tokyo fish storyKimber LeeTheatreWorks Silicon Valley Frances Jue, Linden Tailor & James SeolAudiences may soon forget the ‘story,’ but the visual memories of Kimber Lee’s tokyo fish story as produced in its Northern California premiere by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley may well last a lifetime. An old Japanese man biking with meditative strokes high in a … [Read more...] about “tokyo fish story”
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“Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin”
Hershey Felder as Irving BerlinLyrics & Music by Irving BerlinBook by Hershey FelderTheatreWorks Silicon Valley Hershey FelderWith over 1500 published songs to consider (232 hitting Top 10 charts and 25 reaching Number One) ranging from universal classics such as “White Christmas,” “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” “Easter Parade,” and even “God Bless America,” how … [Read more...] about “Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin”
“Jane Austen’s Emma”
Jane Austen’s EmmaPaul Gordon (Music, Lyrics & Book)Adapted from the novel by Jane AustenTheatreWorks Silicon Valley Travis Leland & Lianne Marie DobbsWith a bit too much pride in the prejudices she firmly holds about who should be married to whom, Emma allows her sense and sensibilities to cloud her good-hearted judgments about others’ lives and to squelch her own true … [Read more...] about “Jane Austen’s Emma”
“Proof”
ProofDavid AuburnTheatreWorks Silicon ValleyL. Peter Callender as Robert & Michelle Beck as CatherineIf x = the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, y = the inspired casting and direction choices by Leslie Martinson, and z = a decision by Artistic Director Robert Kelley to revive at this particular time his company’s 2003 production of David Auburn’s Proof, the impressive total … [Read more...] about “Proof”
“Country House”
The Country HouseDonald MarguliesTheatreWorks Silicon ValleyPhoto by Kevin BerneAll the needed cast is arriving in the wooded Berkshires to ensure that Donald Margulies’ play about theatre people, The Country House, covers the bases in poking loving jabs at all possible roles in this regional premiere by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Here enters (with a flair of course) … [Read more...] about “Country House”
“Triangle”
TriangleCurtis Moore (Music); Thomas Mizer (Lyrics)Thomas Mizer, Curtis Moore & Joshua Scher (Book)TheatreWorks Silicon Valley “Say a name, and you can never forget.Say a name, and it’s not over yet.Maybe no one’s ever gone.” Hauntingly, beautifully sung in the opening moments as audience has barely settled into their seats, these lyrics by Thomas Mizer set to the … [Read more...] about “Triangle”
“Fallen Angels”
Fallen AngelsNoel CowardTheatreWorks Silicon ValleyImagine in 1925 a twenty-four-old aspiring playwright writing a riotous comedy about two married women plotting together to have a weekend fling with a visiting Frenchman while their husbands are off on a golf holiday! Ninety years later, such a set-up seems a bit ho-hum; but at a time when women had just won the right to … [Read more...] about “Fallen Angels”
“Fire on the Mountain”
Fire on the MountainRandal Myler & Dan WheetmanTheatreWorks Silicon ValleyWith relatively few spoken words but instead with three dozen songs and several score of projected, vintage photographs, Fire on the Mountain tells a moving, powerful story of the Appalachian coal miner. The might of the media used in this timeline history that covers much of the twentieth … [Read more...] about “Fire on the Mountain”
