Bay Area theatre reviews with KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky, plus interviews with local Artistic Directors, actors and directors. Older posts include interviews witth former associate KPFA theatre critic C.S. Soong. Dates when reviews airs can be found at http://bookwaves.homestead.com/Theatre_Reviews.html
Playwright Lauren Gunderson, author of “The Catastrophist,” now streaming at the Marin Theatre website, and co-author of “The Flats” at Aurora Theatre’s website, and America’s most produced living playwright, is interviewed about her work and career by host Richard Wolinsky.
Noted theatre critic John Lahr, interviewed by Richard Wolinsky in 2015. In the interview he talks about Tennessee Williams, August Wilson, political theatre, and his relationship with his father, Bert Lahr, the Cowardly Lion in the classic “The Wizard of Oz.”
Encore podcast from April, 2018. Michael Mayer, director of the musical “Head Over Heels,” in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky. Later in 2018, “Head Over Heels” made it to Broadway, opening in July and closing in early January 2019 after 164 performances.
Sheryl Kaller, director, and Pamela Gray, playwright of “A Walk on the Moon,” a world premiere musical which played at A.C.T. Geary Theatre, June 9-July 1, 2018, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. Podcast originallly posted on May 30, 2018.
Playwright David Henry Hwang and composer Jeanine Tesori discuss their latest project, an original musical titled “Soft Power,” which played at the Curran Theatre June 20-July 8, 2018, with host Richard Wolinsky. Originally posted June 8, 2018.
Octavio Solis, whose play “Quixote Nuevo” was performed at at California Shakespeare Theatre in June 2018, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
Jeanine Tesori and Alison Bechdel discuss their Tony Award winning muiscal “Fun Home” with host Richard Wolinsky. The touring company of “Fun Home” played at the Curran Theatre in early 2017, and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presented its own production in 2018.
Liz Diamond, Chair of the Directing Department at the Yale School of Drama, interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky. First posted May 9, 2018 while she was directing Suzan Lori-Park’s “Father Comes Home from the Wars, Parts I, II and II” at ACT’s Geary Theatre.
Playwright Jessica Hagedorn is interviewed about “The Gangster of Love, which premiered at the Magic Theatre in spring, 2018, and about her career, with host Richard Wolinsky.
Playwright John Kolvenbach discusses his play “Reel to Reel” and his career in this interview which originally posted on January 22, 2018. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
