A Post-Halloween Sweetener at 42nd Street Moon: ‘The Boy Friend’ (Review)
Rarely do we have such a reliable witness who wears the fact she's been around the block a time or two with such discrete flair.
Marsh Magic: ‘Memphis on My Mind’
Like how Memphis, Egypt sits on the river Nile, she points out, her Memphis is also on a river. Things move slowly. People and situations don’t really change – and when they do, it’s rarely for the better.
Something different on ‘The 39 Steps’
The killer comedic timing of Neuenfeldt, Ward, and Noble keeps this fast-paced spy thriller, which serves more as a Brit equivalent to Get Smart!, than an alternate take on the Hitchcock original, moving forward.
London’s Calling: ‘Sweeney Todd’ (Review)
Ayn Rand might find Studwell's transitions to the iconoclastic demon barber of Fleet Street so effective that she’d just have to get over the central conceit likening cannibalism to capitalism.
The Waltz, the Waltz… Do you Hear a Waltz?
This comparison of European and American attitudes toward marital fidelity suggests that while Americans aren’t as sophisticated as we like to think, we were far more sophisticated in the early ‘60s than we tend to remember.
Conspiracies, suspicions unnerve in superb ‘Ideation’ (Review)
A new play starring ... corporate consultants? Can it possibly work? A resounding yes and yes.
Stage: ‘Bad Jews’ the power of words and silence (Review)
In Magic Theatre's latest Bay Area Premiere, 'Bad Jews' by playwright Joshua Harmon, we are drawn into an intensely personal debate about family, identity and tolerance.
Prepare to be Wowed: Bill Irwin & David Shiner at ACT in ‘Old Hats’ (Review)
Old Hats is about growing older in a clown’s body – a subject near and dear to those who feebly thwart increasing decrepitude.