The Unheard of WorldFabrice MelquiotTranslation by Michelle HanerfoolsFURYTheatre CompanyBrian Livingston & Joan HowardAs first audience members enter, shadowy forms in white, wispy linen wander before and around us with headlights and flashlights, pausing occasionally to confront one of us. Sometimes aimless and sometimes in more coordinated movements nearing a … [Read more...] about “The Unheard of World”
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“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumStephen Sondheim (Music & Lyrics); Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart (Book)Based on the Plays of PlautusFoothill Music Theatre Photo by David AllenFoothill Music Theatre has provided us with a pleasant venture into ancient Rome in its A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, but I fear the trip will be … [Read more...] about “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”
“Love and Information”
Love and InformationCaryl ChurchillAmerican Conservatory TheatreFifty-seven disparate scenes, lasting a few seconds to a few minutes, pass before us with little pause in American Conservatory Theatre’s Love and Information by much-celebrated Caryl Churhill. They are divided with no apparent logic into six groupings that are introduced on a large, background screen by … [Read more...] about “Love and Information”
“Say Cheese: My Life in Front of a Camera”
Say Cheese: My Life in Front of a CameraLeslie JordanFeinstein’s at the NikkoAt only 4’11”, actor and playwright Leslie Jordan has no problem commanding on his own an entire stage and theatre. From his opening, Southern-drawl line to his final bow, he is in charge and pulling every string possible to draw almost constant laughter from his adoring, mostly gay … [Read more...] about “Say Cheese: My Life in Front of a Camera”
“X’s and O’s (A Football Love Story)”
X’s and O’s (A Football Love Story)KJ Sanchez with Jenny MerceinBerkeley Repertory TheatreFor the past year or so, newspaper headlines, op-ed columns, and in-depth articles in magazines have been full of the mounting woes of America’s favorite sport, football. We have all read of the early-induced Alzheimer’s, the dangers of repeated concussions, the wife abuses, the … [Read more...] about “X’s and O’s (A Football Love Story)”
“Love, Sex, and the IRS”
Love, Sex, and the IRSBilly Van Zandt and Jane MilmoreTribe Productions at the Bindlestiff StudioA 70s sitcom-like comedy, Love, Sex, and the IRS tries so hard to be the great comedy that it is not. Everything but the kitchen sink is employed for wished-for laughs: mistaken identities, cross-dressing, slapstick falls and slaps, slippage off the 4th-floor onto an … [Read more...] about “Love, Sex, and the IRS”
