Minister Jim (A.C.T. core acting company member Manoel Felciano) and Beverly (A.C.T. core acting company member René Augesen) share a laugh, while Russ (A.C.T. core acting company member Anthony Fusco) ignores them. Photo by Erik Tomasson.

Review: ‘Clybourne Park’ is must-see theater

Risque suits Geary Street just fine.
Allison Moore

Playwright Allison Moore on ‘Collapse’

My husband and I use the bridge all the time.
Jeremy Kushnier, Alice Ripley, and Asa Somers

Review: ‘Next to Normal’ goes for the heart

We rapidly learn that this is not “just another day” as we watch Diana unravel.

Review: ‘Compleat Female Stage Beauty’ at City Lights Theater

"Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to Heaven."
Annabella (Rebecca Dines) and Richard Hannay (Mark Anderson Phillips) in the uproarious Hitchcockian spoof, THE 39 STEPS at TheatreWorks. Photo credit: Mark Kitaoka

Theater Review: Talent shines in ‘The 39 Steps’

Mark Anderson Phillips in the lead role is a stand-out.
A.C.T. core acting company member René Augesen celebrates her tenth anniversary with A.C.T. Photo by Kevin Berne.

A.C.T. celebrates Pinter’s legacy with ‘The Homecoming’

A long-absent son and his attractive wife, Ruth, return to his contentious childhood home in London’s East End.
With his latest monologue, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs at Berkeley Rep, master storyteller Mike Daisey investigates our culture’s love affair with technology. Photo courtesy of kevinberne.com
Shadowlands

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.
Private Eyes

Theater Review: ‘Private Eyes’

When nothing is what it seems and everything is subject to question.
Stark Insider Theater

Weekend: Around the Bay Area

But first, here on the west coast, weekends must begin with wine.