Saturday, July 12, 2025
Richmond & Maxwell's Witty Story & Songs Spotlight Stellar Ensemble by Kim Waldron "Ride the Cyclone" was reviewed on September 30, 2024, at NCTC. The standard musical does not start…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:18AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 26, 2025
Shakespeare & Christina Anderson's Madcap Update Shines by Kim Waldron "Comedy of Errors" is guaranteed fun; I laughed a lot. It's a Play on Shakespeare co-production"they're the people …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:02PM[SHARE]Saturday, March 8, 2025
Matthew Gasda's Tech Titans Clash in San Francisco by Kim Waldron I can't remember the last time I was so exhilarated listening to dialogue"in this case, a fight by the tech elite over who g…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 06:44PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 26, 2024
Joyful Raven's High-Spirited Solo Celebrates Women's Rights by Kim Waldron First posted September 4, 2022, for Joyful Raven's performance at Playground, S.F. = NOW PLAYING at THE MARSH-SF,Â…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:50PM[SHARE]Friday, October 11, 2024
Lewis, Sayer, Shields Deliver Campy Non-Stop Laughs by Kim Waldron I thought I didn't like farce, but it turns out I just needed to see one done right"like San Francisco Playhouse's "The Pla…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:49PM[SHARE]Monday, September 30, 2024
Richmond/Maxwell's Witty, Whimsical Musical Spotlights Stellar Ensemble by Kim Waldron The standard musical does not start with a death, let alone half a dozen, but there's not much standard…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:35PM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Naomi Iizuka's 'Play On Shakespeare' Pits Loyalty vs. Betrayal by Kim Waldron You may get lost during this tale of a tragic king, but if you can follow the story, it offers plenty of rewards…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 11:37PM[SHARE]Monday, May 6, 2024
Joyful Raven's Hilarious, High-Spirited Solo Fits the Moment by Kim Waldron This review was first published on September 4, 2022, for Joyful Raven's "Breed or Bust" at Playground-sf.org at P…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:04PM[SHARE]Saturday, April 27, 2024
Michael R. Jackson Creates Bold, Black, Queer Meta-Musical by Kim Waldron "A Strange Loop" is a musical about a Black queer writer writing a musical about a Black queer writer, who happens t…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:16AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 19, 2023
Donlon & Pitt Serve Smorgasbord of Clowning & Mime by Kim Waldron Mimes and clowns on a bare stage"This is live theater, not your 3,264th Netflix movie. Flying Actor Studio founders …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 09:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Stephen Sondheim Dares Us to Look at Our Violence by Kim Waldron "Every now and then the country goes a little wrong," sings the "Assassins" Proprietor, the tap-dancing Keith Pinto. This che…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:49PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 13, 2022
Kazu Kusano: There's No Stopping Her! by Kim Waldron The Fringe Festival is for something different and "Pretty Beast" obliges. Kazu Kusano's one woman show tells an immigrant story, but…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:19PM[SHARE]Saturday, September 3, 2022
Joyful Raven's High-Spirited One-Woman Show Fits the Moment by Kim Waldron Abortion rights are tangled up again. We've got access in California, and we're lucky to have Medicaid to cover the…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:52PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 13, 2022
Michael Wayne Turner III Shows a Little Madness Is a Good Thing by Kim Waldron First, we see a dandy, one with a vast and classy wardrobe, his face expressive with a ready smile and eloquent…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 07:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Shakespeare Gets Dangerous in Women's Prison Setting by Kim Waldron "Mischief, thou art afoot," and it's thrilling. In Director Phyllida Lloyd's "Julius Caesar," the actors appear as inmates…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:37AM[SHARE]Monday, February 11, 2019
Rogers & Eurice Unleash Classic Comic Conspiracy by Kim Waldron A bearded man in corduroy blazer wanders onstage and flinches when he sees the audience. He fishes for his reading gla…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:22AM[SHARE]Saturday, February 2, 2019
Mary Zimmerman's Magical Mystery Tour of Myth Returns by Kim Waldron "All magic is about transformation," master illusionist Eugene Burger once said. Mary Zimmerman's "Metamorphoses" is all …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 11:58PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Lopez & Marx's Adult Sesame Street Meets Queer Musical by Kim Waldron "I love the lively ones," said my friend, after seeing "Avenue Q."Â She's right. Spirited and profane, with smart…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:52AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Suzan-Lori Parks Sings a Layered Tale by Kim Waldron It's the rhythm, the music in the language, that captures us. A young man piles up milk crates, tops them with flat cardboard, and lays d…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:16AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Aristophanes & Bousel Hit Home with Greek Slapstick by Kim Waldron Do America's raging factions disturb you? Does wealth inequality frustrate you? Do you despair over absurd government l…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 03:04PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 8, 2018
Addie Ulrey Asks Questions It's Safer to Ignore   by Kim Waldron Nimbly juggling a rifle between bare feet, 13-year-old, bi-gender Montanan Brucie puzzles over dragons while rolling a…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 11:40PM[SHARE]Friday, March 23, 2018
Simon Stephens' Science of the Human Heart by Kim Waldron Riding on the London subway, a young woman impulsively kisses a much older man on the neck. Can he trust her? Can we trust them? …
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:38PM[SHARE]Thursday, March 8, 2018
Alice Birch's Women Revel in Un-Civil Disobedience  by Kim Waldron The career woman wants more time off from work. The young girl is forced to marry her rapist. A woman feels tra…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 01:42AM[SHARE]Monday, February 19, 2018
A Spellbinding Journey, Unadulterated and Moving by Kim Waldron Ominous jazz music hints at danger, vaguely threatening figures creep in, bent over, shadowy, in a parade choreographed for me…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:25AM[SHARE]Monday, January 22, 2018
Athol Fugard's Homage to Art and Friendship Inspires by Kim Waldron I couldn't stop staring at the marvelous room on the stage as I waited for the play to begin. The vividly painted green an…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:42PM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Witty Musical Comedy Pornifies Sesame Street by Kim Waldron Songs ranging from "You Can Be as Loud as the Hell You Want (When You're Makin' Love)"Â to "Schadenfreude" to "It Sucks to Be M…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 12:49AM[SHARE]Monday, November 20, 2017
Burroughs & Waits' Bargain with the Devil Fascinates by Kim Waldron "Adult fairy-tale musical" sounds off-kilter, but what better entertainment for off-kilter times? Imaginative writing,…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 04:17AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Living and Making Art in the Face of Death by Kim Waldron "You're Going To Die" might be the only place in the USA where death is regularly and easily discussed, then set to really great mus…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 12:01AM[SHARE]Saturday, October 21, 2017
David Gerard Conjures a Funny, Magical Evening by Kim Waldron Hip, improvisational, non-stop laughter"words not usually associated with a magician and mind reader, are they? But nothing less…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 08:35PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Fats Waller and Friends Still Swingin' and Jivin' Â by Kim Waldron Picture two men dressed to the nines, bowler hats to spats, with three women, draped in purple, shimmery green and scarle…
SOURCE: Theatrius at 05:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Shakespeare Gets Masterful Acting, Stylish Staging by Kim Waldron At Cal Shakes, Director Tyne Rafaeli has staged a "Measure for Measure" for our time. The striking costumes offer a first cl…
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