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Anon(ymous)
In its intimate setting with an audience surrounding on four sides, The Pear Theatre presents Naomi Iizuka’s lyrical, poetic, magical yet harshly realistic re-telling of Homer’s Odyssey, her 2008-premiering play, “Anon(ymous).”
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Come from Away
With a rousing, contagious score that continually emphasizes a steady beat much like that of a heart, “Come from Away” is an emotional testament and tribute to the citizens of a tiny, remote town who welcomed strangers to their midst at a time the entire world was at a standstill in shock and sorrow.
Hamnet
With words that flow poetic and scenes that are magical, mystical, and at time mysterious, Lolita Chakrabarti’s stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s “Hamnet” — now at American Conservatory Theatre — is mesmerizing and hypnotic in its power of audience attention.
how to make an American Son
In the NCTC production of christopher oscar peña’s “how to make an American Son,” timely and important messages are powerfully conveyed how deeply entrenched is the felt entitlement, superiority, and privilege by much of our white-dominated society.
The Bardy Bunch: The War of the Families Partridge and Brady
With tongue-in-cheek yet with voices that collectively soar, Guggenheim Entertainment opens \West Coast premiere of “The Bardy Bunch: The War of the Families Partridge and Brady” that is overflowing with merriment, mock, and murder.
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The Coast Starlight
San Jose Stage Company’s Bay Area premiere of “The Coast Starlight” s a journey for us as audience whose thousand miles and ninety minutes flies by in an highly entertaining and engaging trip up the West Coast.
