Oscar Wilde Demonstrates Saving Power of the Alter Ego by Patricia L. Morin The Novato Theater Company delights us with Oscar Wilde’s keen wit and hidden messages, in “The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People.” Wilde’s hilarious comedy suggests a way to liberate ourselves from rigid social rules. “Earnest” has…
Bartlett Sher Restores Eliza Doolittle’s Rebellious Voice by Barry David Horwitz With his award-winning revival of 50s masterpiece “My Fair Lady,” Bartlett Sher has reasserted the secrets of Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion” that provide the musical with its story and its script. As a bold feminist and socialist, Shaw focused his comic wit on the…
Terry Guest Fashions a Fabulous Foray into Drag by Barry David Horwitz Terry Guest’s play about two drag queens in Albany, Georgia proves yet again that these gals have always been the sharp cutting edge of gay liberation. Guest builds a stairway of poetic language to conduct Courtney (delightful Devin Cunningham) and her acolyte Vickie…
Michael Gene Sullivan’s Comedy Enlightens with Laughter by Barry David Horwitz There’s a very big character in “The Great Khan” and it’s the Khan, himself, played by a wonderfully funny Brian Rivera. Playwright Michael Gene Sullivan uses the bigger than life Khan to channel a timely and important idea. The idea is that we…