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.
Pam MacKinnon, the new Artistic Director of A.C.T., American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. The Tony Award winning director of 2013’s Broadway revival of Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” and Obie winning director of “Clybourne Park” was hired by A.C.T. as Artistic Director on January 18, 2018, and is now in the midst of the first season she has curated since her arrival.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Paradise Square,” a new musical at Berkeley Rep through February 24, 2019.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews the Broadway musical “Come from Away” on its national tour at the SHN Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco through February 3, 2019.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Dear Evan Hansen” at the Curran through December 30, 2018.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Tuck Everlasting: The Musical” at TheatreWorks Palo Alto Lucie Stern Theatre through December 20, 2018
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “A Bronx Tale: The Musical” at SHN Golden Gate through December 23, 2018.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Mary Poppins,” directed by Susi Damilano, at San Francisco Playhouse through January 12, 2018.
Nathan Tysen, lyricist for the musicals “Tuck Everlasting,” “Amelie” and the forthcoming “Paradise Square,” talks with host Richard Wolinsky. “Tuck Everlasting” runs at TheatreWorks Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto through December 30th. His new musical, “Paradise Square,” starts previews at Berkeley Rep on December 27, 2018.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews the world premiere play, “The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley” by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, at Marin Theatre Company through December 16, 2018.
Nilaja Sun stars in the one-woman show “Pike St.,” which runs through December 9 at Berkeley Rep. She is interviewed by KPFA associate theater critic C.S. Soong. [photo by Teresa Castracane]
