Theater Review: ‘Abraham Lincoln’s Big, Gay Dance Party’

This highly amusing satire on the state of our current political discourse is really about intolerance, bigotry and hypocrisy, in no particular order.

Theater Review: ‘The Color Purple’

An American classic in shades of purple.
Amelia Earhart: Flights of Fancy

Amelia Earhart flies again

I want to go to my next board meeting, tricked out as Amelia Earhart, or better yet, as the mustachioed French cameraman.

Theater Review: ‘Every Christmas Story Ever Told’ at San Jose Stage

This hilarious family-friendly fun-filled evening is The Stage’s Christmas gift to south bay audiences. Don’t miss it.
Stephen Bent as Zossima, Paul Magid as Dimitri, Roderick Kimball as Pavel, and Mark Ettinger as Alexei in The Flying Karamazov Brothers' production of 4Play at San Jose Repertory Theatre.

The Flying Karamazov Brothers thrill with ‘4Play’

The Brothers are a bit like Blue Man Group, but without the body paint and shaved heads.
Natacha Roi playing Aphra Behn and Ben Huber playing King Charles II at Magic Theatre. Written by Liz Duffy Adams, directed by Loretta Greco. Photo by Jennifer Reiley.

Theater Review: ‘Or,’ is it just the beginning?

Once again, Magic Theatre stages a gem of a play.
A rider and an aerialist in the return of CAVALIA under the White Big Top by AT&T Park in San Francisco. Photo Credit: Frédéric Chéhu

Cavalia: One step to a new complicity

Like most things, it sounds better in French.
Darren Criss debuts on Glee

Darren Criss, Young Conservatory Alumnus, Appears on Glee

Criss’s debut on the show on Tuesday, November 9, 2010, generated substantial buzz.

Theater Review: ‘CTRL + ALT + DELETE’ opens in Mountain View

Boy, was I ever wrong… this production is fast-paced, brilliantly cast and laugh aloud funny.
(l to r) Amalia Mesa-Gustin, Kim Fischer, Spencer Fortin and Hallie Sekoff perform in Lauren Yee’s script, Joey Buttafuoco Eats a Pastrami Sandwich, one of two winners in the annual Teen One-Acts Festival. Photographer: Kevin Berne

Berkeley Rep invites teens to take over the theatre at One-Acts Festival

The Teen One-Acts Festival encourages young writers to develop ideas about issues that inspire them.