Sense and Sensibility Paul Gordon (Book, Music & Lyrics) Based on the Novel by Jane Austin TheatreWorks Silicon Valley For those who have experienced even a few of the 175 plays and musicals that Robert Kelley directed during the first fifty years of the Tony Award winning company he founded – Theatreworks Silicon Valley – there are much … [Read more...] about Sense and Sensibility
Robert Kelley
“Fun Home”
Fun HomeJeanine Tesori (Music); Lisa Kron (Book & Lyrics)Based on the Graphic Novel by Alison BechdelTheatreWorks Silicon ValleyThe Cast of Fun HomeTheatreWorks Silicon Valley, under the empathic direction of Artistic Director Robert Kelley, presents a Fun Home whose rooms are full of a family’s sweet memories, troubling secrets, and – in its hidden corners -- liberating … [Read more...] about “Fun Home”
“Two Minds”
Two MindsLynne KaufmanThe MarshBrian Herndon & Jackson Davis“Together, we had a goose that would lay a golden egg; and when we didn’t, we had an omelet.” Such is the memory of his many years in collaborative relationship with his thinking and research partner, Amos Tversky, that Daniel Kahneman recounts as he receives the 2002 Nobel Prize for Economics on both of … [Read more...] about “Two Minds”
“Around the World in 80 Days”
Around the World in 80 DaysAdapted by Mark Brown from the Novel by Jules VerneTheatreWorks Silicon Valley The Full CastThere are times when going to the theatre should be just for the fun of it, with nothing to be learned and with no heavy messages. After the year that we in the audience have endured in 2017 with all the troubling turbulence in our political and … [Read more...] about “Around the World in 80 Days”
“Rags”
RagsJoseph Stein (Book); Charles Strouse (Music); Stephen Schwartz (Lyrics)TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Recent Refugees Arrive in "Rags"In 1989, a little company in Palo Alto called TheatreWorks staged a version of Rags -- a 1986, major Broadway failure -- that both helped establish the company’s national reputation as well as send the musical on a long journey of … [Read more...] about “Rags”
