Theater Review: DRAGON LADY (Lesher Theatre, Walnut Creek)
DRAGON LADY ROARS AT CENTER REP Sara Porkalob's solo tribute to her grandmother is both an astounding theatrical event and a master class in storytelling. Part biography, part autobiograp…
DRAGON LADY ROARS AT CENTER REP Sara Porkalob's solo tribute to her grandmother is both an astounding theatrical event and a master class in storytelling. Part biography, part autobiograp…
COWARD'S ANGELS ARE A LAUGH RIOT Almost one hundred years after its somewhat scandalous debut, Noël Coward's Fallen Angels is enjoying a revival at Berkeley's Aurora Theatre, where it run…
A BEAUTIFUL MUSICAL GEM IN SONOMA COUNTY Carole King is unquestionably one of the most influential American songwriters of the late 20th century. Through October 13, Spreckels Theater Compan…
A COMPELLING ECO-DYSTOPIAN STORY The destruction of tropical ecosystems has been a worldwide concern since the 1960s. Through June 23, San Francisco's Magic Theatre examines the crisis in a …
August Wilson's Portrait of a Man at War with Himself  by Barry Willis Meet Troy Maxon, Pittsburgh garbage collector, former baseball talent, father of two sons, and a man grappling might…
Miranda's Rap Extravaganza Makes Pop Art of History by Barry Willis When tickets for the national touring production of "Hamilton" went on sale this past spring, at $200 for the cheapest sea…
Barry Willis is a writer, editor, and artist living in Sonoma County. A theater critic for the Marin Independent Journal, and formerly an art and theater critic with the Pacific Sun, he has …