David E. MorenoDanceSan Francisco, CA Kyle Abraham ("The Serpent and the Smoke") 2013 Joshua Beamish ("Conditional Sentences") 2015 World Premiere Brian Brooks ("First Fall") 2012 Alejandro Cerrudo ("Ego et Tu") 2013 ...
Emily S. MendelFilmCA, The brilliant film “Mr. Turner” examines the great, albeit, peculiar, British Romantic landscape and seascape painter, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851). Writer and director Mike Leigh (“Secret and Lies,” “Topsy Turvy”) has made a remarkable dramatic film, which presents a ...
Emily S. MendelTheaterSan Francisco, CA In "Our Town," three-time Pulitzer prize-winning author Thornton Wilder created a profound and intimate exploration into American life and death. And, although it was written over 76 years ago, the Shotgun Players’ version of the drama remains fresh and vibrant ...
This ambitious endeavor melds to-the-hilt comic acting, brisk pacing, and imaginative scenic design in a crowd-pleasing rendition of the Broadway hit.
Suzanne WeissTheaterSan Francisco, CA With enough swash and buckle and bathroom humor to satisfy any kid and lots of double entendre and witty word-play for the grownups, Peter Pan and his crew flew back in town with a little something for everyone. Silicon ...
David E. MorenoTheaterCA, San Francisco has its icons, from the Golden Gate Bridge to Chinatown, including the gay Castro district. And, as the world has recently been brought to its knees to remember, it has its share of dynasties too; from the San ...
This compelling drama, which examines the tense relationship between a dictator and his shrink, works best when it underscores Zimbabwe's racial divide.
Emily S. MendelTheaterSan Francisco, CA An intimate power struggle between Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe, and Dr. Andrew Peric, a white Zimbabwean psychiatrist, is the compelling concept of this gripping, finely acted drama. British author Fraser Grace based his riveting play, first produced by ...
Though the show has a number of laughs, star Kathleen Turner never fully inhabits her subject.
Suzanne WeissTheaterSan Francisco, CA Molly Ivins deserves better. “Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins,” Kathleen Turner’s one-person show (except for a copy boy, Michael Barrett Austin, who silently wanders in and out, handing her dispatches from the AP wire machine that ...
Hard to describe, this theater piece is best enjoyed on its own merits and a suspension of disbelief.
Suzanne WeissTheaterSan Francisco, CA Don’t ask me what it means. The inspired nonsense that comes out of the fertile brain of Robert Wilson is meaningless, yet fraught with meaning — barely comprehensible but hugely entertaining — absurdism at its finest. There’s a story there ...
David E. MorenoDanceCA, Alonzo King’s "Lines Ballet" could easily be called the "Limbs Ballet" as many of the gangly dancers sport excessively sinewy arms and legs, including hands that seem to extend beyond their fingertips. To this natural fluidity, grace, strength, and at ...
David E. MorenoDanceSan Francisco, CA Mago In Three Parts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb6K9ZUMQAA Mago: as work in progress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl7X932-o2k “I had a dream. There was a woman who ...
