Show #33: Fuddy Meers, Marin Theatre Company, April 5.
I reviewed David Lindsay-Abaire’s wild farce in today’s Marin Independent Journal, so go forth and check it out.
I had an overnight turnaround for this one, and no sooner did I get home than I discovered that I’d lost my handwritten notes on the show somewhere on...
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THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Show #125: The Man of Rock, Climate Theater, December 11.
By Sam Hurwitt
If you’re really, really looking forward to seeing Rock of Ages this spring (featuring “the mind-blowing, face-melting hits of Journey” et al.), you may want to tide yourself over by checking out a much smaller-scale ’80s-style rock musical finishing up...
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THEATER REVIEW: MOUNTAIN VIEW
Show #102: Superior Donuts, TheatreWorks, October 9.
By Sam Hurwitt
The Bay Area has been seeing a lot of playwright Tracy Letts’s twisted sense of humor in the last few years, from the pitch-dark comedy Killer Joe at Marin Theatre Company to the freaky psychological thriller Bug at SF Playhouse to the Pulitzer-winning...
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THEATER REVIEW: PALO ALTO
Show #79: Auctioning the Ainsleys, TheatreWorks, July 18.
By Sam Hurwitt
Annalee Ainsley is concerned. She’s concerned about a lot of things, but among them is the idea that because her family lives in the Midwest people will think they’re neither here nor there, and because they live in a...
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THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY
Show #63: 1001, Just Theater, May 31
By Sam Hurwitt
The Thousand Nights and One Night is a book with no author, or rather a book with so many authors that the question of authorship is meaningless. The collection of Middle Eastern folk stories has been kicking around in one form or another since...
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Show #39: Equivocation, Marin Theatre Company, March 30.
My review is in today’s Marin Independent Journal, so pick up a copy if you’re in the North Bay, or check it out here.
Equivocation runs through May 2 at Marin Theatre Company, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley. http://marintheatre.org
Bonus link: My cover story on the play in...
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