Amen to That

Amen to That

James Baldwin’s first play, The Amen Corner, makes a surprisingly good case against religion.

Read my review in the Marin Independent Journal. Read more

Methed-up Fellowship

Methed-up Fellowship

A Frodo-obsessed wannabe gangster, a rampaging bear on meth, and an escaped senior citizen with dementia.

My review of Ignacio Zulueta’s comedy The Fellowship is in the Marin Independent Journal. Read more

Bride of Fishingstein

Bride of Fishingstein

It’s my first show of the year, and it’s a good one: Marisela Treviño Orta’s lyrical fairytale set in a Brazilian fishing village.

My review of AlterTheater’s The River Bride is in today’s Marin Independent Journal.  Read more

All’s Not Well

All’s Not Well

The good news: It’s a Shakespearean romantic comedy that we’re not all already sick of. The bad news: It’s only so-so. My review of Marin Shakespeare Company’s All’s Well That Ends Well is in today’s Marin Independent Journal. 

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He’s Crafty

He’s Crafty

There’s nothing like a devilish prankster to liven up your summer. Just a couple years after ACT brought Bill Irwin’s version of Molière’s Scapin, Porchlight brings you another modernized version, Scapino! My review‘s in the Marin Independent Journal.

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Well Hello, Dali

Well Hello, Dali

I’ve had to take a break from the blog the last couple of weeks for a wide assortment of reasons, but I do have a review in today’s Marin Independent Journal, of AlterTheater’s production of Jose Rivera’s References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot.

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