Tony Kushner

"A Bright Room Called Day": Production Is Unequal to the Play

Angels, Resurrected

Jump in -- Water Is Fine

"In the Red and Brown Water" is worth the hype

"... and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi" falls short of epic ambitions

Renaissance Man

Stage Sage

Speculating about this season's theatrical experiments.

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Slavs!

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Mom's the Word

Frank Rich was wrong: Dead Mother is actually a pleasure to watch

Election, Stage Left

Political theater may preach to the converted, but it can still teach us something about the world

Repertory Film Listings

Political theater may preach to the converted, but it can still teach us something about the world

Tragedy Re-Revisited

Spielberg's Munich rehashes a tale we've heard before

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Spielberg's Munich rehashes a tale we've heard before

Smiles, Everyone

Is it possible to balance a fairy-tale surface with the darkness lurking beneath?

Flight of the Brundibar

A twisted children's performance from the creator of Where the Wild Things Are

Rhythm Nation

The passionate beat and sultry scene of Mambo overcome a weak script

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Sweet Sounds

The music of Caroline, or Change may tell more of the story than its words do

Bring Us In

True controversy, moral conundrums, and naked penises return to Broadway

An Irreverent Death

Meyerhold may be the best home-grown play since Angels in America

Angels in Berlin

Why Tony Kushner is no George Bernard Shaw

Get Over It

Celebs tell it like it is

Sir Vidia's Shadow

Superb acting and careful directing draw out a play about sex and socialism

The Slapstick Museum

Despite strong acting and stylish costumes, Berkeley Rep's 1968 comedy shows its age

Been There, Staged That

After 20 years, Caryl Churchill's farce about sexual hang-ups has lost its ability to shock

Angels in Afghanistan

A controversial, uneven, and eerily timely production at the Berkeley Rep

Quintessential Kushner

Tony Kushner's prescient new play, set in Afghanistan during the Taliban's rule, is being billed as the local theater event of the season

"Love's Fire"

Playwrights devise short plays based on Shakespeare sonnets

Proof

What it proves is that winning lots of awards doesn't make a play good

Laugh Factory

"One Hundred & Six Years of Comedy" is a condensed history of comic theater

Angels in America

Actors' Theater of Santa Rosa production

Short Stage Reviews

The Illusion; Macbeth; The Velocity of Gary

Plague Years

One Flea Spare at the Phoenix II Theater

Night & Day

One Flea Spare at the Phoenix II Theater

Tanya, Eureka Find a Place to Call Home

One Flea Spare at the Phoenix II Theater

Long Lost, Late Won

One Flea Spare at the Phoenix II Theater

Stage

One Flea Spare at the Phoenix II Theater

Night + Day

One Flea Spare at the Phoenix II Theater

Wordplay

Dark Rapture explores language without involving us dramatically; Slavs! eavesdrops on a nation involved in a deeply searching dialogue

Aisle Seat

Dark Rapture explores language without involving us dramatically; Slavs! eavesdrops on a nation involved in a deeply searching dialogue

Aisle Seat

Dark Rapture explores language without involving us dramatically; Slavs! eavesdrops on a nation involved in a deeply searching dialogue

Letters

Dark Rapture explores language without involving us dramatically; Slavs! eavesdrops on a nation involved in a deeply searching dialogue

Mixed Messages

The Medium lacks a dramatic raison d'étre; Angels remains thrilling theate

Night+Day

The Medium lacks a dramatic raison d'étre; Angels remains thrilling theate

Reel World

The Medium lacks a dramatic raison d'étre; Angels remains thrilling theate

Aisle Seat

The Medium lacks a dramatic raison d'étre; Angels remains thrilling theate