Harry Duke
Summer School
The chances of Legally Blonde: The Musical showing up on anyone’s list of “great American musicals” are as likely as the chances of a...
Modern Measures
The Marin Shakespeare Company opens its 30th season with Measure for Measure. Shakespeare on justice and mercy would seem to be a perfect fit...
Cat’s Eyes
“Where is my cat?”
So begins the saga of Wink, playwright Jen Silverman’s long-gestating play whose title character is said cat. Written in 2013, it’s...
Transcending Broadway
For eight years, the Transcendence Theatre Company has entertained local audiences with top quality musical revues featuring magnificent choreography set to a mixture of...
The Power of Memory
The members of a James Dean fan club reunite 20 years after his death in Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean,...
Black Light
Who knew that an employee break room could be such a fertile setting for compelling theatrical drama?
First, David Harrower set his harrowing Blackbird in...
Abstract Rhythms
The Oxford Dictionary defines “jazz” as a type of music of black American origin characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful...
Sour Candy
Most folk’s affection for Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory began with reading the book or watching the somewhat renamed 1971 Gene Wilder...
Fitzgerald’s Game
The venerable Ross Valley Players have a long history of presenting original works to their audiences. In 1984, they initiated the Ross Alternative Works...
‘Peanuts’ Gallery
You won’t find Clark Gesner’s You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown in the pantheon of great American musicals. What began as a concept album...
