Comedy and more fill <i>Great Moment</i> at Z Below
Aysan Celik, Danny Scheie, local theater, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, plays, Sean Daniels, theater review, Z Space Aysan Celik, Danny Scheie, local theater, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, plays, Sean Daniels, theater review, Z Space

Comedy and more fill Great Moment at Z Below

There are so many great moments in The Making of a Great Moment, the new play from the scintillating San Francisco playwright Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, that it's hard to decide if the best ones are from the comic side or the more dramatic one. Certainly Nachtrieb, one of the sharpest, funniest playwrights working in this or any city, knows his way around a great line, and Great Moment, a Z Space production at Z Below, packs its 90 minutes with memorable lines and some big laughs.

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American Conservatory ..., Benjamin Scheuer, musicals, San Francisco Chronicle, Sean Daniels, solo show, theater review American Conservatory ..., Benjamin Scheuer, musicals, San Francisco Chronicle, Sean Daniels, solo show, theater review

This Lion is king at ACT

If Benjamin Scheuer were simply a musical act, I'd happily go see him in concert and buy his albums. his voice can go from sweet to gravelly, aggressive to tender, rollicking to romantic even within the space of a single song, and the same can be said for his guitar playing. He puts himself out there in his music, and in addition to being aurally pleasing, his music is also deeply satisfying.

But Scheuer is more than a concert act. He's also a playwright and actor. So his version of a concert is the one-man autobiographical musical The Lion now at American Conservatory Theater's Strand Theater.

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