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.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Shotgun Players’ ‘Choir Boy’ a singing, deeply moving success By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | October 7, 2024 Featuring a cappella performances and vibrant choreography, the show continues through October 26 at Ashby Stage in Berkeley.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Comedy lifted to sublime heights in San Francisco Playhouse’s ‘Play That Goes Wrong’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | September 30, 2024 The 2015 Olivier Award-winning farce -- one of the most produced plays in the US -- runs through November 9.
Arts & Entertainment Review: ACT’s Argentina-set ‘Private Lives’ dances with passion, laughter By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | September 19, 2024 “Private Lives” continues through Oct. 6 at the Toni Rembe Theater in San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Cal Shakes, 50, opens gender-bending ‘As You Like It’ in Orinda By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | September 16, 2024 Performances continue through September 29 at Bruns Amphitheater in Orinda.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Five Betties stage riotous play-within-a-play in Shotgun Players’ fun ‘Collective Rage’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | August 9, 2024 A subversively clever play about five women struggling to find meaning and love runs through August 24 at Ashby Stage in Berkeley.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Easy laughs, solid comedians in ‘Best of The Second City’ at Berkeley Rep By Jean Schiffman, Bay City News | July 18, 2024 The show runs through July 28 at the Rep's Roda Theatre.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Aurora Theatre’s ‘Lifespan of a Fact’ amusingly, pointedly explores the validity of truth By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | June 27, 2024 Funny, provocative and deeply touching, the play runs through July 21 at the Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley.
Arts & Entertainment Review: Berkeley Rep’s ‘Mother Road’ a spellbinding drama about Steinbeck’s Joad family in the modern world By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | June 24, 2024 The play runs through July 21.