Gabriel Diamond Evokes Laughter, Tears, Love, SF Style by Barry David Horwitz Somehow, I was summoned magically to The Tenderloin Sunday night and ended up at the Fringe Festival at the invi…
John Fisher's Solo Masterpiece Exposes Perils of Gay Life by Barry David Horwitz Good News! John Fisher has written, designed, and performed one of his great Essential Service Projects, and …
JC Lee's Millennial Comedy Salutes Out & Proud Among Us by Barry David Horwitz Lift a glass of bubbly "to my girls," celebrating three generations of gay life"including Generations X, Y,…
Andrew Bergh Exposes Greed & Spies in Sound of Music by Barry David Horwitz If you've ever wondered what went on behind the scenes in "Sound of Music" or how the Nazis gained power in Au…
Jiehae Park's Swirling/Peaceful Pool Queries Age/Youth by Barry David Horwitz "the aves" is a rare bird among plays. Set in a lovely park, complete with a beautiful moving pool of water, wit…
Reflections Kimberly Belflower Asks, "Who's the Witch in the Witchhunt?" by Jenyth Jo In "John Proctor is the Villain," Carter Smith, a high school English teacher in Georgia, explains, "Art…
Jon Robin Baitz's Satire Shines in Vivid Vision of Family & Country by Barry David Horwitz Just beyond Palm Springs, a freeway sign points to "Other Desert Cities""where meth labs, addic…
Kaufman & Gronich Name Names of Mass Murderers by Barry David Horwitz "Here there are blueberries" is written on a post card sent by one of the young women working at Auschwitz, the Nazi…
John Fisher's Solo Masterpiece Exposes Perils of Gay Life by Barry David Horwitz John Fisher has written, teched, designed, and performed one of his great Essential Service Projects, transfe…
Doug Wright's Masterpiece Spotlights Superb Trans SHERO by Barry David Horwitz "I Am My Own Wife" startles with beauty and grace. The solo show has lost none of its charm since bursting on t…
Harry Davis' Two Hander Delves into Male 'Perfectionism' by Barry David Horwitz What a groundbreaking play by Harry Davis! The young local playwright digs deep into depicting bodybuilding, m…
Reed Flores' Comic Heroes Fight Apocalypse on BART by Barry David Horwitz When three dancing rice cookers in their white sacks take over the stage, you may just fall off your chair. Good fri…
Anton Chekhov's Doctor Astrov Unfurls the Future Onstage by Barry David Horwitz Berkeley Rep's sparkling production of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" highlights a perennial question: Do we want mor…
John Fisher Unleashes Solo Masterpiece on Gay Injustice by Barry David Horwitz John Fisher has written, teched, designed, and performed one of his great Essential Service Projects, transferr…
Tai White Discovers Charm and Arrogance in Elusive Role by Barry David Horwitz Tai White had a genius drama teacher down at Pacific Collegiate School, near Santa Cruz, who opened a new world…
Sean Devine Reveals the Genius Behind Attack Ads by Barry David Horwitz "Daisy" takes us back to the LBJ vs. Goldwater election in 1964"Johnson is running for his first term after Kennedy's …
Hershey Felder Plays Melancholy Maestro, Passionate Piano by Barry David Horwitz After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Sergei Rachmaninoff fled Russia, abandoned his aristocratic life, and m…
S.F. Mime Troupe Puts Bob Cratchit & Songs Center Stage by Barry David Horwitz In "A Red Carol," the SF Mime Troupe has revealed the true focus of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." It's not …
Brian Copeland: A Genuine Christmas Gem, One Time Only by Barry David Horwitz Brian Copeland, famed for his "Not a Genuine Black Man" solo show, is our master story-teller. His gift to audie…
John Fisher's Spectacular Staging Puts Fascism in Our Faces by Barry David Horwitz Dramatic genius John Fisher has assembled a heavenly cast to explore the Hell of 1930s Germany"to live out …
Sara Porkalob Triumphs with Comedy, Stories, Songs by Barry David Horwitz What if you had a grandma who worked long and hard for her family, worked as a lounge singer in Manila, tried to tak…
Mary Zimmerman Celebrates Mozart in Earthy, Erotic Fantasy by Barry David Horwitz Extraordinary designer/director Mary Zimmerman triumphs at Berkeley Rep with her ethereal, funny Magic Flute…
Mark St. Germain Brings C.S. Lewis & Sigmund Freud Together by Barry David Horwitz When we enter the luscious, high-ceilinged, Victorian salon at the Berkeley City Club, we are plunged i…
Don Reed's Brilliant Comic Solo Reveals the Ways We Live by Barry David Horwitz Don Reed, Oakland's Clown Prince, has taken on a familiar enemy. This time, he transforms our perception of th…
Brian Copeland's Visionary Joy Proves "Kamala Gives US Hope!" by Barry David Horwitz Once again, Brian Copeland, our super-hero storyteller and political wise man, is standing up at The Mars…