Gary Graves Slams Gilded Age Excesses by Robert M. Gardner As Boss McGreedy, Michael Ray Wisely takes Berkeley by storm in Gary Graves’ modern morality play. Playing a Gilded Age Boss, Wisely masterfully depicts Trumpian politics and style. He’s boisterous, arrogant, and cruel—sporting flamboyant hair and ostentatious fashions. Boss McGreedy reminds us of the…
Millennial Notes Ashley Smiley Unravels the City’s Gentrification Nightmare by Hamilton Nguyen Playwright Ashley Smiley reveals her touching vision of what is happening to her beloved City, her neighborhood, and its people. “Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad” tells a San Francisco story about people’s lives destroyed by rampant gentrification—in the Fillmore and Hunter’s…
Millennial Notes Itamar Moses Asks: Where’s the Line Between Personal & Political? by Beau McGlasson When intermission begins and the audience discussions are as loud as the applause, you know the play works. In “The Ally” at the New York Public Theater, Itamar Moses invites us to consider our truths, demons, and biases before…
Kate Attwell Queries: “Can Love Can Survive Artificial Intelligence?” by Barry David Horwitz If you want to follow a hilarious comedy that pits tech life against the old-fashioned ways, Kate Atwell’s “Big Data” does the job with satire and pizzazz. BD Wong triumphs in the ultimate send up of the tech religion. Elusive and…