Millennial Notes George Brant’s WWII Comedy Shows Us How to Fight Back by Isa S. Chu George Brant’s 1942 ensemble comedy, re-set in Richmond, California, imagines a bold community effort to keep theater alive during WWII. Brant tells the true story of an all-female production of Shakespeare’s “King Henry” plays. It’s a love letter…
The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT) launches its 66th season with “DISRUPTION – A Musical Farce,” an incisive and timely new work that blends song, satire, and spectacle to ask a critical question: As the U.S. veers toward authoritarianism, will San Francisco stand in resistance—or become Silicon Valley’s newest accessory?
The four-person ensemble and spirited live band guide the audience through a whirlwind of tech-driven “progress,” bureaucratic absurdity, and fiery resistance. The show—FREE to audiences all summer long in parks across the Bay Area—continues SFMT’s legacy of delivering socially conscious theater that makes us laugh, sing, and squirm in all the right ways.
Reflections David Henry Hwang Reflects Blackface for White America by Kheven Lee LaGrone Shotgun Players presented David Henry Hwang’s “Yellow Face,” which won an Obie Award for Playwriting and was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2008). Inspired by real life events, Hwang’s play is well-written, intelligent, and fast moving. In this semi-autobiographical work,…
Lynn Nottage Paints Gripping Portrait of Workers Who Lose Everything by Lynne Stevens I arrived in Palo Alto early and took a stroll in Stanford Shopping Center. With its high-end shops that seem to be thriving, it presents a huge contrast to “Sweat” at Palo Alto Players. Lynne Nottage’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize play shines…