KQED The Trojan War: This Time It’s Personal
In Berkeley Rep’s An Iliad, the antiquated story of the Trojan War is dusted off and the ancient tradition of the storyteller is reanimated. Source: The Trojan War: This Time It’s Personal
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Shotgun Players’ ‘Assassins’ Is a Macabre Revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Musical | East Bay Express
Staged as as a grotesque carnival, the production trots out a murderous lineup of sad sacks and misguided misfits who fired on Presidents Lincoln through Reagan. The play asks the question: “Why’da do it?” Source: Shotgun Players’ ‘Assassins’ Is a Macabre Revival of Stephen
Psychotic Mother Belts It Out, Wins Tony. It’s Next to Normal. | KQED Arts
A Broadway pop musical about Electroconvulsive Therapy and suicidal ideation, Next to Normal uses sardonic wit and dark humor to lighten this heartbreaking story of a family devastated by mental illness. Source: Psychotic Mother Belts It Out, Wins Tony. It’s Next to Normal. | KQED
Musician’s talents showcased at last in Berkeley rep premiere
A portrait of an artist as a young black man, “Passing Strange” is one of the most exciting new plays to come along in quite some time, Source: Musician’s talents showcased at last in Berkeley rep premiere
`WICKED’ A SHARP FAIRYTALE CAMPY, | The Press Democrat
“Wicked,” a dissenting opinion on conventional “Wizard of Oz” wisdom, reveals the plight of a persecuted, scape-goated witch at the hands of a feeble figurehead, hiding behind an impressive Ozian smoke screen.
Lisa Kron’s priceless performance probes parent-child dynamics | The Press Democrat
Lisa Kron’s “solo show with other people in it” is not turning out as Kron had planned. It’s not what was described in her grant proposal. But that’s what happens when you bring your mother onstage with you. Source: Lisa Kron’s priceless performance probes parent-child
SF stage production an improvement on well-known animated Disney tale
A pantheistic parable told in bold African colors and sounds, “The Lion King: The Musical” melds breathtaking puppetry, uncanny costumery and brilliant bodies in motion. A Mickey Mouse project this is not. Source: SF stage production an improvement on well-known animated Disney tale