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Theater moments: Reflections on 2007

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Posted by Chad Jones on 02 Jan 08 - 0 Comments

I’ve already offered up my Top 10 list of 2007’s best Bay Area theater (see it here).
That’s all well and good, but there was way too much good stuff in 2007 to contain in a polite numbered list. What follows, in no apparent order, are some of the year’s most distinctive theater moments (mostly good, [...]

Kiki & Herb can’t die

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Posted by Chad Jones on 24 May 07 - 0 Comments

The crowd in the funeral parlor was practically giddy.
One man, in a mourning veil, no less, let loose with the fake tears and proclaimed between phony sobs: “Kiki! You were a flaming megastar!”
Rather than mourners, San Francisco’s Halsted Funeral Home was filled last week with press gathered to hear comedian and writer Bruce Vilanch eulogize [...]

The force & Kiki

Archived in the category: American Conservatory Theater, Bill English, Broadway, Carl Lumbly, Gabe Marin, Justin Bond, Kenny Mellman, Kiki & Herb, SF Playhouse, Star Wars, Stephen Adly Guirgis, backstage, local theater, theater news
Posted by Chad Jones on 31 Jan 07 - 1 Comment

Here’s some interesting local theater news — some high-powered casting, a Skywalker-y night out and, be still my heart, the return of Kiki & Herb:
Carl Lumbly, last seen on TV’s “Alias,” heads the cast of Jesus Hopped the `A’ Train, the next show at SF Playhouse. Other cast members include Susi Damilano, Daveed Diggs, Joe [...]