Arts & Entertainment Review: ‘Extreme Acts’ explores why people choose to live on the edge By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | May 14, 2024 Through June 2 at The Marsh in San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment Rousing, sensitive ‘Blue Door’ details a Black man’s struggles By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News Foundation | April 30, 2024 Aurora Theatre’s production of Tanya Barfield’s beautiful, wrenching drama is a must-see.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Returning to Haifa’ offers personal views of Jews, Palestinians in conflict By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News Foundation | April 25, 2024 The play is adapted by Naomi Wallace and Ismail Khalidi from the 1969 novella by Ghassan Kanafani.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Speakeasy’ wonderfully whisks guests to SF’s Prohibition era By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News Foundation | April 25, 2024 Part immersive theater, part time-traveling escape-from-reality event, and musically retro in the best way.
Arts & Entertainment At ACT, funny Kristina Wong sews her way to fame during COVID By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News Foundation | April 9, 2024 The hilarious, incisive "Sweatshop Overlord" was also nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
Arts & Entertainment World premiere of play about Betty Reid Soskin’s amazing life By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News Foundation | April 1, 2024 “Sign My Name to Freedom" was commissioned by San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Far Country’ an affecting look at Chinese immigrants on Angel Island By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News Foundation | March 14, 2024 Berkeley Rep's production of Lloyd's Suh's play is poignant, painful, and gently comic.
Arts & Entertainment Research on bees, complex dynamics fuel the entrancing ‘Queen’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News Foundation | March 11, 2024 Complex scientific issues meet tangled emotional relationships in this stellar production by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley.
Arts & Entertainment Great actors make great villains in Central Works’ ‘Boss McGreedy’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News Foundation | March 5, 2024 Fine actors at their best in a tale that stokes the audience's schadenfreude.
Arts & Entertainment Family chaos in Berkeley Rep’s riveting ‘Cult of Love’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News Foundation | February 1, 2024 A three-act look at one family’s spectacularly emotional meltdown.