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.
Good Morning Baltimore! ‘Hairspray’ opens at Broadway by the Bay (review)
No two-dimensional cutout, Grissom’s Edna, a one-man Greek chorus in drag, is the heart of the show.
‘The Caretaker’ with Jonathan Pryce an iconic show
Hassell’s physical movements take on the patterns of speech, as the articulated rhythms of his monologues become poetry.
An American Terrorist: ‘Cat’s-Paw’ features intense, unpredictable finale
Perhaps leaders of small radical organizations have the same issues as men of short stature, masking insecurity with bluster.
Review: ‘High’ starring Kathleen Turner
The deep exploration of the necessity for forgiveness, and how forgiveness itself redeems is a central axis of this work. However, this approach is not sufficient to redeem the play itself.
Review: Darkest Africa brings forth a new Caesar
The African-American Shakespeare Company version of Julius Caesar was effective, in part because the love of the original language seemed palpable.
Making History: Adams, Ax, Bates, Jacobs, Cabrera and MTT
Kramer’s observations struck home – as it probably does for every neophyte musician. Absolute Jest seemed so much to echo that chatter surrounding the Beethoven snippets that is seemed refreshingly organic and altogether non-academic.
Review: ‘Now Circa Then’ at TheatreWorks
This show is hugely effective, in part because Matt R. Harrington and Kimiye Corwin deliver flawless performances. Moreover, the richly appointed set, costuming, and music interspersed between what passes for individual acts take this play to a whole new level.
The Ives Quartet strikes again: Death and the Maiden
The better part of the Ives Quartet salon was given over to the Quartet in D Minor, which Schubert (who died of tertiary syphilis at the young age of 31) wrote in anticipation of his demise.
With and Without Words: Volti
This piece opened with the irregular tinkling of a bell. Voices arose disquietly, held the notes, and let the sound decay.
Purely Classical: Alessandrini conducts the SF Symphony (review)
Alessandrini brought the final movement home with an intensity and focus entirely missing from the multiple recordings I’ve listened to. When the first theme recurs in this final movement, it seems like an old friend.
