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43 stories by "Jordan Freed"

"Living the Shuffle": Visionary Actor Tells Truths"at The Marsh, Berkeley by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Robert Townsend Reveals Unique Hollywood Success  by Jordan Freed "originally reviewed in Theatrius on November 21, 2019 Throughout his solo show "Living the Shuffle," Ro…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 4:22pm on January 31, 2025[SHARE]

"Living the Shuffle": A Visionary Tells All"at The Marsh, Berkeley by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Robert Townsend Reveals Unique Hollywood Success  by Jordan Freed " reviewed in 2019. Throughout his solo show "Living the Shuffle," Robert Townsend recounts a touching j…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:56pm on December 30, 2024[SHARE]

"Hadestown" Rips Apart Industrial Capitalism with Love"at BroadwaySF by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Anaïs Mitchell Touches Our Hearts, Updates Musical Myths by Jordan Freed A penetrating trombone rips into a brassy solo and Hermes (seductive Levi Kreis), our divine narr…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 2:41pm on June 15, 2022[SHARE]

"Romeo y Juliet" Crosses Mexican Cowboy Culture with Queer Love"at Cal Shakes by Jordan Freed

Karen Zacarías Updates Shakespeare with Colonial California Clashes by Barry David Horwitz and Jordan Freed We're immediately enraptured by the chemistry between Romeo and Juliet. Revelat…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 3:31pm on June 6, 2022[SHARE]

"Red Winged Blackbird": Two Brothers Bare Their Hearts"at Live Oak by Jordan Freed

Alyosha Zim Unfolds Exciting Jewish-Buddhist Enigma by Jordan Freed & Barry David Horwitz "Red Winged Blackbird" transcends a debate between Old World Judaism and New Age Buddhism. We me…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:15am on March 8, 2022[SHARE]

"Harry Potter & the Cursed Child" Makes Us Believe in Magic"at The Curran by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Jack Thorne's Complex Tale Features Stellar Cast & Fireworks by Jordan Freed I was three years old when the first Harry Potter book was published. I remember begging my …

SOURCE: Theatrius at 3:21am on February 28, 2022[SHARE]

"Into the Woods": An Enchanting Celebration of Fairy Tales"at Berkeley Playhouse by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Sondheim & Lapine Brew Powerful Musical Magic by Jordan Freed Everyone I know either loves "Into the Woods" or hates it. When I saw it as a teenager I hated it.  Only…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 4:05pm on November 27, 2021[SHARE]

"The Claim" Highlights Absurdity of Asylum Process, at Shotgun Players by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Tim Cowbury Provides Bitter Insights into Refugee Crisis by Jordan Freed Usually, a Kafkaesque dive into the absurd world of the political asylum system would absolutely be …

SOURCE: Theatrius at 1:07am on October 24, 2021[SHARE]

"Winter's Tale" Masterfully Fuses Tragedy & Comedy"at Cal Shakes by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Shakespeare Kicks Off New Season of Fantastic Live Theater  by Jordan Freed Watching "The Winter's Tale" at Cal Shakes feels like witnessing two prodigious trapeze artist…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 7:44pm on September 13, 2021[SHARE]

"Fiddler on the Roof" Predicts Progressive Politics"Streaming Netflix by Jordan Freed

Reflections Chaim Topol's Tevye Proves We Can Change by Jordan Freed A few days ago, I noticed that Netflix was suggesting the 1971 film of the 1964 musical "Fiddler on the Roof." In the pre…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 9:07pm on August 8, 2020[SHARE]

"Fun Home" Musical Wrings Insight from Tragedy"Streaming Victory Gardens by Jordan Freed

Reflections Alison Bechdel Wittily Celebrates Coming Out by Jordan Freed The hardest part of watching Alison Bechdel, Lisa Kron, and Jeanine Tesori's Tony award winning "Fun Home" for me was…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 3:30am on June 8, 2020[SHARE]

"Frankenstein" Triumphs as Modern Prometheus"Streaming National Theatre, U.K. by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Nick Dear Reanimates Mary Shelley for Our Time by Jordan Freed Watching "Frankenstein" in 2020, I see Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, Jeff Bezos"all the reckless men who watch…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 9:31pm on May 2, 2020[SHARE]

"Pride and Prejudice": A Musical Delight for Fans Old & New, Streaming TheatreWorks  by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Robert Kelley Spotlights Austen's Wit, Wonderfully by Jordan Freed I have an embarrassing confession to make: I had never read or seen Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. …

SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:55pm on April 14, 2020[SHARE]

"On the Periphery" of Istanbul, at Golden Thread/Crowded Fire, S.F. by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Sedef Ecer Depicts Social Outcasts in Urban Slum by Jordan Freed Turkish playwright Sedef Ecer and translator Evren Odcikin bring us a fascinating story, shedding light on I…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 2:58am on March 7, 2020[SHARE]

"Wakey, Wakey" Works Hard to Inspire Us, at ACT, S.F. by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Tony Hale Elevates Will Eno's Struggling Script by Jordan Freed You may be familiar with "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch," a Carnegie Mellon professor diagnosed with term…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 4:58pm on February 2, 2020[SHARE]

"Ripcord""A Witty Battle of Wills, at Altarena, Alameda by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes David Lindsay-Abaire's Sharp-Edged Seniors Act Up by Jordan Freed Working at a retirement home for a year, I saw my fair share of squabbles between residents, ranging from a…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 4:51am on January 29, 2020[SHARE]

"Head Over Heels" Merges Pastoral Prose & Pop Music, at NCTC, S.F. by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Whitty & Magruder Challenge Love & Gender Norms by Jordan Freed Does it make a lick of sense to combine Sir Philip Sidney's 400-year-old pastoral romance Arcadia wit…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 5:44pm on December 26, 2019[SHARE]

"Vinegar Tom" Packs Powerful Political Punch, at Shotgun, Berkeley by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Caryl Churchill Wonders, "Who Are the Witches, Now?" by Jordan Freed At Shotgun Players, the feminist fury of Caryl Churchill's "Vinegar Tom" cuts through the air like a kni…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 7:24pm on December 17, 2019[SHARE]

"Living the Shuffle""A Visionary's Tale, at The Marsh, Berkeley by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Robert Townsend Reveals Unique Hollywood Success  by Jordan Freed Throughout his solo show "Living the Shuffle," Robert Townsend recounts a touching journey with his fait…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 11:18pm on November 21, 2019[SHARE]

"The Cake" Comes Out Underdone, at NCTC, S.F. by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Bekah Brunstetter Whips Up Carolina Confection  by Jordan Freed In mixing up "The Cake," Bekah Brunstetter whips the batter right up to the edge of dramatic, breakthrough…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 4:44pm on November 8, 2019[SHARE]

"Single Black Female" Tackles Sex & Stereotypes, at Lorraine Hansberry, S.F. by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Lisa B. Thompson: New Stories for Black Women  by Jordan Freed "Single Black Female" is at its strongest and funniest when  the two actors, Tanika Baptiste and Paige M…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 6:19pm on October 29, 2019[SHARE]

"The Chinese Lady" Compels Us to See Her, at Magic Theatre, S.F. by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Lloyd Suh Lays Bare American Cruelties to Immigrants by Jordan Freed By the end of "The Chinese Lady," Afong Moy (stunning Rinabeth Apostol) has all but abandoned her optimi…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 3:24am on October 21, 2019[SHARE]

"Long Day's Journey into Night" Maps A Family's Dark Addiction, at Ubuntu, Oakland  by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Eugene O'Neill Prophesies Our Modern Opioid Crisis by Jordan Freed A terrific cellist, Alexander Kort, provides a backdrop of dark, ominous notes. Offstage, father, son, …

SOURCE: Theatrius at 4:51am on October 9, 2019[SHARE]

"Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson""A Raucous Good Time, at Custom Made, S.F. by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Alex Timbers & Michael Friedman Bring Punk to Politics by Jordan Freed It's amazing how good Punk Rock looks in 19th Century U.S.! As Andrew Jackson (ferocious James Gra…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 10:09pm on October 2, 2019[SHARE]

"Top Girls" Transcends Time & Space for Magnificent Women, at ACT, S.F. by Jordan Freed

Millennial Notes Caryl Churchill & Tamilla Woodard Transport Thatcher to Today  by Jordan Freed "She's not going to make it." A hard realization for a devoted "pull yourself up by the…

SOURCE: Theatrius at 12:39pm on September 28, 2019[SHARE]
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