KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “The Glass Menagerie,” directed by Lisa Portes, at California Shakespeare Theatre through July 30th.
Bay Area Theater
A podcast of theater reviews by Richard Wolinsky that air on KPFA’s Up Front, Arts-Waves and Talkies programs, plus additional unaired reviews by Richard Wolinsky and C.S. Soong. Also: interviews with Bay Area artistic directors, as well as performers, playwrights, directors and others in the local theatrical industry.
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “An Octoroon” by Branden Jacobs Jenkins, directed by Eric Ting, at Berkeley Rep, extended to July 29, 2017.
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Spendour” by Abi Morgan, at Aurora Theatre in Berkeley through July 23, 2017.
John Fisher, artistic director of Theatre Rhinoceros in San Francisco, discusses its latest production, the musical “Priscilla Queen of the Desert,” at the Eureka Theater in San Francisco through July 1st. He also discusses the upcoming season as well as the production of Shakespeare’s King Lear at Yerba Buena Gardens July 7th through 9th. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “The Legend of Georgia McBride” by Matthew Lopez, at Marin Theatre Company through July 2, 2017.
Han Ong is a playwright whose latest work is “Grandeur,” at the Magic Theater in San Francisco through June 25, 2017. He is interviewed by KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky. Han Ong has written several plays since the 1990s, and two novels, including the well-reviewed “Fixer Chao” in 2001. This is his second play following a twelve-year absence. “Grandeur” concerns a meeting between a journalist and the late poet and writer Gil Scott-Heron in 2010 upon the release of the album “I’m New Here,” and a year before the poet’s death.
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “The Roommate” by Jen Silverman, directed by Becca Wolff, at San Francisco Playhouse through July 1, 2017.
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews the pre-Broadway production of the musical “Roman Holiday” at SHN Golden Gate Theater through June 18, 2017.
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews the musical adaptation of the film “Monsoon Wedding,” directed by Mira Nair, at Berkeley Rep through July 9, 2017.
Susannah Martin directs the Shotgun Players production of “The Events,” a play by David Greig now at the Ashby Stage in Berkeley through June 4. She is interviewed by KPFA associate theater critic C.S. Soong.