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”
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“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”
