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.
Continuing the work for a new generation: Opera Parallèle ‘Ainadamar’
That something extraordinary is afoot is evident even before the curtain opens as ghostly figures of small girls, white dresses matching white pancake, wend their way through the lobby, coursing slowly throughout the theatre.
Astonished and Amazed: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra at the Bing
Grabbing a glass of wine and bite of cheese in their café and sitting on one of the long benches, strategically curved so as to provide an intimate moment, made me deliciously happy. By comparison, Davies Symphony Hall makes you feel as if you're in an airport.
Review: ‘Red’ All about Mark Rothko
If the photos of Rothko that litter the web are any indication, King completely nails Rothko’s physical persona. His intense performance is so unrelenting that one wonders what it does to one’s spirit to be Mark Rothko, night after night.
Wrapped in Loss: ‘Our Practical Heaven’ at Aurora
The incompleteness don't so much detract as it engages, presenting riddles that need to be uncoded. Without this incompleteness there would be no drama.
Good Night Moon at Palo Alto Children’s Theatre: Never too late for a second childhood
They sing, dance, provoke cows, tangle yarn, wreak havoc, and work their way straight into your heart.
Best of Baroque: American Bach Soloists (Review)
Musical director Jeffrey Thomas is a treasure to music lovers, especially those who want to learn more about this music because he takes the group's role as educators so seriously.
Review: ‘After Ashley’ at the Dragon
As Ashley, Meredith Hagedorn is the veritable Everywoman. However, she’s not the sanitized Everywoman you get in freshman lit, but one who unravels even faster than she gets it together.
Dreaming at TheatreWorks: ‘Somewhere’ (Review)
The lengthy story presents the Candelarias, who argue with such passion across the dining room table that they remind me of my own family.
The Walls are Melting: Wavy Gravy at the Berkeley Marsh
We need our elders, and as Mr. G. approaches 76, we need him to be long of tooth, beaming with his great heart.
