Get Eddie’s recommendations for shows on stage now that you should be sure not to miss.
Constellations
Written as a two-hander and performed as such since its 2012 premiere on the West End, Broadway, and many regional theaters throughout the country, Constellations is given an innovative, insightful, and invigorating twist by director Reed Flores in the current production by The Pear Theatre.
Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean: A New Musical
Lyricist and groundbreaking trans actor Shakina has been joined by book writer Ashley Robinson and music composer Dan Gillespie Sells (whom together recently opened their musical version of Brokeback Mountain in London’s West End) as she also stars in TheatreWork’s 54th season-ending “Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean: A New Musical” — a summertime must-see and deservedly to be sold-out-hit for Bay Area audiences.
Annunciation
A woman’s recounting of her first year in California post college is the core of Lauren Groff’s tender short story full of both heart and humor, Annunciation — a work of prose brought to the stage in the unique, fascinating, and fully captivating verbatim manner that San Francisco’s Word for Word has utilized in wowing its audiences for over thirty years.
Co-Founders
Created over several years here in the Bay Area in conjunction with A.C.T. by Ryan Nicole Austin, Beau Lewis, and Adesha Adefela, Co-Founders is a visual and musical celebration of young coder Esata’s raw ingenuity and gutsy boldness with original music by Victoria Theodore (music team leader) spanning the genres of hip-hop, soul, R&B, rock, funk, jazz, and more.
