The Pain Ends with Death: ‘The Children’ West Coast premiere at the Aurora
Top-notch acting and direction opens Aurora’s 2020 with a well-written play that doesn’t stick the landing.
Sleaze Company: ‘PolySHAMory’ at The Marsh – SF
Kate Robards’ latest is a show about marriage and sex that – wouldn’tcha know it? – finishes too soon.
Love Machine: ‘The Watson Intelligence’ at Shotgun
Though Shotgun pulls off some grand production design, Madeleine George’s script doesn’t successfully tackle the themes it ponders.
‘Big’ Love in a Small Movie: ‘The Big Sick’
Though hindered by the conventions of its genre, this based-on-a-true-story rom-com has more than enough to make it worth the watch.
‘Chuck’ it Out
A fascinating true story is given the worst made-for-tv treatment in biopic.
Trying to be ‘Everything’ at New Conservatory
A mediocre script is just one problem with this world premiere Transgender tale by New Conservatory Theatre.
‘John’ Dope: Annie Baker at ACT
Annie Baker couldn’t commit to writing one play, so she combined all of them into one interminably long ACT production.
Wounded ‘Animals’
Fashion designer Tom Ford adapted and directed this fascinating character study about reopening old wounds.
The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III) 