Tom Swift Soars with Awesome Actors, Rapid Repartee by Barry David Horwitz Tom Swift’s striking new play at TheatreFirst, “A Marriage,” leaps off the screen and into our hearts—with daring intimacy. In this powerful comedy, three inventive actors capture a gay marriage evolving over four decades. And they play themselves as actors, too Daniel…
Armistead Maupin’s S.F. Tales Come Home as Musical by Patricia L. Morin Armistead Maupin’s story of newcomers and old-timers in 70s San Francisco was transformed into a musical in 2011. With song and dance, we meet neighbors who bond to make a family at mysterious Anna Madrigal’s multi-story house at 28 Barbary Lane, S.F….
Neil LaBute Parallels 9/11 Attack & Lovers’ Psychodrama by Patricia L. Morin “The Mercy Seat,” under the creative direction of Allie Bailey at Los Altos Stage Company, cleverly exposes a caustic relationship between a younger man and an older woman. And she is his boss. Playwright Neil LaBute highlights gender differences that spill over…
Millennial Notes Jason Robert Brown Sets Male & Female Flaws to Music by Ian Waters Have you ever reflected on a tragic event in your life, and asked where it all went wrong? And you found a jumble of memories. Well, here’s a musical that tries to untangle the past . . . “The…