Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Live shows are closed due to COVID-19 Virus FREE Streaming Shows " Now Playing " April 8, 2020 Ongoing "The Afterlife" " Gary Soto " S.F. Youth Theater Ongoing "Radical"& "Scotus…
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Local Theaters Pull Off Trick of Plays at Home by Barry David Horwitz In the hopes that we all get through this pandemic with our wits intact, our beloved local theaters have begun to offer …
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Lydia R. Diamond's Spectacular Play Embodies Our Herstory by Barry David Horwitz Toni Stone was a real live woman who yearns to play baseball. But she's female and Black. She manages to over…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:27PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Rat-Race Delivers Comedy Gold by Tanvi Agrawal & Barry David Horwitz "Gloria" leaves us thinking about the rat-race that Millennials face"how exploited their live…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:19PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 19, 2020
John Collins Makes Stage Magic with The Great Gatsby by Barry David Horwitz "Gatz" has everything"love, passion, party, class conflict, car culture, and self-involvement. F. Scott Fitzgerald…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:32AM[SHARE]Friday, February 14, 2020
Michael Moran's Sorcery Exposes U.S. Excess & Delusion  by Barry David Horwitz Watching Macbeth go down the muddy hole, circling the bloody drain of ambition, cynicism, and self-delus…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:58PM[SHARE]Saturday, February 1, 2020
Ryan Fogarty Exposes Boys in the Bandwidth by Barry David Horwitz Ryan Fogarty's gay bromance puts guilt, love, and regret on extravagant display. The hosts, a flamboyant gay couple: Dev (li…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:29AM[SHARE]Monday, December 23, 2019
Sarah Ruhl Mixes Witchcraft, Women, & Wit by Barry David Horwitz As you walk into Berkeley Rep, you see life-size mannequins in Puritan costumes, looming over the ground-level stage. It …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:58PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Brian Copeland: A Genuine Christmas Gem! by Barry David Horwitz Everyone knows that Brian Copeland, famed for his "Not a Genuine Black Man" solo show that has toured the country and played f…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:52AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Bryna Turner Depicts Daring Lesbian Leader by Barry David Horwitz Under the old filagree wooden arches and overflowing ivy of a small women's college"thanks to designer Nina Ball"we enter tw…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:20AM[SHARE]Monday, November 18, 2019
International Acrobats Leap, Fly, Dance into Our Dreams by Barry David Horwitz Acrobats and spectacular gymnasts from Japan, Brazil, Canada, Russia, UK, Australia, and U.S. come together in …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 11:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Megan Cohen Ridicules the Rich in Climate Apocalypse by Barry David Horwitz Under the deft hand of director Ariel Craft, a new vein has been opened in San Francisco satirical theater. With p…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:48PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Suzan-Lori Parks Imagines Slavery with Amazing Grace by Barry David Horwitz Looking for a dramatic meditation on what it's like to be a millennial black guy or gal in these days in the good …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:36PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Francis Turnly Revives North Korean & Japanese Betrayals by Barry David Horwitz Like the Greeks and Elizabethans, modern playwrights have found a voice to examine national secrets throug…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:29PM[SHARE]Saturday, September 21, 2019
Joshua Harmon's Witty Comedy Fuels First-Rate Acting by Barry David Horwitz At Los Altos Stage Company there's a surprise waiting for you. A spectacular production of "Admissions" by Joshua …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:36AM[SHARE]Monday, September 16, 2019
Stephen Karam Looks at US from a Funny Angle by Barry David Horwitz What if aliens were observing us from another world, watching our daily lives? Would they be amused? In other words, w…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:33PM[SHARE]Saturday, September 7, 2019
Shakespeare's Roman Empire Strikes New Trumpean Notes by Barry David Horwitz I have always avoided this play. It's a horror show of grotesque, gory, and ghoulish murders, rapes, and tortures…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:58AM[SHARE]Friday, August 30, 2019
August Wilson's Twenties Saga Traces 'Race' Records by Barry David Horwitz "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" burns with suppressed Jazz Age anger: "How to deal with the white man?" Accomplished sin…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:24PM[SHARE]Friday, August 23, 2019
Madhuri Shekar Unmasks Our Lies: Joy, Freedom, Equality by Robert M. Gardner & Barry David Horwitz Madhuri Shekar's "House of Joy" delivers ancient Indian spectacle, gorgeous costumes an…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:42AM[SHARE]Friday, August 9, 2019
John Fisher's One-Man Army Triumphs! by Barry David Horwitz John Fisher is obsessed with WWII. When he was a kid in the Marin suburbs, John Fisher found a way to escape his family's bigoted …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:47PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 8, 2019
Scott Silven Connects His Guests to Each Other, Magically by Barry David Horwitz Scott Silven, a consummate storyteller and performance artist, artfully connects an elegant dinner, mind-bend…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:45PM[SHARE]Monday, July 29, 2019
James Ijames Ships Black Myths to Hell by Robert M. Gardner & Barry David Horwitz One after the other, we meet four intriguing, intelligent, young black men, ranging from age 15 to 30, e…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:25AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Christina Gorman Probes Whistleblower & Wife by Barry David Horwitz Christina Gorman's political thriller depicts the intriguing case of a couple who each want to "do the right thing." W…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:35PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 20, 2019
Tennessee Williams Gets A Smart Stanley & Trans-Blanche by Barry David Horwitz In a storefront theater in Brooklyn, Stanley Kowalski charges in with a roar of "STEEEELLLLAAAA!" that echo…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:08PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 17, 2019
James Ijames Captures Black Lives in Limbo by Jesse Marley and Barry David Horwitz Walking into Ashby Stage, we are confronted by Celeste Martore's magnificent, stark white set, an abstract …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:08AM[SHARE]Monday, July 15, 2019
Savannah Reich Stages Hilarious Debate: Farming vs. Hunting by Barry David Horwitz When you enter the great cave at Z Space for Faultline Theater's "Caveman Play" by Savannah Reich, it's fil…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:04PM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 3, 2019
Shakespeare's Dark Comedy Illuminates #MeToo, #Resist by Barry David Horwitz At Marin Shakespeare Company, a rich complement of fine comic actors bring on the fun in "Measure for Measure," a…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 11:35PM[SHARE]Saturday, June 29, 2019
Jen Silverman's Cat Takes Fabulous Human Form by Barry David Horwitz Once that cat climbs out of his grave and assumes human form"even though he's been skinned alive"all bets are off! And th…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:27AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Jonathan Larson Sings across Two Decades"to US by Rachel Norby and Barry David Horwitz After twenty years of fame and fortune, "Rent" has become a star-making machine. Young people from all …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:52PM[SHARE]Monday, June 17, 2019
Rajiv Joseph's Comedy Exposes Seduction of Innocents by Barry David Horwitz Could there be a more topical play than Rajiv Joseph's "Archduke"? Here's a new play about young people manipulate…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 12:30PM[SHARE]Monday, June 10, 2019
Ionesco's Comedy Disrupts the Known Universe by Barry David Horwitz You can view Director Frank Galati's streamlined version of Eugène Ionesco's 1959 play "Rhinoceros" as a puzzle or a time…
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