Instant Replay: Mendelssohn’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Online by the SF Ballet
SF Ballet brings back last year’s winning show for a not-quite-perfect online presentation.
All that Glitters during the Cold: ‘Utopia’ World Premiere at Cutting Ball and ‘Holiday Sauce… PANDEMIC!’
Before Christmas touches town, I look back on two flamboyant shows by Cutting Ball and Taylor Mac.
And ‘On’ and ‘On’ it Goes: ACT’s ‘A Christmas Carol: On Air’ and SF Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker Online’
Not even a global pandemic can stop the ACT and SF Ballet from bringing their annual holiday productions to the world.
Don’t Steal My Shine: ‘The Light’ online at Shotgun Players
Misogynoir is taken to task in Shotgun’s virtual production of Loy A. Webb’s breezy script.
Paint it White Privilege: ‘Art’ (virtual production) at SF Playhouse
Yasmina Reza’s clunky script is given an equally shaky production for SF Playhouse’s virtual season-opener.
If Only that were Enough: Josh Kornbluth’s ‘Citizen Brain’ (virtual) World Premiere by Shotgun Players
Shotgun belatedly opens its new socially-distant season with a well-intentioned-but-slightly-aloof solo show.
Belated Black Baseball Play Review: ‘Toni Stone’ West Coast Premiere at ACT
My very-late, but still-relevant review of the ACT’s show about this unsung heroine of baseball history.
What Dances shall We have: Mendelssohn’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at SF Ballet
SF Ballet’s gorgeous remount ‘Midsummer’ only lasted one night, which somehow seems appropriate.
‘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.
Don’t You think You’re Falling: ‘Gloria’ West Coast Premiere at ACT
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins leans too heavily on shock value and “death (wink, wink) of print” clichés in his latest show at the ACT.
The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III) 