Arts & Entertainment Review: Eddie Izzard brings a spare, solo ‘Hamlet’ to ACT’s Strand Theater By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | April 5, 2025 “Hamlet” runs through April 20 at American Conservatory Theater’s Strand Theater in San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Audiences will have a great time at Marin Theatre’s ‘Mrs. Krishnan’s Party’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | March 21, 2025 “Mrs. Krishnan’s Party” runs through March 30 at Marin Theatre, 397 Miller Ave., Mill Valley.
Arts & Entertainment Review: New Conservatory Theatre Center stages Colman Domingo’s touching ‘Wild with Happy’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | March 17, 2025 Show continues through April 6 at New Conservatory Theatre Center in SF.
Arts & Entertainment Review: ACT’s dazzling ‘Nobody Loves You’ irresistibly spoofs reality TV By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | March 13, 2025 Performances run through March 30 at ACT’s Toni Rembe Theater in San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Seniors could be funnier in ‘Happy Pleasant Valley’ sex scandal murder mystery musical By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | March 10, 2025 “Happy Pleasant Valley: A Senior Sex Scandal Murder Mystery Musical” continues through March 30 at Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto.
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.