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Omoze Idehenre and Manoel Felciano in American Conservatory Theater’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Photo by Kevin Berne
Theater is musical even when it’s not necessarily musical theater. At the very least, you’re likely to hear music in the lobby before and after the show or at intermission. People sing on stage, even in plays, and what’s [...]
Opened June 10, 2990 at American Conservatory Theater
René Augesen is Ann and Anthony Fusco is Peter in the “Homelife” half of Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo, the final show of the American Conservatory Theater season. Photos by www.kevinberne.com
Human beasts, growl, purr, bark in Albee’s revised `Home/Zoo’«««« (four stars for Act 1) ««« (three [...]
Opened May 13, 2009 at the American Conservatory Theater
Rachel Ticotin (left) is Doña Milla, Lela Loren (center) is Flora and Robert Beltran is Don Fermin in the American Conservatory Theater production of Boleros for the Disenchanted by José Rivera. Photos by Kevin Berne (www.kevinberne.com)
ACT’s `Boleros’ marries schmaltz with substance«« ½
After the rough going of War [...]
Charles Ross, the man who brought us his One-Man Star Wars Trilogy, is heading to a whole other dark side — and this one has a real ring to it.
For two performances only, Ross performs The One-Man Lord of the Rings, in its first Bay Area appearance, at 8 p.m. April 10 and 11 [...]
Opened April 1 at American Conservatory Theater
Soldiers rock out with their “guns” out in American Conservatory Theater’s War Music, a world premiere adaptation written and directed Lillian Groag. Photos by Kevin Berne.
Not much music, not much war in ACT’s academic `War Music’««
American Conservatory Theater’s world-premiere War Music is a lot like a college course on [...]
Theatergoing in the San Francisco Bay Area is one of life’s treats. No question about it. If you love theater, this is a wonderland. In this devastating economic climate, may that only hold true for the next couple of years.
There is so much good theater here, so many incredible actors, writers, directors and crafts people [...]
James Carpenter (center) is Scrooge in American Conservatory Theater’s annual production of A Christmas Carol. Photo by Kevin Berne
American Conservatory Theater’s annual production of A Christmas Carol is in full swing in downtown San Francisco. Rather than reviewing this holiday perennial, let’s just hit some of the major points. Herewith, in descending order, some reasons [...]
For ACT’s `Rich and Famous, all’s fair in love and Guare
The cast for American Conservatory Theater’s Rich and Famous, a 1974 satirical comedy by John Guare (pictured a left, photo by Paul Kolnik) that is being significantly re-written for this revival, has been announced, and it’s fantastic.
Anyone who saw Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me when [...]
James Carpenter plays Ebenezer Scrooge “dead seriously.”
“It’s just like when you play farce,” Carpenter explains. “You don’t play it funny. You have to invest as fully as you can.”
Carpenter, 56, one of the Bay Area’s most revered actors, is now in his third year as Scrooge in American Conservatory Theater’s re-tooled production of A Christmas [...]
Steven Culp (right), Laurie Metcalf (center) and JoBeth Williams star in Jane Anderson’s drama The Quality of Life at San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater. Photos by Kevin Berne.
Powerful performances spark quality of ACT’s `Life’«««1/2
The quality of mercy is terribly strained in American Conservatory Theater’s The Quality of Life, a deceptively accessible new drama written and [...]
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