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.
Berkeley Rep’s ‘Tartuffe’ smart fun with no morning-after regrets (Review)
If you’ve been petutzed by the DC clowns, so devoid of the Christian virtues they claim to profess, Tartuffe will have a salutary effect on your blood pressure - at least temporarily.
TheatreWorks ‘The Lake Effect’: More Rajiv Joseph magic (Review)
Like North Pool and Bengal Tiger in the Baghdad Zoo, the characters of Lake Effect take a heightened form of the imperfect journey we all take when crossing into uncomfortably different worlds.
Antigone at the Cutting Ball (Review)
Loper is the sort of actor who’s totally in the moment, absorbing what other cast members put out there and responding to it.
Feisty Old Jew: Charlie Varon at the Berkeley Marsh (Review)
Varon’s gift is that he wraps it up in a bow and delivers it to you. That he puts a San Francisco patina on the old country (aka NYC) is one more balm for us displaced right coasters.
Last Words from the Ives Quartet (Review)
Tonight, however, it was impossible not to appreciate the intense attack that began the first movement of this four movement quartet, and the color evident throughout it. Incredibly rich and complex, as performed by the IQ, it seemed impossible that this was a string quartet.
A Post-electric Play: ‘Mr. Burns’ at A.C.T. (Review)
Dystopic though it may be, there’s forward energy here, if only out of the struggle for more lines, and the rights to those lines.
And the Best is Last: András Schiff at Davies Symphony Hall
Schiff’s intense concentration in the slow beginning – not ponderous, but deliberate, taking time to deliver the maximal impact of every note – provided the perfect contrast for the technically complex, bombast section that followed.
Spring at Foothill College: ‘Sunday in the Park with George’
Tyler Bennett’s performance of Seurat had such depth and nuance that it recalls the old Anna Deavere Smith bit about good acting being the furthest thing from lying that she’s encountered.
He’s Baaaaccck: András Schiff (Review)
This could be real stagy stuff, but Schiff is too much the magician for that. Rather that forcing a dramatic overlay, he just stays centered in the notes, not anticipating, not giving anything away. The result is a frothy delight.
We are Family… NOT! ‘The Lyons’ at the Aurora (Review)
Above all, you wonder 'Who are these two to each other?' Is this really the time to be arguing about redoing the living room? You never question why your attention is fixed like a laser on these really disagreeable people.
