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42nd Street Moon, the company that specializes in charming productions of classic and lesser-known musicals, has announced a change in its season lineup.

Next March, the previously announced The Baker’s Wife by composer Stephen Schwartz, will be replaced by High Spirits, the musical version of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit.

“Unfortunately, director Gordon Greenberg, who had delighted audiences [...]

Spencer Evans (left) is the Mariachi and Erin Mei-Ling Stuart is Joey McGee in David Szlasa’s My HOT Lobotmy at CounterPULSE. Photos by Katrina Rodabaugh.

 
Last time out, theatrical innovator David Szlasa had a hit with a bomb.

He explored the creation of the atomic bomb in 2006’s Gadget. Now he’s attempting to discover the stupid things [...]

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 [...]

Review: `Angel Face’

Posted by Chad Jones on 14 Aug 07 - 1 Comment

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 [...]

About four years ago, I was having a chat with Berkeley monologist Josh Kornbluth.
He was touting his latest show, Love & Taxes, but something he said then occurred to me before I talked to him last week.
Kornbluth was discussing how he didn’t want to invade the privacy of his wife and son by creating a [...]