Monologuist Brian Copeland inhabits a host of finely drawn characters in his coming-of-age tale.
Suzanne WeissTheaterCA,
Brian Copeland has a sad story to tell. But he tells it with such wit and self-deprecating humor that his audience has been laughing through its tears. For 10 years, in fact, making “Not a Genuine Black Man” allegedly the ...
Words and their subtext in human relationships form the core of this provocative work.
Suzanne WeissTheaterCA,
Lovers and losers; speaking and signing; silence and sound; but, above all, family. It’s all interwoven in the intricate pattern of Nina Raine's “Tribes,” one of the best shows to come down the pike in a long, long time. As ...
David E. MorenoDanceCA,
How does one mark a particular passage of time, with some anniversaries being more significant than others? For Margaret Jenkins this meant looking back over 75 productions, early studio performances, site-specific works, and international collaborations. At age 71, she has ...
These small-scale paintings engage the viewer with their depictions of the artists’ favorite places and familiar people.
Emily S. MendelArt & ArchitectureCA,
“Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art” is an engaging exhibition of 68 pieces of excellent, small-scale Impressionist and post-Impressionist portraits, landscapes and still lifes created between 1860-1910 by unparalleled artists, including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh ...
A.C.T.'s rendition of the New York sensation offers a twist on the tale of sex and power.
Suzanne WeissTheaterCA,
Don’tcha just hate those people who, hearing of a local production of a hot new play, look down their noses and pronounce: “I saw it in New York”?
“Venus in Fur”? I saw it in New York. And, while ...
David E. MorenoDanceSan Francisco,
A green jogging jacket, a role of white duct tape, a blue hand towel, and a plastic water bottle sit piled on one side of a dance floor. Across from it on the other side are the same ...
“The Vinegar Works: Four Dances of Moral Instruction” (World Premiere)
“Mercury Half-Life” (West Coast Premiere)
David E. MorenoDanceCA,
“The Vinegar Works: Four Dances of Moral Instruction” is a perfectly realized dance theater performance, and a perfect ending for the Trey McIntyre Project’s farewell tour. Ten years ...
David E. MorenoDanceCA,
“Should I look among the living,
Should I look among the dead,
If I am searching for you, like Lazarus did?”
The West coast premiere of, “Like Lazarus Did” included a live performance by the San Francisco ...
Michael McDonaghFilmCA,
You'd think you were living on another planet, or in at the very least an alternate reality when you leave your house after watching the news. Is everyone out to get you, and is the world really falling apart at ...
This breakneck-paced farce will make you laugh even as it leaves you wondering about the justice system it lampoons.
Suzanne WeissTheaterCA,
Full disclosure: I don’t much like farce. Slapstick and pratfalls and opening and slamming doors somehow never manage to tickle my funny bone. That said, I am forced to tell you that I could not stop laughing during Berkeley Rep’s ...
