Aunt Lakie’s Not Coming to DinnerSusan RabinWindy City Productions at The Phoenix TheatreThe table is set for company, and cookies are coming out the oven as two, elderly, Jewish sisters prepare to welcome an aunt and uncle for dinner. However, that is not to be since Aunt Lakie has just left this world for the beyond; and it is that unfortunate surprise that springs open … [Read more...] about “Aunt Lakie’s Not Coming to Dinner”
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“The Libation Bearers”
The Libation BearersAeschylusDragon Productions TheatreWhile The Libation Bearers is one of the earliest full dramas ever performed (458 BCE, as part of the trilogy The Oresteia), its center theme of violence begetting violence as a vicious, unending circle still unfortunately resounds and describes what we see all too often two and half centuries later. This is the … [Read more...] about “The Libation Bearers”
“Late: A Cowboy Song”
Late: A Cowboy SongSarah RuhlCustom Made TheatreOne of our currently most prolific and recently most-produced-in-the-Bay-Area playwrights, Sarah Ruhl, returns to a local stage in a production of an early play that foreshadows the themes, the aura, and women of her later, now-well-known/loved works (e.g., In the Next Room, Eurydice, Clean House, Dead Man's Cell Phone). … [Read more...] about “Late: A Cowboy Song”
“Promises, Promises”
Promises, PromisesMusic by Burt Bacharach; Lyrics by Hal David; Book by Neil SimonSF PlayhouseCatching this show near the end of its 8+-week run and having seen the excellent, recent Broadway revival (2010-11) with Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth (among others), I was both excited and skeptical as the show began. This 1968 musical about a ambitious insurance junior … [Read more...] about “Promises, Promises”
