“Day 11, Shows 32-35: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”An Evening with an ImmigrantInua EllamsTraverse TheatrePoet, playwright, and performer Inua Ellams, wearing a t-shirt that boldly says “Never Forget to Say Thank You,” sits at the microphone before the Traverse Theatre audience to relate a story of the many years he and his family take to become legal … [Read more...] about “Day 11, Shows 32-35: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 10, Shows 26-31: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”
“Day 10, Shows 26-31: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”Hats Off to Laurel and HardyPhilip HutchinsonLucky Dog Theatre ProductionsSweet Grassmarket“Gee if I hadn’t seen you, I wouldn’t have recognized you.” For any fan of Laurel and Hardy, that is just one of many lines that can still bring a nostalgic laugh — funny now as always. Standing before us are … [Read more...] about “Day 10, Shows 26-31: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”
“Day 9, Shows 24 & 25: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 9, Shows 24 & 25: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”AdamFrancis PoetNational Theatre of ScotlandTraverse Theatre“Can the soul of a man be trapped in the body of a woman?” With that one-line question typed into the world of the Internet, a young person from Alexandria, Egypt born in the wrong body form and now seeking refuge in a non-welcoming England … [Read more...] about “Day 9, Shows 24 & 25: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 8, Shows 20-23: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 8, Shows 20-23: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”Gypsy QueenRob WardHope Theatre CompanyAssemblyInto an arena most known for its machoism, bravado, and physical feats of strength and fitness, Rob Ward places two boxers who develop a love between them that runs counter to the extreme homophobia so prevalent in that world. One is out already; one is not … [Read more...] about “Day 8, Shows 20-23: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 7, Shows 17-19: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 7, Shows 17-19: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”From Ibiza to the Norfolk BroadsAdrian BerryPleasanceA father he has not seen nor heard from since he was two and a famed, gender-fluid rock star he has never met nor seen in live performance have shaped who Martin is as he now turns eighteen. A loner who has a severe eating disorder and sometimes does not … [Read more...] about “Day 7, Shows 17-19: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 6, Shows 14-16: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 6: Shows 14-15, TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”Mies JulieYael FarberBaxter TheatreAssemblyThe love of another versus the love of land. Honoring roots of one’s past versus living the promise for one’s future. The leftover familiarities of colonialism versus the still unknowns of freedom. And of course, white versus black.These are … [Read more...] about “Day 6, Shows 14-16: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 5, Shows 13 & 14: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 5, Shows 13 & 14: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”The Divide, Part 1Alan AyckbournOld Vic, Edinburgh International Festival & Karl Sydow ProductionKing TheatreThe year is 2201, and we are all gathered in a large lecture hall for “The Divide Lectures,” delivered by two professors — a man decked out in all white and a woman in all black — who … [Read more...] about “Day 5, Shows 13 & 14: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 4, Shows 9-12: TheatreEddys Goes to 2017 Edinburgh Fringe”
“Day 4 Shows 9-12: TheatreEddys at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”Black MountainBrad BirohA Paines Plough, Theatre Clwyd & Orange Tree Theatre ProductionSummerhallA retreat into a mountain cabin might be just the spot for any couple having a bump in their relationship to spend a couple days and work things out. The sound of birds in the surrounding woods; a hike … [Read more...] about “Day 4, Shows 9-12: TheatreEddys Goes to 2017 Edinburgh Fringe”
“Day 3: Shows 6-9: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”
“Day 3 Shows 5-8: TheatreEddys at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”Not about HeroesStephen MacDonaldFlying BridgePleasance What force drives a man who is an avid anti-war advocate in his poetry and personal stance to go back into a war he absolutely no longer believes is legitimate? Further, how could this possibly happen to two poets, two men who have developed a … [Read more...] about “Day 3: Shows 6-9: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”
“Day 2, Shows 2-4: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 2, Shows 2-4: TheatreEddys at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”Atlantic:America & the Great WarRyan Bernsten & Desiree Staples (Writers); Christopher Anselmo (Composer)The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland with the American Theatre Project, Northwestern UniversityAssemblyWith wave after wave of gloriously intertwined harmonies sweeping from the stage, the sixteen … [Read more...] about “Day 2, Shows 2-4: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 1, Show #1: TheatreEddys at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 1, Show #1: TheatreEddys at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”Show #1, 2017 Edinburgh Fringe FestivalImprobable FictionAlan AyckbournEdinburgh Theatre ArtsA nervous man tries his best to count the curious variety of padded stools, folding chairs, and ottoman seats circled around him; and he simply cannot seem to come up with the required ten. He is about once again … [Read more...] about “Day 1, Show #1: TheatreEddys at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Theatre Eddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe FestivalFor the fourth time, I am returning to the inspiration and spawning parent for the network of over 200 fringes around the world, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Now in its 70th year, the Fringe has been emulated not only in our own San Francisco, but in cities across the United States, Canada, and on the continents of … [Read more...] about “Theatre Eddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“La Cage aux Folles”
La Cage aux FollesHarvey Fierstein (Book); Jerry Herman (Music & Lyrics)San Francisco PlayhouseThe tempo of the overture’s tunes — familiar in music and long-memorized in words for many in the audience — quickens in direct proportion to the packed theatre’s palpable rise in energy level and anticipation. In a tease to an audience who to a person already knows where … [Read more...] about “La Cage aux Folles”
“The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga”
The Four Immigrants: An American Musical MangaMin Kahng (Book, Music & Lyrics)Based on Manga Yonin Shosei by Henry Yoshitaka KiyamaTheatreWorks Silicon Valley The Cast of The Four ImmigrantsThe story of immigrants arriving on the shores of the Golden State is told with songs that often sound as all-American as “Yankee Doodle” – songs with notes of jazz, … [Read more...] about “The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga”
“Summary of 2017 Theatre Eddys at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland”
Summary of 2017 Theatre Eddys at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, AshlandThe following is my final rank-order of the ten plays I saw this year in Ashland at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. I was lucky enough to see all but one of the 2017 season’s offerings.The list starts with what I consider the best show of the year, that one being among many good ones. I include … [Read more...] about “Summary of 2017 Theatre Eddys at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland”
