Arts & Entertainment Review: Berkeley Rep’s musical ‘Lunchbox’ is charming, heartfelt, joyful By Jean Schiffman, Bay City News | May 29, 2026 Based on the 2013 film of the same name, it is, to put it simply, a must-see, writes Jean Schiffman.
Arts & Entertainment Review: SF Playhouse’s feminist revenge ‘Dracula’ feels forced By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | May 27, 2026 Under Bill English’s direction, the play strives to be funny as well as horrifying.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Oakland Theater Project stages entrancing ‘House of Bernarda Alba’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | May 26, 2026 Federico Garcia Lorca wrote the play in 1936 as fascism was taking over Spain.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Royal Shakespeare’s ‘Hamnet’ simply dazzles in ACT presentation By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | April 23, 2026 Show will impress fans of the book and movie, as well as those new to the story.
Arts & Entertainment Review: ‘Come From Away’ at TheatreWorks inspires faith and hope By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | April 21, 2026 A feel-good musical in the best possible sense of the phrase.
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.