46 stories by "Kim Waldron"
Witty Musical Comedy Pornifies Sesame Street by Kim Waldron Songs ranging from "You Can Be as Loud as the Hell You Want (When You're Makin' Love)"Â to "Schadenfreude" to "It Sucks to Be M…
Burroughs & Waits' Bargain with the Devil Fascinates by Kim Waldron "Adult fairy-tale musical" sounds off-kilter, but what better entertainment for off-kilter times? Imaginative writing,…
Living and Making Art in the Face of Death by Kim Waldron "You're Going To Die" might be the only place in the USA where death is regularly and easily discussed, then set to really great mus…
David Gerard Conjures a Funny, Magical Evening by Kim Waldron Hip, improvisational, non-stop laughter"words not usually associated with a magician and mind reader, are they? But nothing less…
Fats Waller and Friends Still Swingin' and Jivin' Â by Kim Waldron Picture two men dressed to the nines, bowler hats to spats, with three women, draped in purple, shimmery green and scarle…
Shakespeare Gets Masterful Acting, Stylish Staging by Kim Waldron At Cal Shakes, Director Tyne Rafaeli has staged a "Measure for Measure" for our time. The striking costumes offer a first cl…
Sherri Rose Offers Advice for an Uncertain World by Kim Waldron Dressed in somber, nondescript slacks and shirt, Sherri Rose works with minimal props in her solo show "How Not to Die." Initi…
Six One-Act Plays Offer Joy for Everyone by Kim Waldron Need a reminder why we're lucky to live in San Francisco in these new-monied, small-hearted times? "Pint Sized Plays" provides one…
Luna Malbroux Brings Heart & Humor to Social Justice by Kim Waldron Who better to deconstruct white male privilege than a queer Black woman, especially when she's a gifted comedian? And …
Bob Merrill's Bad Girl Goes Good by Kim Waldron Lovers of musicals rhapsodize over how song and dance transform stories into epic events with emotions larger than life. They delight in the e…
Paula Vogel, Jonathan Moscone Make a Magical Mystery Tour by Kim Waldron A fantasia with lots of farcical sex and laughs, "The Baltimore Waltz" ultimately leads us to harsh truth. Kindly, pl…
Shakespeare and Director Glenn Havlan Pull No Punches  by Kim Waldron Theater of Others' "Merchant of Venice" refuses to downplay the bigotry of Shakespeare's most appealing and sympathet…
Mia Chung Tracks Strangers in Strange Lands by Kim Waldron In "You for Me for You," Playwright Mia Chung and Director M. Graham Smith track two North Korean sisters who are separately fleein…
Jewelle Gomez Exposes Our Star-Spangled Bigotry  by Kim Waldron Playwright Jewelle Gomez and Director Arturo Catricala bring home a painful truth in the brand new play "Leaving the Blues.…
Annie Baker's People Are Haunted"Not the House by Kim Waldron A play that includes orgasm from congress with the universe, a shaky partition between the real and the otherworldly, looking fo…
Just Doing Their Jobs  by Kim Waldron "Ideation" by Aaron Loeb asks us to think about things we would rather not consider. A dark comedy with equal measures of humor and dread, Loeb's…
There Be Demons in Robert Askins' Puppet Tyrone by Kim Waldron I prefer my horror stories to be fabulous, rather than realistic. Give me an orange-haired, foul-mouthed, demon-possessed sock …
Wendy McLeod's "Much Ado about Nothing" by Kim Waldron If you are a woman, man, or any citizen who feels in jeopardy from the new presidential administration, the escapist farce "Women in Je…
Amy Herzog's Alarming Americans in Paris by Kim Waldron "Belleville" by Amy Herzog, at Custom Made Theatre Co., provides a moving and unnerving 90 minutes of suspense. Smarter than the typic…
Gertrude and Alice Make Good Company by Kim Waldron If you are fed up with the current political scene, Kardashian pop culture, and anti-intellectualism, escape to a sweet world of love, pai…
Kim Waldron is a retired union organizer who grew up with an actor-mother and brother. She loves all theatre, from Shakespeare to musical to Improv and everything in-between. Â
