Arts & Entertainment Review: ACT’s ‘Lehman Trilogy’ a perfectly dazzling portrait of a family and America By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | May 30, 2024 Sam Mendes’ production of the Tony Award-winning hit plays through June 23 at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
Arts & Entertainment Review: We Players bring wacky, whimsical ‘Adventures with Alice’ back to Golden Gate Park By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News | May 16, 2024 Witty site-specific show is for kids and adults alike who are guided from scene to scene starting near Sprekels Lake.
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.