Martyna Majok’s Teens Face Shocking Everyday Perils by Barry David Horwitz Clear-eyed Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok pulls back the curtain from the furtive lives of undocumented immigrants. Majok doesn’t indicate any specific country of origin but embraces all U.S. immigrants who are forced to live undercover—like the Dreamers who came here as children….
Millennial Notes Sondheim & Goldman’s Joyous Songs Evoke Musical Nostalgia by Ian Waters A surreal, pink light glimmers off showgirls in sequined leotards with beautiful smiles, who linger around San Francisco Playhouse’s stage like ghosts. They welcome us not just to the show, but to indulge in a delightful feast of nostalgia. Written in…
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…
Cristina Garcia Condenses Her Celebrated Novel to Its Essence by Lynne Stevens This is a play of rebellion and revolution, a tale of the struggle between mothers and daughters. In Brooklyn, a Cuban immigrant’s daughter Pilar (vivacious Thea Rodgers) yearns to see her grandmother in Cuba, whom she hasn’t seen since she was two….