THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY
Show #104: Desdemona, Cal Performances, October 26.
By Sam Hurwitt
Toni Morrison’s play Desdemona came out of a bargain of sorts with director Peter Sellars. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist convinced Sellars to direct Othello in New York two years ago, despite the fact that he was under the impression that he hated that play,...
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Show #100: In the Maze of Our Own Lives, The Jewish Theatre, October 20.
Show #102: Crimes of the Heart, Cinnabar Theater, October 22.
I reviewed both TJT’s swan song and Cinnabar’s Southern gothic quasi-comedy in today’s Marin Independent Journal. So go check ’em out through the links so sneakily embedded in the previous sentence.
In the...
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THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Show #95: Hanging Georgia, TheatreFIRST, October 9.
By Sam Hurwitt
It’s sad and heartening at the same time when someone tries to do something really challenging and interesting and it goes horribly awry—heartening because at least they tried to do something different and sad because it turned out so poorly.
That’s how I...
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THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY
Show #101: The Infernal Comedy, Cal Performances, October 21.
By Sam Hurwitt
For a dead serial killer, Jack Unterweger is a charming guy. In a white suit and sunglasses, he wanders the stage cracking jokes and flirting with the audience as he plays coy with them about his life and crimes, knowing full well...
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THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Show #99: Richard III, SHN, October 19.
By Sam Hurwitt
Highly questionable historical accuracy aside, Richard III is one of William Shakespeare’s most delightfully sinister characters, and almost certainly his most finely crafted villain. (Sorry, Iago. No disrespect, Tamora.) The sheer joy he takes in his own deceit is infectious as he manages...
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THEATER REVIEW: MOUNTAIN VIEW
Show #94: Clementine in the Lower 9, TheatreWorks, October 8.
By Sam Hurwitt
At first things seem to be going so well in TheatreWorks’ world premiere of Dan Dietz’s play Clementine in the Lower 9. Not well for the characters in it, necessarily: Their house in New Orleans’s Ninth Ward has been...
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THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Show #89: Not Getting Any Younger, The Marsh, September 15.
By Sam Hurwitt
“According to Wikipedia, Marga Gomez is known for her honesty,” Marga Gomez says in Not Getting Any Younger, her new solo show at the Marsh’s upstairs studio stage. She notes that the website singles her out as one of...
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