Defying Labels at the DMV

Defying Labels at the DMV

Don Reed becomes nine unforgettable characters who all chafe at being stereotyped — and at being in the DMV line — in his new solo show at the Marsh.

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Putting the Nick Back in Antigone

Putting the Nick Back in Antigone

Shotgun Players’ Antigonick is the third bold new interpretation of Sophocles’ ancient tragedy Antigone to be produced by a Bay Area theater in the last couple of months.

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Piety in Your Face

Piety in Your Face

Those familiar with Tartuffe or Molière’s work in general might be shocked by how grim this particular production is.

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Munro Doctoring

Munro Doctoring

Word for Word converts Alice Munro’s short stories to plays without changing a word.

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Edie’s Got a Gun

Edie’s Got a Gun

The kids are all right, all by themselves:

My review of Crowded Fire’s Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them is on KQED Arts. Read more

Homeric Legend

27 February, 2015 Theater No comments
Homeric Legend

In post-apocalyptic Northern California, The Simpsons becomes the stuff of myth.

My review of Mr. Burns, a post-electric play is on KQED Arts. Read more

Two Against Thebes

25 February, 2015 Theater No comments
Two Against Thebes

African-American Shakespeare Company and the Cutting Ball Theater each reinvent Antigone

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Dancing Around the Genocide

18 February, 2015 Theater No comments
Dancing Around the Genocide

Earnest young actors get in over their heads grappling with colonialism in Just Theater’s sharply cutting play within a play.

My review of We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, from the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884–1915 is on KQED Arts. Read more

Sheparding Insanity

11 February, 2015 Theater No comments
Sheparding Insanity

Every insane family is insane in its own way in Shepard revival at the Magic.

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An Optimistic Revival

An Optimistic Revival

Lamplighters takes on Bernstein’s delightful and troubled operetta Candide.

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