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  • Our Stars and Bars, Ourselves

    Our Stars and Bars, Ourselves

    July 19, 2016

    A presidential candidate’s daughter’s very bad decision comes back to haunt her in Confederates.

  • The Glorious Fall of Bay Area Theater

    The Glorious Fall of Bay Area Theater

    August 25, 2015

    Tis the season for fall picks.

  • Hot Plays for Hot Days

    Hot Plays for Hot Days

    June 4, 2015

    I give a few recommendations of plays and musicals not to miss this summer.

  • The Fall of Bay Area Theater

    The Fall of Bay Area Theater

    August 25, 2014

    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…

  • Mister of Puppets

    Mister of Puppets

    July 15, 2014

    The host of a beloved children’s program tries to carry on after the death of his wife, who played his puppet pal.

  • The Sky’s Unlimited

    The Sky’s Unlimited

    January 24, 2014

    The prolific Lauren Gunderson is back with another play about SCIENCE!

  • What You Call Porn

    What You Call Porn

    January 24, 2014

    Liberty Bradford Mitchell describes growing up amid the porn industry as the daughter of one of San Francisco’s Mitchell Brothers.

  • Old-Fashioned Politics

    Old-Fashioned Politics

    October 16, 2013

    A new political drama at TheatreWorks already seems sorely outdated.

  • The Importance of Being Wilde

    The Importance of Being Wilde

    April 15, 2013

    Being Earnest has transplanted Wilde’s comedy to the swinging London of the 1960s for some reason, or for no reason at all.

  • She’ll See You Out

    She’ll See You Out

    March 15, 2013

    There seems to be a rash of two-character plays that pair deceased notables with obvious fictional characters designed only to draw the celebrities out…

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