June 29, 2015
“Detroit” closes Aurora’s 23rd season
Summer barbecues fuel a modern farce
“It’s a trailer trash party!” Sharon exclaims to Mary, who served Sharon caviar at her own...
Robert Hall
June 19, 2015
Strand Theater opens with a Caryl Churchill play
ACT inaugurates handsome new theater on Market Street
The biggest Bay Area theater news of 2015 is the...
May 18, 2015
Berkeley Rep stages an Anglo-Italian farce
Critic injured by laughs at Berkeley Rep
Is it possible to get a hernia from laughing too hard in a theater seat? It must be. How else explain the...
April 25, 2015
Lanford Wilson classic at Aurora Theatre
A post-Vietnam family comes to terms on the Aurora stage
We celebrate the Fourth of July with a bang, but what about the day after? Each...
April 23, 2015
“The Way West” at Marin Theatre
Financial failure gets funny at Marin Theatre
Disastrous credit...
April 20, 2015
Berkeley Rep unleashes a flood
Big rain, big emotions wash over Berkeley Rep
She’s a warm, strong, loving woman, devoted to her family and to God--and then all hell breaks...