L. Peter Callender

Pugilistic Play 'Blade to the Heat' at the Thick House - Today's Calendar Pick

Razor Sharp

Town and Country

A new look at an old Shakespeare draws a clever link between urban and rural

World Music

Sometimes a single performance can carry an entire production

All Hail the King

L. Peter Callender's performance in the title role is the reason to see the play

Saying Ado

A light, summery take on two of Shakespeare's wittiest lovers

We Petty Men

Julius Caesar is best when we don't push the modern parallels

Sinister Ambition

Thick Description presents a stylish study in evil

The Winter's Tale

With so much going right, it's hard to tell why this clever production falls flat

Burning Joan

The Aurora inaugurates its new space with the story of a brilliant zealot

Romper Room Romeo

Cal Shakes has a little too much fun with Shakespeare's romantic tragedy

Brilliant Strangeness

Jenny Bacon makes Shakespeare's odd play worth it

Aeschylus Overwhelmed

Berkeley Rep's Oresteia is gorgeous to look at, but its spots of good acting get drowned by the staging

Joe Louis Blues

Performances at Thick House

The Crucifixion of Galilei

Performances at Thick House

Stage

Performances at Thick House

Do No Harm

Performances at Thick House

Stage

Performances at Thick House

Night+Day

Performances at Thick House

Hard Labour

Love's Labour's Lost imprisons with its verse; My Piece of the Sky incarcerates the audience

Lighten Up

Julius Caesar overplays Shakespeare's cynical theme; Connecticut Yankee engages with sweet silliness