Get Eddie’s recommendations for shows on stage now that you should be sure not to miss.
The 39 Steps
Whether a virgin to The 39 Steps or seeing the Hitchcock thriller turned the Barlow farce for the fifth time as I, the sounds and sights, the surprises and silliness, and the suspense and spoof of San Francisco Playhouse’s current production make this latest 39 a definite must-see.
Unpacking In P’Town
In her third, commissioned world premiere at New Conservatory Theatre Center as the final part of a trilogy honoring 20thcentury African American artists and performers, Jewelle Gomez once again more than proves her incredible mastery for combining history with heart, crisis with comedy, and memory with moving forward.
Queen
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley opens Madhuri Shekar’s Queen, a captivating, nail-biting dive into the scientific, mathematical workings of two brilliant, young women as they feverishly near the finish line of their multi-year, career-defining research that could literally help save the world’s agriculture industry and food supply.
Boss McGreedy
With a superb cast of three who each bring deliciously and distinctly honed quirks and qualities in voice, countenance, and stance to their characters, Boss McGreedyis a rip-roaring, yesteryear tale of justice being sought against a corrupter bursting in his bloated ego, lots of stashed wealth, and constant rants and ravings against the “lies, lies, lies” of a prosecutor’s office and against the “filthy, gossip rag,” The New York Times.
Pipeline
In the caring and capable hands of director L. Peter Callender and with a cast superb and stellar in every dimension, the African-American Shakespeare Company stages an often heart-stopping, a sometimes heart-breaking, yet in the end a heart-warming Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau.