Arts & Entertainment Review: Berkeley Rep’s ‘Monsters’ a poignant sibling story, with fighting By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | April 5, 2026 "Monsters" leans into physical action to tell story and has superb fight choreography.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Shotgun Players bring humanity to absurdist ‘The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | March 31, 2026 The acting and direction in this 2002 Tony Award winner are both superb.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Holocaust-themed ‘Our Class’ at SF’s Z Space hits extremely hard By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | March 30, 2026 The show includes an inventive mix of video projections, animation, chalk drawings and symbolic effects.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Devastation is inevitable in Magic Theatre’s compelling modern ‘Macbeth’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | March 26, 2026 This “Macbeth” is set in 1970s New York and plays out as a single 95-minute act.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Teen girls communicate through music in vivid ACT premiere By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | March 23, 2026 Musically infused one-act drama follows a summer in the lives of four gifted high school girls.
Arts & Entertainment Review: New Conservatory Theatre’s ‘Gods & Monsters’ loaded with theatrics By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | March 16, 2026 Stage adaptation of Christopher Bram’s 1995 novel pulls out all the stops.
Arts & Entertainment Review: ‘After Happy’ brews a climate storm, then gets swept up in a hurricane of dialogue By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | March 3, 2026 A new play from Patricia Milton, whose body of work often focuses on older women.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Jimmy Smits, Wanda De Jesús power a gripping ‘All My Sons’ at Berkeley Rep By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | February 27, 2026 Arthur Miller's play examines big moral issues through the lens of family and tragedy.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Scary-good ‘Paranormal Activity’ turns horror tropes into gripping theater By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | February 26, 2026 Plenty of scares alongside deeply felt portrayal of main characters' marriage struggles.
Arts & Entertainment Review: ‘M. Butterfly’ intrigues at SF Playhouse By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | February 16, 2026 David Henry Hwang's 1988 Tony Award winner explores the ineffable mysteries of love.