Inside-Out: My 2019 in Bay Area Theatre

No "Best Of" yet, but here are some emotional ponderances on the decade-ending year that was.

At the Hour of Our Death: ‘4.48 Psychosis’ at Anton’s Well

Sarah Kane's rarely-produced final work is the subject of a wonderfully haunting production by Anton's Well.

The Stupidity Principle: ‘Heisenberg’ at ACT

Science has nothing to do with this poorly-written May-December rom-com at the ACT.

I saw ‘Black Panther’ last night and My Life is Better for it (My Non-Spoiler Review)

Black Panther isn't a hero "who happens to be Black," rather Black identity is central and crucial to the story of his fantastic first MCU solo film.

Pillar of Salt: Looking back at the Best and Worst of 2017

Sorry, Frank - it was NOT "a very good year". Still, there were bright spots to be found.

In For A Penny: Accepting New Membership

In which I encourage people on BOTH SIDES of the “diversity” debate to think beyond mere tokenism.

San Francisco Theater Pub

Charles Lewis III, on long term goals and short term contributions.

“What is true of creed is no less true of nationality. There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism.”
– Theodore Roosevelt, Address to the Knights of Columbus (1915)

Now that the cat’s outta the bag, I thought about following up Meg, Tonya, & Stuart’s recent entry with my own reminiscence about what the ‘Pub has meant to me and what I think will happen when it’s gone. I’m going to hold off on that for three specific reasons: 1 – with a few more months to go, it hasn’t actually ended yet; 2 – I wrote a good-bye piece the first time the ‘Pub “died”, and the new one I’m thinking of shouldn’t be repetitive (which it won’t – I’ve already started it and it’s a bit heartbreaking); and 3 – I’ve also been thinking…

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Bonnie, Clyde, and (a) Shotgun

Two strong leads command the stage in Shotgun's staging of Adam Peck's flimsy script.