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.
Review: A grunt in the direction of ‘Hobo Grunt Cycle’
Time and time again, the audience was confused as to what exactly was happening on stage.
Theater Review: ‘Avenue Q’ Broadway musical at the Orpheum San Francisco
With a dynamic cast, a great score, a funny script, and a harsh kind of honesty, this show has so much going for it - including that rarity of rarities, a second act that is just as strong as the first. Avenue Q signifies some kind of high water mark that keeps bringing us back to the theatre again and again.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra: Louis Spohr, keyed trumpets and a young Mendelssohn
Cassone’s stunning tremulos, lightning trills and soaring melodies would have been well nigh impossible on the natural trumpet.
Review: New Century Chamber Orchestra takes it on the road
The complexity of this smoky music was immediately gripping.
In San Francisco: Labayen Dance a rare pleasure
The grey-haired bodies of men no longer in their ‘20s have more fluidity and expression and power than many younger contemporaries.
Review: ‘Next to Normal’ goes for the heart
We rapidly learn that this is not “just another day” as we watch Diana unravel.
Theater Review: ‘Shadowlands’ by Palo Alto Players
I'd happily take John Anthony Nolan (Major Warnie Lewis) home and deposit him in an overstuffed chair in my living room.
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra starts the year on a high note
Animated and friendly, the melody of the first moment was thrown back and forth between horns and violin - and in a small way made some part of the universe right.
San Francisco Bay Area Wrap Up: Nutcracker Redux
In short, Dumas stripped key elements from the original story, leaving behind a saccharine shell.
Review: Chanticleer comes home for Christmas to St. Ignatius
The name “Chanticleer” comes from the “clear singing” rooster that appears in Chaucer’s The Nun’s Priest’s Tale.
