KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews the musical play “Finding Neverland” at SHN Orpheum through February 12, 2017.
Bay Area Theater
During the Corona Virus lockdown, new podcasts will go live Sunday afternoons. 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. Review air dates can be found: http://bookwaves.homestead.com/Theatre_Reviews.html
Gregory Dawson is the founder and artistic director of dawsondancesf, which presents the world premiere of Dawson’s work “les vérités” at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on January 27th and 28th. He is interviewed by C.S. Soong.
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews Belleville by Amy Herzog, at Custom Made Theatre in San Francisco through January 28, 2017.
Review by KPFA Theatre Critic Richard Wolinsky of “The Madwoman in the Volvo” by Sandra Tsing Loh at Berkeley Rep through January 15, 2017. Berkeley Rep
Emma Rice is the Artistic Director of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London and director/co-adaptor of “946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips,” a Kneehigh production running at Berkeley Rep through January 15th. She is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
“Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley” a new play by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon, based on characters from Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice, at Marin Theatre Company through December 23, 2016, reviewed by KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky.
“She Loves Me,” the classic 1963 musical with book by Joe Masteroff, music and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock, directed by Susi Damilano, now at San Francisco Playhouse through January 14, 2017. Reviewed by KPFA Chief Theater Critic Richard Wolinsky
KPFA Theater Critic Richard Wolinsky reviews the touring company of “The King and I,” now at the Golden Gate Theatre through December 11, 2016.
The play Safe House by Keith Josef Adkins, directed by L. Peter Callender, at Aurora Theatre in Berkeley through December 4, 2016 is reviewed by KPFA chief theatre critic Richard Wolinsky.
Ed Decker, founder and artistic director of New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco talks with KPFA’s Richard Wolinsky. The New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco focuses on queer and allied theatre and has been around since 1981.