #9: Eddie Izzard in Conversation, SF Sketchfest, January 25.
By Sam Hurwitt
Once a humble...
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THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY & SAN FRANCISCO
Show #1: Ghost Light, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, January 17.
Show #2: Humor Abuse, American Conservatory Theater, January 18.
By Sam Hurwitt
It’s a remarkable coincidence: In the last couple of weeks both Berkeley Repertory Theatre and American Conservatory Theater have opened plays about sons grappling with their memories of their fathers,...
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By Sam Hurwitt
It’s a good problem to have: Looking over the list of the 118 local shows I saw this year, I had a hard time narrowing it down to a Top Ten. There are plenty of ways in which 2011 was a tough, lousy, no-good year, but in terms of what I saw...
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THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY
Show #117: The Wild Bride, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, December 7.
By Sam Hurwitt
“You know, for a feminist folk tale, this book isn’t half bad.” It’s the devil who says that in The Wild Bride at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, but in this case he’s not steering you wrong. The only misleading thing is that...
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THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY
Show #116: God’s Plot, Shotgun Players, December 3.
By Sam Hurwitt
American theater started as a criminal act. The first play performed in English in the colonies was Ye Bare and Ye Cubbe, a satirical stab at the English throne performed in rural Virginia in 1665. As Shakespeare’s contemporaries could attest a generation before,...
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THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Show #118: Bring It On: The Musical, SHN, December 14.
By Sam Hurwitt
Bring It On: The Musical may look like just the latest in a very, very long line of hit movies and cult classics that have been turned into stage musicals in recent years, but looks can be deceiving. This should...
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