Mark Bedard is hilarious and charming as the title character in Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s new adaptation of Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters. Photo by Jenny Graham
Two and a half weeks after running Part 1 of my Oregon Shakespeare Festival reviews, the San Francisco Chronicle finally published the second round, which includes thoughts of my [...]
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival reviews (Part 2)
Posted by Chad Jones on 04 Jul 09 - 0 Comments
Review: `Dead Man’s Cell Phone’
Archived in the category: Amy Resnick, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Bill English, Jackson Davis, SF Playhouse, Sarah Ruhl, Susi Damilano, TheatreWorks, local theater, plays, theater review
Posted by Chad Jones on 10 May 09 - 3 Comments
Opened May 9, 2009 at SF Playhouse
Jackson Davis and Amy Resnick are Dwight and Jean, two lovers awash in a sea of cynicism, stationery and sentiment in Sarah Ruhl’s Dead Man’s Cell Phone at SF Playhouse. Photos by Zabrina Tipton.
In Ruhl’s quirky `Phone,’ we get the message«««
There are few things more enjoyable, theatrically speaking, than [...]
Come on I wanna Leia: Fisher lands on Broadway
Archived in the category: Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Broadway, Carrie Fisher, Danny Hoch, Mary Zimmerman, Passing Strange, Philip Kan Gotanda, Sarah Jones, Sarah Ruhl, Stew, Tony Kushner, Tony Taccone, theater news
Posted by Chad Jones on 30 Apr 09 - 0 Comments
Another week, another Berkeley Repertory Theatre show going to Broadway.
Carrie Fisher’s autobiographical solo show Wishful Drinking, directed by Berkeley Rep artistic director Tony Taccone, will open in October at — where else? — Studio 54, where it runs through Jan. 3. The show is produced by Roundabout Theatre Company in association with Jonathan Reinis, Jamie [...]
A note to readers
Archived in the category: Berkeley Repertory Theatre, C. Kelly Wright, Julia Brothers, Les Waters, Sarah Ruhl, Wicked
Posted by Chad Jones on 28 Mar 09 - 3 Comments
After three months on hiatus, Theater Dogs is once again back in action!
I was in Sacramento working for an excellent newspaper, but now I’m back in San Francisco and happily on the theater beat once again. At the risk of sounding sappy, can I just say how much I missed it?
Oh, I saw some good [...]
Moises Kaufman’s `33 Variations’ wins big award
Archived in the category: ATCA, Deborah Zoe Laufer, Moises Kaufman, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Sarah Ruhl, awards, plays
Posted by Chad Jones on 30 Mar 08 - 0 Comments
The American Theatre Critics Association (ATCA) has selected Moises Kaufman’s 33 Variations to receive the 2008 Harold and Mimi Steinberg /American Theatre
Critics Association New Play Award. The announcement was made Saturday, March 29 at Actors Theatre of Louisville during the Humana Festival of New American Plays. The award includes a commemorative plaque and a cash [...]
Tip-top ten
Archived in the category: Aaron Davidman, American Conservatory Theater, Amy Freed, August Wilson, Aurora Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Cal Shakes, Daniel Handler, Daniel MacIvor, Danny Scheie, Encore Theatre, Killing My Lobster, Les Waters, Marcus Gardley, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, Rita Moreno, SHN/Best of Broadway, Sarah Ruhl, Shotgun Players, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, TheatreWorks, Word for Word, backstage
Posted by Chad Jones on 23 Dec 06 - 1 Comment
Happy holidays, Theater Dogs!
Thanks for reading the blog in 2006. I’ll try to make it bigger, better, funnier and fresher in 2007.
Below you’ll find my Top 10 list of favorite theater experiences in 2006. I’d love for you all to share some of your favorites as well, so use the comment feature liberally.
1.The Clean House,TheatreWorks
Sarah [...]
