Theater Review | Aug 21, 2008

The Listener

Last weekend I watched a futuristic story in which the junk-scavenging relics of humanity -- left behind when humans abandoned trash-heaped Earth centuries before -- encountered the slick, advanced scout sent to see what had become of their homeworld. By Claire Light

Theater Review | Aug 17, 2008

Bad Habits at Theatre Rhinoceros

The first press release for new theatre company Square MaMa Productions notes that if the group has its way, "recycling is going to be big in Bay Area theatre." By Ron Nachmann

Cool as Hell Theater | Aug 14, 2008

Shotgun Players: Ubu for President

Michael Rice sits down with Director Patrick Dooley to discuss Ubu For President, a very loose adaptation of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi.



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Theater Review | Aug 09, 2008

All's Well That Ends Well

All's Well That Ends Well is not really a comedy, though it does have many funny moments. Nor is it a tragedy, thanks to its turn-on-dime ending in which all of the problems that the playwright has taken such pains to contrive are suddenly tossed aside. By Ben Marks

Theater Review | Aug 07, 2008

Burn This

Try as we might to be nostalgic for the big shoulder pads, the moody British techno-pop, and all that Nicaragua-Contra cocaine that kept everyone partying till dawn at Studio 54, our affection for the 1980s is strained. By Ben Marks

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