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.
He’s Funny that Way: Oscar Wilde at Stanford
Caldwell’s Algernon bounced between insouciant petulance and the brittle wit of the chronically self-assured.
Review: ‘The Loudest Man on Earth’ opens season at TheatreWorks
In his anger, in his creativity, and in his love, actor Adrian Blue becomes larger than life.
Safiya Martinez at the SF Marsh
With little more than two wigs, a hoodie, a hat and a few minor props, Martinez stuns the audience as she flips through her characters, capturing some unique essence of each one.
Theater Review: ‘A Minister’s Wife’ at San Jose Rep
The drawing room of 'A Minister’s Wife' is a space you dream of moving into, with spare lines and restraint appropriate to an Anglican minister, but filled with rich colors and walled bookcases laden with books.
This is How it Goes
Marin indicates he might not be the most reliable narrator, but since he presents multiple takes on an event, you dismiss it. Sometime later, the ah-hah hits, and you realize that the apparent falsity was some of the best acting Marin’s ever done.
Taking on the Titan: SF Symphony, Gil Shaham and Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky occupies a strange place for us – not just because he’s Stravinsky, but because the great span of his life makes him so unnervingly contemporary.
Ojai North! at Berkeley: Mark Morris, Stravinsky and more
Morris’ dancers aren’t the usual ballet clones of perfection, but appear more like you and I on a particularly god-like day, making them seem more and more like a miracle.
Review: ‘George Gershwin Alone’ at Berkeley Rep
Like Copland, Gershwin was the foreigner who created American music, mirroring us back to ourselves.
Marvel Comics, Opera Parallèle & Gesualdo, Prince of Darkness
Gesualdo is better known as a cuckold who killed his wife, her servant and her lover - a story that rates as prime operatic plot material.
