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EXTENDED THROUGH MARCH 28!
Pictured from left: Daveed Diggs, Traci Tolmaire, Margo Hall and Dwight Huntsman in the world premiere
of Chinaka Hodge’s Mirrors in Every Corner at Intersection for the Arts. Photos by Pak Han
Watching the audience on stage at Intersection for the Arts was a stunning experience. Sometimes theater companies trying to push boundaries and [...]
Two extraordinary shows are lighting up Bay Area stages, and in each of them, the specter of death hovers in the shadows.
In Trevor Allen’s intelligent, compassionate adaptation of Frankenstein at the Thick House, Victor Frankenstein defies death by creating life from dead parts and cowering from the unexpected results.
Over at Intersection for the Arts, Campo [...]
EXTENDED AGAIN THROUGH JULY 12!
Maria Candelaria (left) is Belicia, Biko Eisen-Martin (center) is Fukú and Vanessa Cota is Lola in the Campo Santo/Intersection for the Arts production of Fukú Americanus, a theatrical adaptation of Junot Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Photos by James Faerron
Diaz novel finds vibrant life as [...]
I wrote a story for the San Francisco Chronicle about Junot Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao becoming the Campo Santo/Intersection for the Arts play Fuku Americanus.
Read the story here.
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 [...]
Lee Meriwether has had a long, distinguished career that stretches from her beauty queen days as Miss San Francisco, Miss California and eventually Miss America in the mid-’50s to her stint alongside Buddy Ebsen on TV’s “Barnaby Jones” in the ’70s.
But Meriwether will probably always be best known for playing Catwoman in the 1966 movie [...]
EXTENDED AGAIN THROUGH DEC. 7
Keith Pinto (left) and Dan Wolf star in Wolf’s adaptation of the Adam Mansbach novel Angry Black White Boy at San Francisco’s Intersection for the Arts. The dynamic production features live music, rap, dance and old-fashioned storytelling. Photos by Evan Loewy
Music, beats, movement make `Angry’ a joy«««1/2
For all of its form [...]
Is Dan Wolf an angry black white boy? Or does he just play one on stage.
The answer to both questions is somewhat complicated.
Wolf (pictured above, left, with Tommy Shepherd) is an extraordinary actor, playwright, MC and rapper behind the live hip-hop group Felonious. He’s the father of a newborn, and he spends his days as [...]
A quick note to alert Bay Area folks about an interesting opportunity coming right up.
On Friday, April 18 and Saturday April 19, Campo Santo is opening up its rehearsal process to give audiences a peek into Bay Area playwright Philip Kan Gotanda’s new play, #5 The Angry Red Drum at Intersection for the Arts.
This [...]
Opened March 10, 2008 at Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco
New musical finds lyricism in true crime
three stars Enigmatic Box
About four years ago, playwright Octavio Solis and composer Beth Custer collaborated on a surprising (and surprisingly delightful) musical called The Ballad of Pancho and Lucy, based on a true-crime story of bandits who robbed bars [...]
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