Star Finch’s Bold Banquet Bursts a Family’s Bubble by Barry David Horwitz Watching Margo Hall dictating Josephine’s wishes and plans into a laptop throws open a window into a mother’s soul. Hall’s Josephine is delightful and decisive. Hall persuades us that this brilliant woman may finally escape her lifelong Mommy-trap. Josephine has had enough…
Katori Hall Hits High Notes of Tina’s Titanic Tale by Barry David Horwitz You don’t have to be a Tina Turner fan to enjoy “Tina—The Tina Turner Musical” at BroadwaySF. If you are breathing, the show will shock you with the abuse visited on a little girl who needs to dance and sing. Zurin…
Michael Bennett Exposes Broadway Dancers’ Anguish & Joy by Patricia L. Morin “A Chorus Line” engulfs the audience in radiant Broadway colors, exquisite dance steps, and magnificent songs—a legend in musical theater. Marvin Hamlisch’s music and Edward Klieban’s lyrics live on in “One” and “What I Did for Love.” We still sing these songs…
S.F. Mime Troupe’s Triumphant Return: Song, Dance, Truth by K. Marguerite Caronna Sometimes it’s not all just happening in your mind. Often, murky social policies lurk behind our deep distress—and the S.F. Mime Troupe alerts us to hidden injustices. For over 64 years, the Mime Troupe has served as San Francisco’s political consciousness through free…