THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Show #54: Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City: A New Musical, American Conservatory Theater, June 5.
Show #50: The Edenites, No Nude Men Productions, June 3.
Show #59: Juno en Victoria, Wily West Productions, June 17.
By Sam Hurwitt
I was born and raised in Berkeley, where most people can be safely assumed to be...
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THEATER REVIEW: EAST BAY
Show #49: Care of Trees, Shotgun Players, June 2.
Show #58: Down a Little Dirt Road, Just Theater, June 12.
Show #60: Metamorphosis, Aurora Theatre Company, June 18.
Show #52: Titus Andronicus, California Shakespeare Theater, June 4.
By Sam Hurwitt
It’s hard enough dealing with grief when you understand what happened, and why...
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THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Show #53: Nobody Move, Intersection for the Arts/Campo Santo, June 5.
By Sam Hurwitt
Everybody in Nobody Move is on the move. More specifically, they’re on the run. Gambler Jimmy Luntz is in hiding because he panicked and shot the thug who came to lean on him for bad debts. Booze-soaked Anita has...
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Show #55: Tiny Alice, Marin Theatre Company, June 7.
I reviewed Marin Theatre Company’s season-closing production of Edward Albee’s 1964 play Tiny Alice for today’s Marin Independent Journal. So what are you waiting for? Go read it.
Tiny Alice runs through June 26 at Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. http://marintheatre.org
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THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY
Show #46: Disassembly, Impact Theatre, May 14.
By Sam Hurwitt
There’s such a thing as being accident-prone, but when your body is covered with scars from freak incidents like falling on picket fences (and you’re not a stuntman for a living), you’ve got to start looking at something other than chance. That’s the trouble...
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THEATER REVIEW: SAN JOSE
Show #47: Love in American Times, San Jose Repertory Theatre, May 18.
By Sam Hurwitt
When people see a very wealthy, much older man married to a very attractive, much younger woman, they figure they know what’s up: He’s just with her because she’s hot, and she’s just with him for the money,...
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THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Show #44: Reborning, SF Playhouse, May 12.
By Sam Hurwitt
Babies are cute and all, but baby dolls can be pretty dang creepy. Baby dolls made to look real—and not just real but just like your dead child—well, those are pretty high up on the creepiness scale.
As luck would have it, those dolls...
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