The Wedding Zinger
Center REP’s wedding musical is a welcome surprise.
Read my review in the East Bay Times and Mercury News. Read more
Portrait of the Autist as a Young Boy
New musical Max Understood brings us into the world of an autistic boy.
Read my review on KQED Arts. Read more
Faust Talking
So Hamlet, Martin Luther and Doctor Faustus walk into a college, and that thing’s the play.
My review of Wittenberg at Aurora Theatre Company is on KQED Arts. Read more
Family Portrait
There sure are a lot of plays about wealthy Manhattanites. I guess that makes sense, because New York is a large theater market, a lot of playwrights choose to live there, and wealthy Manhattanites are a significant target market. But a lot of these plays wind up playing, and even premiering, in San Francisco, to the point where it feels like there are more plays on our stages about the lives and concerns of the New York rich than anything that might speak to ordinary San Franciscans. It’s the cultural imperialism of the Empire State, and local theaters seem to be only too happy to bow down before it.
