There’s been some fan grumbling about Batman having four series of his own, and certainly they stick out among DC’s 52 relaunched titles, and more so when you consider the many other Bat-Family titles in the mix: Batgirl, Batwoman, Catwoman, Batwing, Nightwing. Oh, and Batman’s also in Justice League and Justice League International, and...
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Show #96: Bellwether, Marin Theatre Company, October 11. I reviewed Steve Yockey’s creepy new play at Marin Theatre Company for today’s Marin Independent Journal, so go over yonder to check it out. Bellwether plays through October 30 at Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. http://marintheatre.org
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THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY Show #87: A Delicate Balance, Aurora Theatre Company, September 13. Show #91: Phaedre, Shotgun Players, September 24. By Sam Hurwitt “Happy families are all alike,” Leo Tolstoy writes in Anna Karenina; “every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” Two classic examples are on display at two Berkeley theatres, both of which are celebrating...
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THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO Show #93: Once in a Lifetime, American Conservatory Theater, September 28. By Sam Hurwitt American Conservatory Theater has kicked off its season with an oddity: Once in a Lifetime, a revival of a 1930 Hollywood satire by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, the writing team much, much better known for the...
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Batgirl #1, by Gail Simone & Ardian Syaf, DC Comics, $2.99, out September 3. When DC announced its linewide relaunch this September, there were a lot of aspects of this starting-over that troubled some of the preexisting fans, and high on that list was the news that Barbara Gordon was going to be returning as...
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Action Comics #1, by Grant Morrison & Rags Morales, DC Comics, $3.99, out September 3. When DC announced that was going to start all its comics over from #1 in September, Action Comics was one of the shockers. It had been running continuously since the first issue that introduced Superman in 1938, second only to...
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THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY Show #83: Rita Moreno: Life Without Makeup, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, September 7. By Sam Hurwitt Berkeley resident Rita Moreno is a bona-fide show business legend, one of the first people to win an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and a Tony award. She’ll be 80 in December, but boy, you wouldn’t know it from...
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