Oakland native Marcus Gardley is an acclaimed poet, playwright, screenwriter, and TV writer. He won the 2022 WGA award for…
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Exceprts from an interview with Emily Mendel. Her review of “Octet” is here. On the human voice:“I was the stereotypical…
Theatre for a New Audience’s searing and brilliant new production of “The Merchant of Venice” (a co-production with DC’s Shakespeare…
My cultural round-up has usually centered on theater. This year theater finally did come back and hooray for that but…
As a decades-long Joni Mitchell fan, I have attempted to explain to others the difference between Joni and Joan Mitchell…
The delightful improv show “Freestyle Love Supreme,” recipient of a 2020 Special Tony Award®, is back on Broadway, just in…
“Unfortunately, I have a lot in common with Eugene Onegin,” said Ethan Vincent, the 30-year-old Apprentice Artist who understudied the…
Marcellina, the role mezzo soprano Apprentice Artist Lindsay Kate Brown is taking over for the last two performances of “Marriage…
The Makings of an Article (Plus Living Will) Forgive the bold introduction. But it hurts. As a willing writer, my…
In the midst of the pandemic, a handful of movies initially slated for theatrical release refused to be left behind…
The “Plandemic Movie” was uploaded to YouTube on May 4, 2020. By May 9, it had been viewed eight million…
South-by-Southwest (a.k.a. SXSW) began in Austin, TX as a music festival in 1987, continuously expanding in the years since to…
“A Thousand Splendid Suns”, a new play based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Khaled Hosseini (“Kite Runner”), focuses…
It was a pleasure to watch some of my favorite Bay Area artists and director doing their best work at…