The Laramie ProjectMoisés Kaufman (and Members of Tectonic Theatre Project)Palo Alto Players The Cast of The Laramie ProjectPalo Alto Players joins thousands of previous productions to present a play that still shakes one to the core as we and the citizens of Laramie try to understand how and why this crime could have happened in their community. And … [Read more...] about “The Laramie Project”
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“Alabama Story”
Alabama StoryKenneth JonesCity Lights Theater Company Maria Giere Marquis, Karen DeHart, Bezachin Jifar,and Erik Gandolf Perhaps no profession is more universally stereotyped in movies and minds than the local librarian. Portrayed and generally viewed as meek, prudish, and out of touch with day-to-day reality, the views seem quite universal, be the librarian male … [Read more...] about “Alabama Story”
“Bright Star”
Bright StarSteve Martin (Music, Book, Story) & Edie Brickell (Music, Lyrics, Story)Curran TheatreCarmen CusackUpfront, let’s just admit that some of the lyrics are full of more corn and clichés than a barn’s loft and that the story’s twists and turns are so unbelievably fantastical that even the audience laughed when the story’s dramatic ‘big reveal’ was reenacted. … [Read more...] about “Bright Star”
“This Bitter Earth”
This Bitter EarthHarrison David RiversNew Conservatory Theatre CenterH. Adam Harris & Michael HannaGrief over a devastating loss unfolds as a series of sometimes disconnected memories whose recall follows no particular timeline in Harrison David Rivers’ riveting, moving This Bitter Earth, now in its world premiere at the New Conservatory Theatre Center. As one man’s … [Read more...] about “This Bitter Earth”
“Hamlet”
HamletWilliam ShakespeareAmerican Conservatory TheatreJohn Douglas ThompsonThat something is “rotten in Denmark” becomes immediately obvious in the opening minutes of American Conservatory Theatre’s current production of Hamlet. Black-clad men climb from the bowels of some underground passageway, with streaks of stark light emanating from the subterranean world onto … [Read more...] about “Hamlet”
“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-TimeSimon StephensSHNAdam Langdon“I see everything. Other people are lazy; they don’t see everything.”A boy of fifteen years, three months, five days indeed can count from a fast moving train the exact number of trees on a hillside, of clouds in the sky, and of hues of green in the meadows passing by. He notes without … [Read more...] about “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”
“Monsoon Wedding”
Monsoon WeddingSabrina Dhawan (Book); Vishal Bhadrwaj (Music); Susan Birkenhead (Lyrics)Berkeley Repertory CompanyMembers of the Cast of Monsoon WeddingWith one grand splash of kaleidoscopic colors surrounded by pulsating beats of uplifting music and bodies moving and dancing in all directions, one opening number (“Song of My Heart”) tells us all we need to know that the world … [Read more...] about “Monsoon Wedding”
Monty Python’s Spamalot
Monty Python’s SpamalotEric Idle (Book & Lyrics); John Du Prez & Eric Idle (Music)Palo Alto PlayersThe Cast of "Monty Python's Spamalot"Bringing to a local theatre a big, Broadway stage show that many people have already seen either in New York or one of its tours can be tricky. But when that smaller production fills its stage with props delicious in their … [Read more...] about Monty Python’s Spamalot
