THEATRE REVIEWS
The Old Globe Revives the Remarkably Fresh 1950s Play ‘Trouble in Mind’
Delicia Turner Sonnenberg’s production…encourages audiences to reflect on what has and hasn’t changed in 65 years…
Read MoreCygnet’s ‘Life Sucks’ Makes Its Comic Case
Chekov deserves lush, and Old Town’s Cygnet Theatre has given Life Sucks a lush production…
Read More‘Admissions’ at OnStage Satirically Probes Race in Daily Life
OnStage Playhouse takes advantage of a solid cast to explore how race and racism has crept into daily life during a period of sharply contrasting ideological differences…
Read MoreMoxie and TuYo’s ‘Sapience’ is Wise in Unexpected Ways
Sapience is defined as unexpected insight associated with the notion of communicating in unusual ways…
Read MoreNorth Coast’s ‘Desperate Measures’ Plays with Shakespeare, and Maybe, Molière
In Peter Kellogg and David Friedman’s musical, Desperate Measures, a West Coast premiere playing through February 12 at North Coast Repertory Theatre, a Shakespeare “problem play” (Measure for Measure) is converted into a tuneful farce that perhaps has more in common with Molière than with its purported source. Even so, what better way is there to chase away winter doldrums than with a musical romp?
Read MoreBill’s 2021 Theatre List: A Top Seven Plus Some Honorable Mentions
I couldn’t come up with a “top ten” this year, but I’ve got seven…listed chronologically.
Read More