San Francisco won’t miss Elon Musk
(UPDATED: with Twitter-commentary piece.) He’s leaving California and we’re all the better to be rid of him.
London Breed has gone full Marie Antionette
The mayor of my hometown needs to start taking COVID seriously.
Thank you, Regina King: 2019 Year in Review
My belated look at 2019 puts 2020 into perspective.
‘Clash’-ing Lights and Civil Rights: Culture Clash ‘(Still) in America’ World Premiere at Berkeley Rep
The Latin trio return to the Berkeley Rep with their latest entertaining document of our country’s kookiest characters.
My Kingdom for Cliff’s Notes: ‘Gatz’ West Coast premiere at Berkeley Rep
The famous staged reading of the entire ‘Great Gatsby’ is nothing more than a flickering green light.
Ebony Powers: ‘Manifesto’ at Brava
Rotimi Agbabiaka delivers another winning solo show satirizing race, sexuality, and hunger for fame.
Christmas Movie Round-Up 2019
A Christmas screen-hop features Black Power, White romance, and Sci-Fi. Guess which one I loved?
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.
Freezing Our Balls Off: ‘Snowed In’ by Killing My Lobster
An impossible SF snowstorm provides the setting for KML’s latest holiday sketch set.
Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing: ‘Women Laughing Alone with Salad’ at Shotgun
Shotgun’s latest falls flat with a deafening roar of self-important, casually racist “satire”.
The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III) 