Richmond & Maxwell's Witty Story & Songs Spotlight Stellar Ensemble by Kim Waldron "Ride the Cyclone" was reviewed on September 30, 2024, at NCTC. The standard musical does not start…
Shakespeare & Christina Anderson's Madcap Update Shines by Kim Waldron "Comedy of Errors" is guaranteed fun; I laughed a lot. It's a Play on Shakespeare co-production"they're the people …
Matthew Gasda's Tech Titans Clash in San Francisco by Kim Waldron I can't remember the last time I was so exhilarated listening to dialogue"in this case, a fight by the tech elite over who g…
Joyful Raven's High-Spirited Solo Celebrates Women's Rights by Kim Waldron First posted September 4, 2022, for Joyful Raven's performance at Playground, S.F. = NOW PLAYING at THE MARSH-SF,Â…
Lewis, Sayer, Shields Deliver Campy Non-Stop Laughs by Kim Waldron I thought I didn't like farce, but it turns out I just needed to see one done right"like San Francisco Playhouse's "The Pla…
Richmond/Maxwell's Witty, Whimsical Musical Spotlights Stellar Ensemble by Kim Waldron The standard musical does not start with a death, let alone half a dozen, but there's not much standard…
Naomi Iizuka's 'Play On Shakespeare' Pits Loyalty vs. Betrayal by Kim Waldron You may get lost during this tale of a tragic king, but if you can follow the story, it offers plenty of rewards…
Joyful Raven's Hilarious, High-Spirited Solo Fits the Moment by Kim Waldron This review was first published on September 4, 2022, for Joyful Raven's "Breed or Bust" at Playground-sf.org at P…
Michael R. Jackson Creates Bold, Black, Queer Meta-Musical by Kim Waldron "A Strange Loop" is a musical about a Black queer writer writing a musical about a Black queer writer, who happens t…
Donlon & Pitt Serve Smorgasbord of Clowning & Mime by Kim Waldron Mimes and clowns on a bare stage"This is live theater, not your 3,264th Netflix movie. Flying Actor Studio founders …
Stephen Sondheim Dares Us to Look at Our Violence by Kim Waldron "Every now and then the country goes a little wrong," sings the "Assassins" Proprietor, the tap-dancing Keith Pinto. This che…
Kazu Kusano: There's No Stopping Her! by Kim Waldron The Fringe Festival is for something different and "Pretty Beast" obliges. Kazu Kusano's one woman show tells an immigrant story, but…
Joyful Raven's High-Spirited One-Woman Show Fits the Moment by Kim Waldron Abortion rights are tangled up again. We've got access in California, and we're lucky to have Medicaid to cover the…
Michael Wayne Turner III Shows a Little Madness Is a Good Thing by Kim Waldron First, we see a dandy, one with a vast and classy wardrobe, his face expressive with a ready smile and eloquent…
Shakespeare Gets Dangerous in Women's Prison Setting by Kim Waldron "Mischief, thou art afoot," and it's thrilling. In Director Phyllida Lloyd's "Julius Caesar," the actors appear as inmates…
Rogers & Eurice Unleash Classic Comic Conspiracy by Kim Waldron A bearded man in corduroy blazer wanders onstage and flinches when he sees the audience. He fishes for his reading gla…
Mary Zimmerman's Magical Mystery Tour of Myth Returns by Kim Waldron "All magic is about transformation," master illusionist Eugene Burger once said. Mary Zimmerman's "Metamorphoses" is all …
Lopez & Marx's Adult Sesame Street Meets Queer Musical by Kim Waldron "I love the lively ones," said my friend, after seeing "Avenue Q."Â She's right. Spirited and profane, with smart…
Suzan-Lori Parks Sings a Layered Tale by Kim Waldron It's the rhythm, the music in the language, that captures us. A young man piles up milk crates, tops them with flat cardboard, and lays d…
Aristophanes & Bousel Hit Home with Greek Slapstick by Kim Waldron Do America's raging factions disturb you? Does wealth inequality frustrate you? Do you despair over absurd government l…
Addie Ulrey Asks Questions It's Safer to Ignore   by Kim Waldron Nimbly juggling a rifle between bare feet, 13-year-old, bi-gender Montanan Brucie puzzles over dragons while rolling a…
Simon Stephens' Science of the Human Heart by Kim Waldron Riding on the London subway, a young woman impulsively kisses a much older man on the neck. Can he trust her? Can we trust them? …
Alice Birch's Women Revel in Un-Civil Disobedience  by Kim Waldron The career woman wants more time off from work. The young girl is forced to marry her rapist. A woman feels tra…
A Spellbinding Journey, Unadulterated and Moving by Kim Waldron Ominous jazz music hints at danger, vaguely threatening figures creep in, bent over, shadowy, in a parade choreographed for me…
Athol Fugard's Homage to Art and Friendship Inspires by Kim Waldron I couldn't stop staring at the marvelous room on the stage as I waited for the play to begin. The vividly painted green an…