Arts & Entertainment Review: Berkeley Rep’s ‘Uncle Vanya’ an adaptation Chekhov would love, with the great Hugh Bonneville By Jean Schiffman, Bay City News | February 20, 2025 Shakespeare Theatre Company and Berkeley Rep's co-production of “Uncle Vanya” continues through March 23.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Aurora Theatre’s ‘Heart Sellers’ takes poignant look at Asian immigrant wives By Jean Schiffman, Bay City News | February 14, 2025 Show continues through March 9 in Berkeley.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Lively performances in SF Playhouse’s wacky ‘Exotic Deadly’ By Jean Schiffman, Bay City News | February 7, 2025 Clever direction by Jesca Prudencio, who helmed the world premiere at San Diego’s Old Globe.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Berkeley Rep’s ‘Thing About Jellyfish’ a dazzling production of a simple story By Jean Schiffman, Bay City News | February 6, 2025 “The Thing About Jellyfish” runs through March 9 in Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Roda Theatre.
Arts & Entertainment Review: ‘Rachmaninoff and the Tsar’ stands out among many great Hershey Felder shows By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | January 13, 2025 Play runs through February 9 at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts in Mountain View.
Arts & Entertainment Review: A delightfully unpredictable relationship develops in Shotgun Players’ ‘Thirty-Six’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | November 25, 2024 “Thirty-Six” continues through December 22 at Ashby Stage in Berkeley.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Berkeley Rep’s ‘Jaja’s African Hair Braiding’ a sensitive, fun look at sisterhood By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | November 14, 2024 Performances continue through December 15 at Peet’s Theatre in Berkeley.
Arts & Entertainment Review: ‘Clue,’ the wild stage version, is as fun as the board game By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | October 23, 2024 The ensemble is impeccable, and hilarious, in the tour of "Clue," onstage in San Francisco and San Jose through November 4.
Arts & Entertainment Review: TheatreWorks’ ‘King James’ details a fascinating friendship over 12 years By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | October 14, 2024 Playwright Rajiv Joseph has a gift for putting just a few characters onstage and bringing audiences to laughter, gasps and even tears.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Solo actor extraordinaire Dan Hoyle strikes again in ‘Takes All Kinds’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | October 7, 2024 Dan Hoyle fully inhabits diverse characters in his new solo show at the Marsh in San Francisco, playing through October 26.