A Cold-Hearted Romeo
Isn’t it romantic? No, not really.
My review of Marin Shakespeare Company’s Romeo and Juliet is in the Marin Independent Journal. Read more
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Walter Wells is happy. Way, way too happy. So happy that you know that playwright Julie Marie Myatt has it in for him in The Happy Ones at Magic Theatre. KQED Arts has my review.
Time Passes
I know he’s a fellow Berkeley High alum and all, but I could never get into Thornton Wilder. I’ve seen polished professional productions of Our Town and I’ve seen shakier community ones, but never one that I didn’t find mawkish. It’s just not my thing. So I’m maybe not the best audience for Wilder Times, Aurora Theatre Company’s assemblage of four short plays by Wilder, two from 1962 and two from 1931, but because it has a fabulous cast I decided to check it out anyway. I’m pleased to report that I found myself pleasantly surprised by two of the plays, even if the other two left me cold.
Is She Weird?
Aurora Theatre Company celebrates Tennessee Williams’s 100th birthday with his lesser-known Summer and Smoke rewrite, The Eccentricities of a Nightingale. Y’all can head on over to today’s Marin IJ to see what I thought of it.
Asp You Like It
I’m currently on vacation and not doing much blogging, which would kind of defeat the purpose, but I should probably mention that I have two reviews in today’s Marin Independent Journal. Both North Bay, both Shakespeare, both outdoors, and I caught ’em both last Saturday before I took off.
New Review Zoo
I reviewed both ACT and AlterTheater’s new shows for today’s Marin Independent Journal, so you can check out my Round and Round the Garden review here and my Owners review here. Or pick up a copy if you’re in the North Bay, because it looks way better in print.
