2012 Stories by Lily Janiak
published July 18, 2012
D’Arcy Drollinger has observed a pattern in the life of Lindsay Lohan: “Change your hair color, get into a car accident, go to the... More >>
published July 11, 2012
"I kind of want to apologize for the noise," said Julia Heitner, co-artistic director of San Francisco Theater Pub. "But I feel like this is... More >>
published July 11, 2012
Custom Made’s production of The Merchant of Venice represents at least two theatrical milestones. Not only is it the theater company’s... More >>
published July 4, 2012
Let's play a game. Try to forget the name of the play printed right above this review and then see what you would make of these hints about... More >>
published June 20, 2012
As Berkeley Rep Artistic Director Tony Taccone has it, playwright Eve Ensler "is dedicated to this almost antiquated notion that theater can... More >>
published May 30, 2012
The mission of Theatre Rhinoceros has long been to produce gay theater that doesn’t simplify complex issues — or, in the words of... More >>
published May 23, 2012
In this town, it's heresy not to love Bill Irwin. The renowned clown and Tony Award-winning actor got his start in the Bay Area, where he was a... More >>
published May 16, 2012
When you walk into Tenderloin, the new documentary play at the Cutting Ball Theater, you might find yourself disoriented, even doing a... More >>
published April 25, 2012
A few years ago, the Thrillpeddlers, San Francisco's theater of the gaudy, gory, and grotesque, embarked on a collaboration that could hardly... More >>
published April 18, 2012
While he comes closer to pure evil than anyone else in Shakespeare, the villain in Othello is often called within the play itself... More >>
published March 28, 2012
The opening moments of A Lie of the Mind, now at the Boxcar, stand among the most intense in all of theater. Jake (a feral Joe Estlack)... More >>
published March 21, 2012
In his pre-show speech, director Brian Katz warns us that his production of A Bright Room Called Day at the Custom Made Theatre Co. runs... More >>
published March 21, 2012
"A country road. A tree. Evening." So go the opening stage directions of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, one of the most... More >>
published March 14, 2012
Scott Herman’s play Octopus’s Garden might not seem like typical PianoFight fare. It’s not sketch comedy,... More >>
published March 7, 2012
You can be forgiven for having great expectations for The Waiting Period, Brian Copeland's new solo show at the Marsh. His last play,... More >>
published March 7, 2012
Scott Herman’s play Octopus’s Garden might not seem like typical PianoFight fare. It’s not sketch comedy,... More >>
published February 22, 2012
Sexy topical questions add sheen to the surface of Annie Baker's Body Awareness, a Bay Area premiere now at the Aurora: To what extent... More >>
published February 15, 2012
Becky Shaw is like a two-hour greatest hits album ... for a soap opera. Have a favorite cliché of the genre? You'll probably... More >>
published February 8, 2012
Becky Shaw, a regional premiere now at SF Playhouse, is like a two-hour greatest hits album ... for a soap opera.
Have a... More >>
published February 8, 2012
Euripides, like many ancient Greeks, regarded passionate love as a form of insanity. So he might not seem like the most fitting playwright around... More >>
published January 25, 2012
It's about time someone staged a play that revealed critics for what they truly are: sexy.
Granted, the critic in Sorry Fugu,... More >>
published January 25, 2012
"A country road. A tree. Evening." So go the opening stage directions of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, one of the most... More >>
published January 4, 2012
If this theatrical season has had any major trend, it's the fairy tale. First, Marin Theatre Company gave us Bellwether, in which a... More >>
published January 4, 2012
Nikola Tesla and the San Francisco Old Mint comprise an odd parallel. The inventor, a golden boy of the Gilded Age, pioneered technology in... More >>
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