Still at RiskTim PinckneyNew Conservatory Theatre CenterThe Cast of Still at RiskAs the final decade of the twentieth century was just beginning, an article in the July 16, 1990 New York Times reported that in the U.S., “212 cases of full-blown AIDS are diagnosed every day; there is one AIDS death every 12 minutes; and a new case of infection every 54 seconds.” At a time … [Read more...] about “Still at Risk”
world premiere
“The Millionth Production of A Christmas Carol”
The Millionth Production of A Christmas CarolJames KoppPear TheatreThe Cast of The Millionth Production of A Christmas Carol Entitled The Millionth Production of A Christmas Carol, the play by James Kopp receiving its world premiere at Pear Theatre is a love story to local, struggling theatre companies. By the thousands across America in towns … [Read more...] about “The Millionth Production of A Christmas Carol”
“The Eva Trilogy”
The Eva TrilogyBarbara HammondMagic TheatreJulia McNealWith ocean waves crashing somewhere in an unseen nearby and invisible sea gulls noisily swooping overhead, she sits on the stage’s lone brick doorstep. Forehead furrowed deep for someone only in midlife, cheeks alternating between long and pooched but always with cheerful dimples, and red hair giving away her Irish heritage … [Read more...] about “The Eva Trilogy”
“The Prince of Egypt”
The Prince of EgyptStephen Schwartz (Music & Lyrics); Philip LaZebnik (Book)TheatreWorks Silicon Valley (in collaboration with Fredericia Teater, Denmark) Diluckshan Jeyaratnam & Jason Gotay Almost twenty years later, the creators of the 1998 animated film, The Prince of Egypt – Stephen Schwartz (music and lyrics) and Philip … [Read more...] about “The Prince of Egypt”
“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”
“Thomas and Sally”
Thomas and SallyThomas BradshawMarin Theatre CompanyMark Anderson Phillips & Tara PachecoIf Thomas Bradshaw were a writer of history books, then that subject might very well be THE favorite of school kids across America. Instead, he is a playwright who has created a detailed, engaging, sometimes a bit shocking, and often quite funny timeline of our third president and … [Read more...] about “Thomas and Sally”
“Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations”
Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the TemptationsDominique Morisseau (Book); The Legendary Motown Catalogue (Music & Lyrics)Berkeley Repertory TheatreEpraim Sykes, Jeremy Pope, James Harkness, Jared Joseph & Derrick BaskinIn silver-grey suits with a slight sheen of sparkle, the five appear, fingers smartly snapping at their sides in perfectly synchronized … [Read more...] about “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations”
“Day 7, Shows 17-19: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 7, Shows 17-19: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Fringe Festival”From Ibiza to the Norfolk BroadsAdrian BerryPleasanceA father he has not seen nor heard from since he was two and a famed, gender-fluid rock star he has never met nor seen in live performance have shaped who Martin is as he now turns eighteen. A loner who has a severe eating disorder and sometimes does not … [Read more...] about “Day 7, Shows 17-19: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 6, Shows 14-16: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 6: Shows 14-15, TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”Mies JulieYael FarberBaxter TheatreAssemblyThe love of another versus the love of land. Honoring roots of one’s past versus living the promise for one’s future. The leftover familiarities of colonialism versus the still unknowns of freedom. And of course, white versus black.These are … [Read more...] about “Day 6, Shows 14-16: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 5, Shows 13 & 14: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“Day 5, Shows 13 & 14: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”The Divide, Part 1Alan AyckbournOld Vic, Edinburgh International Festival & Karl Sydow ProductionKing TheatreThe year is 2201, and we are all gathered in a large lecture hall for “The Divide Lectures,” delivered by two professors — a man decked out in all white and a woman in all black — who … [Read more...] about “Day 5, Shows 13 & 14: TheatreEddys Goes to the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival”
“The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga”
The Four Immigrants: An American Musical MangaMin Kahng (Book, Music & Lyrics)Based on Manga Yonin Shosei by Henry Yoshitaka KiyamaTheatreWorks Silicon Valley The Cast of The Four ImmigrantsThe story of immigrants arriving on the shores of the Golden State is told with songs that often sound as all-American as “Yankee Doodle” – songs with notes of jazz, … [Read more...] about “The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga”
“Hannah and the Dread Gazebo”: Day 9, Play 11, Theatre Eddys at OSF Ashland 2017
Hannah and the Dread GazeboJiehae ParkOregon Shakespeare Festival“This is a story about a wish.” But does this story really have a beginning, a middle, and an end? Should it? Must it? Or is this a story where we simply accept and enjoy that there is something about a stone in a bottle, about a tiger and a bear, about magpies and garlic, and about a … [Read more...] about “Hannah and the Dread Gazebo”: Day 9, Play 11, Theatre Eddys at OSF Ashland 2017
“What You Will”
What You WillMax GutmannPear TheatreAmelia Adams & Jim JohnsonRarely, if ever, can anyone in the Western World go through a day without either quoting or hearing quoted at least a few, choice lines from the 118,406 William Shakespeare left us. What if several thousand were selected from his thirty-seven plays– purposely and cleverly of course – and rearranged into a … [Read more...] about “What You Will”
“Warplay”
WarplayJC LeeNew Conservatory Theatre Center JC Sclazo & Ed BerkeleyHow inevitable is it that most boys will play war when they are kids, that plastic helmets and swords will be badges of honor to wear, and that lifelong bonds will often form with other guys as they tumble on the fields of backyard battle? And how likely is it that those same boys will grow to be men … [Read more...] about “Warplay”
“Grandeur”
GrandeurHan OngMagic TheatreCarl Lumbly“Time is the greatest writer of us all.Time has written over what I’ve written. Time has made me more moving than I set out to be and less potent than I was before.”Time’s march toward some inevitable but as-yet-undefined end for one man is an underlying tension point in Han Ong’s new play, Grandeur, now in its world premiere at Magic … [Read more...] about “Grandeur”
