S.F. Mime Troupe Strikes Gold, Speaks Truth to Power by Barry David Horwitz All summer, you can go to Bay Area parks to see the S.F. Mime Troupe’s latest comedy musical called “Back to the Way Things Were.” They fill the parks with color and life, jokes and music—letting us know exactly who is…
Millennial Notes Matthew Sklar’s Tunes Thrust Homophobia into Full View by Ian Waters “The Prom” opened the week Roe v. Wade was overturned, and I passed multiple protests on the way. As I watched “The Prom,” a colorful fantasy land where kids wear backwards hats and a lifetime of homophobia can be overcome in…
Girish Karnad Poses Love Choice Between Poetry & Power by Susan Dunn “Hayavadan,” Girish Karnad’s popular 1971 play, fulfills our romantic fantasies. A woman aspires to the perfect man, pursuing her dream of being complete. And a man with a horse’s head yearns to be fully human. Side by side, these two characters want…
Jen Silverman’s Crazy Cat Becomes a God Among Us by Tom Glynn As the many disasters and catastrophes over the past five years have frayed individual limits of patience and raised collective levels of insecurity and doubt, along comes a rollicking, belly laugh comedy to offer a little relief. The sweet instruction of this…