The Fall of Bay Area Theater
The sheer volume of great theater going on around the Bay Area can be daunting. I’ve picked out a
few likely standouts to get you started. Read all about ’em on KQED Arts. Read more
It’s a Beautiful Day in the Barrio
Like a lot of theater fans, I got hooked on the late Canadian TV show Slings and Arrows, a thinly veiled parody of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival involving some of the same people who created The Drowsy Chaperone. One problematic consequence is that any new urban musical inevitably reminds me of the ridiculously over-the-top East Hastings: The Musical shown on that series.
