KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Pike St,” written and performed by Nilaja Sun, at Berkeley Rep’s Peets Theatre through December 9, 2018.
Members of the Cirque du Soleil show “Volta,” running at the big top near AT&T Park in San Francisco through February 3, 2018 talk about the show and their work with the Monteal-based circus organization with Richard Wolinsky. Recorded in a trailer next to the big top.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Everything Is Illuminated” , west coast premiere, based on the Jonathan Safran Foer novel, at Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley. The play has been extended to December 16th.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “In the Heights,” music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, at Custom Made Theatre in San Francisco through December 15, 2018.
Esi Edugyan, author of the novel, “Washington Black,” in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. “Washington Black” tells the story of a young slave in Barbados in the 1840s who is taken under the wing of the abolitionist brother of his master. The novel follows his adventures as he wends his way through the world.
Welcome, to This Is America, November 17th, 2018. In this discussion episode of TIA, we are joined with Daryl Lamont Jenkins once again from One People’s Project. In our talk with Daryle we discuss the free fall of the Alt-Right, as it deals with the fall out of mass shootings, internal denunciations, court cases, and … Continued
Director, playwright and actor John Fisher discusses his one-man show, “A History of World War II” at the Marsh in San Francisco Nov, 8 – Dec. 16, 2018, Thursday and Saturday evenings. He also talks about the current Theatre Rhino season, which opened with the musical “The Boy From Oz” about the life of gay singer/songwriter Peter Allen, playing at the Gateway (Eureka) Theatre through Nov. 17, 2018.
Andre Dubus III, whose latest novel is “Gone So Long,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. His other books hiclude “Townie,” a memoir, and “House of Sand and Fog.”
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Men On Boats” by Jaclyn Backhaus, directed by Tamilla Wodard, at ACT’s Strand Theatre through December 16, 2018.
Is climate change as big a challenge as it’s made out to be? Are we talking about it enough, or at all? What do Americans and Californians think about climate change? How much does our political leaning affect how we perceive this threat? And most importantly, what can we do with our biggest power–our vote–to fight … Continued