THEATER REVIEW: SAN JOSE
Double Indemnity, San Jose Repertory Theatre.
By Sam Hurwitt
If crime doesn’t pay, it’s not for lack of trying. Though it’s a quick and pulpy read, hardboiled crime writer James M. Cain’s 1935 novella Double Indemnity gives some of the same moral lessons as Fyodor Dostoevsky’s literary classic Crime and Punishment—that murder, no...
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THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Future Motive Power, Mugwumpin.
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 of inventor and electricity...
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THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO & OAKLAND
The Pink Dot Stories, SF Sketchfest.
The Thrilling Adventure Hour, SF Sketchfest.
The Black Version, SF Sketchfest.
The Drawing Room Apocalypse, SF Sketchfest.
Eddie Izzard in Conversation, SF Sketchfest.
By Sam Hurwitt
Once a humble assemblage of local sketch comedy acts, SF Sketchfest now brings a staggering number of comedy heavyweights to San Francisco every...
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THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY & SAN FRANCISCO
Ghost Light, Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
Humor Abuse, American Conservatory Theater.
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, both prominent Bay Area figures of the 1970s....
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