Cy Ashley Webb
Cy spent the ‘80’s as a bench scientist, the tech boom doing intellectual property law, and the first decade of the millennium, aspiring to be the world’s oldest grad student at Stanford where she is interested in political martyrdom. Presently, she enjoys writing for Stark Insider and the SF Examiner, hanging out at Palo Alto Children's Theatre, and participating in various political activities. Democracy is not a spectator sport! Cy is a SFBATCC member.
Post-zombie apocalypse ‘Iliad’ storms San Jose (Review)
This is a massive tome, and their cuts were well placed to “sing the rage of Peleus’s son Achilles” without tediously dragging the audience across every Greek battlefield or repeating the well known story of the Trojan horse.
Ain’t nothing but a hound dog
This version of 'Hound of the Baskervilles' by TheatreWorks stays true to its Brit roots, perhaps in a way never imagined by Arthur Conan Doyle. Hint: think Monty Python.
Review: Mario Frangoulis at the Nourse
His voice was so strong that he could have blown away the entire Nourse Auditorium if he dispensed with the mic.
Juditha Triumphans a Triumph
LaBelle could sing ASCII code and still make you weak in the knees. Genaux could do the same, all the while convincing you that the most heart-rending drama just taken place.
‘Venus in Fur’ a laugh-aloud thriller
Meaney’s take on the seemingly flaky, abrasive actress who arrives late for an audition eases the audience into these transitions, at least until the realization dawns that she’s left much unrevealed as she deftly transitions to the character she plays.
Mozart v. Salieri: ‘Amadeus’ at City Lights (Theater Review)
O’Reilly has a quiet intensity, as if consciously containing all the energy at his command.
Another Gem at Berkeley Rep: ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’ (Review)
Steven Epp is smart, irrepressible, and so damn funny that you really should pee before entering the theatre.
Ives Quartet brings Henry Cowell into the salon
The tone of this embraced opposites: dreamy, but not relaxed; fluid, but still tense, and propelled forward by curious rhythms.
Once On This Island an eye opener
This high energy TheatreWorks production pulsates to a French Caribbean beat, radiating life force.
A Little Spring Music: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
The heaviness of medieval music has been thrown off, the emotional extremes of the romantic period have yet to be envisioned, and now it’s time to join in the gavottes, allemandes, courents, menuets, and other dances circulating across Europe.
