“Mother of Exiles,” developed in The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New Work, is…
Emily S. Mendel
Emily S. Mendel, a writer, and photographer, has been a regular contributor to culturevulture.net since 2006, where she concentrates her reviews on San Francisco theater and art. As a native New Yorker (although now a long-time San Francisco Bay Area resident), Emily grew up loving and studying theater, from Off to On Broadway, as her multi-volume Playbill collection attests. Ending her 30-year law practice has given Ms. Mendel the time to indulge in her love of travel and the arts.
“The Hills of California” is a poignant tale of a mother’s ambition that irrevocably altered the lives of her four…
Playwright Maury Zeff makes high school seem a lot more exciting than I remember it all those years ago. Yes,…
“Manet & Morisot” is the first major exhibition dedicated to the artistic and personal connection between two superb 19th-century French…
Usually, I think plays are too long, because some playwrights erroneously think audiences won’t fully understand their creations without repetition….
My interest in seeing Berkeley Rep’s new production of Jake Brasch’s semi-autobiographical play “The Reservoir” heightened after I read several…
The longtime volunteer artistic organization, Actors Ensemble of Berkeley, is presenting a charming and amusing version of “The Taming of…
There may be no better current musical revival than the SF Playhouse’s delightful version of the legendary 1956 Lerner and…
Playwright Terry Guest has a lot to say — about the South and its history, race and racism, love and…
“Yellow Face” is the darling of Broadway these days. It’s up for a Tony for Best Revival of a Play,…
It was a pleasure to see San Francisco Playhouse’s winning production of the multi-layered, complex, yet heartfelt “The Curious Incident…
“Crumbs from the Table of Joy” is an entertaining, engaging, and engrossing two-act play about the life of the African…