The Odyssey, We Players.
Hey, I have a new review in today’s Marin Independent Journal! It’s We Players’ day-long adaptation of The Odyssey on Angel Island. So click on the link to read all about it.
The Odyssey runs through July 1 on Angel Island. http://weplayers.org
Show #45 of 2012, attended May 12.
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THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Blues for an Alabama Sky, Lorraine Hansberry Theatre.
By Sam Hurwitt
The first season that longtime American Conservatory Theater actor Steven Anthony Jones has programmed as the new artistic director of Lorraine Hansberry Theatre has been an interesting mix for San Francisco’s most venerable African-American theatre, from an odd pairing of one-acts—a broad...
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THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY
Anatol, Aurora Theatre Company.
By Sam Hurwitt
Chicks dig Anatol, and Anatol digs chicks. Exactly why the ladies are drawn to the title character of Arthur Schnitzler’s play Anatol is a bit of a mystery. As played by Mike Ryan in Aurora Theatre Company’s production, he’s a very average guy, not notably attractive or...
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THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY
Crevice, Impact Theatre.
By Sam Hurwitt
Who hasn’t wondered what his or her life would be like if, well, everything were different? It’s the sort of reflection that nobody really indulges in when everything’s going well, but that tends to consume one’s mind when one’s life seems to be going nowhere. That certainly describes...
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THEATER REVIEW: SAN JOSE & SAN FRANCISCO
God of Carnage, San Jose Repertory Theatre.
Maple and Vine, American Conservatory Theater.
The Aliens, SF Playhouse.
By Sam Hurwitt
French playwright Yasmina Reza seems particularly interested in how small things become blown out of proportion. In her ubiquitous play Art, the close friendship between three men is threatened when one of...
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THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
Octopus’s Garden, PianoFight.
By Sam Hurwitt
Scott Herman’s play Octopus’s Garden doesn’t actually have anything to do with octopi, nor gardens, nor even the Beatles. Now being given its world premiere by San Francisco’s PianoFight, the Seattle-based playwright’s first full-length play is instead a funny and bittersweet portrait of a young lesbian...
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THEATER REVIEW: BERKELEY
Red, Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
By Sam Hurwitt
British-born director Les Waters has been a consistently outstanding artistic presence at Berkeley Repertory Theatre for the last eight years as associate artistic director for the company. He’s now been named the new artistic director of the prestigious Actors Theatre of Louisville, home of the Humana Festival...
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THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
High, SHN.
By Sam Hurwitt
The last time SHN brought screen icon Kathleen Turner to the Bay Area, in 2007, she was costarring with Bill Irwin in a superb production of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, straight from Broadway. Turner’s current SHN show at the Curran Theatre, High, is also fresh...
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Becoming Grace, The Jewish Theatre San Francisco
TJT has unveiled the final show of its final season in a limited two-weekend run, founder Naomi Newman’s one-woman show about author Grace Paley. My review is up on the Marin Independent Journal web site, also for a limited time.
Becoming Grace runs through March 25 at the Jewish...
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THEATER REVIEW: SAN FRANCISCO
The Right Thing, 3 Girls Theatre.
By Sam Hurwitt
San Francisco’s fledgling 3Girls Theatre Company is jumping into the Bay Area theater community with both feet, spending all of March (Women’s History Month, that is) in residence at Thick House with two fully staged productions of plays by staff members AJ Baker and...
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