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JoAnne Winter is Cora and Ryan Tasker is Billy in Two on a Party, a theatrical adaptation of a Tennessee Williams short story and a co-production of Word for Word and Theatre Rhinoceros. The story is one of a trilogy, alongside work by Gertrude Stein and Armistead Maupin, and part of an [...]
I wrote a story for today’s San Francisco Chronicle about the first collaboration between Word for Word and Theatre Rhinoceros. The two venerable companies are producing Three on a Party, an evening of short stories by Gertrude Stein, Tennessee Williams and Armistead Maupin.
Read the story here.
For information about Three on a Party visit www.therhino.org or [...]
Anthony Nemirovsky is the son and Jeri Lynn Cohen is his mother in the Tobias Wolff short story “Firelight,” one of three stories in Word for Word’s More Stories by Tobias Wolff at San Francisco’s Magic Theatre. Photos by Clayton Lord
Word for Word remains hungry like the Wolff««««
The particular alchemy of Word for Word and [...]
Opened Jan. 8, 2008,Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
Word for Word scores with jazzy Blues
three [1/2] stars Musical and muscular
First we see snapshots, glimpses of lives we have yet to understand. And we hear music. First the trumpet, then the bass, then the sax and, finally, piano.
More than a short story, which is how Sonny’s Blues began life [...]
You’re forgiven if you didn’t know quite how amazing Margo Hall is.
If you’re a regular Bay Area theatergoer, you already know that Hall is an extraordinary actor. Last year, for instance, she reprised the character Fe in Campo Santo/Intersection for the Arts’ Fe in the Desert and gave one of the year’s best performances.
But Hall [...]
I can always tell whether a theater year has been good or not so good when I sit down to hammer out my Top 10 list. If I can summon five or more shows simply from memory, it’s a good year. This year’s entire list came almost entirely from memory (which is a feat in [...]
Opened Oct. 17, 2007 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Thrust Stage
Galati translates Murakami stories to the stage
Three stars Stirred, not shaken
We’re lucky to live in the Bay Area for many reasons, the quality and bounty of theater chief among them.
When our theater companies aren’t producing interesting shows themselves, chances are they’re importing good stuff from elsewhere. [...]
Opened Aug. 10 at Project Artaud Theatre, San Francisco
Noir thriller `Angel Face’ gets a tough-talking Word for Word treatment
Three stars Hard boiled
Dames don’t come much more hardboiled than Jerry Wheeler. Back in the day she used to strut her stuff in a rhinestone g-string and they called her Honey Sebastian. Jerry knows her way around [...]
(opened Jan. 12, 2007)
three stars More Moore
For 13 years now, Word for Word has offered a different sort of book club.
The members — let’s call them “the audience” — all read the same works of fiction, just like in any other book club. But in the case of Word for Word, the process of reading [...]
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 [...]
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