During the Corona Virus lockdown, new podcasts will go live Sunday afternoons. New and recent interviews focused primarily on local Bay Area theatre venues, with playwrights, actors, directors and artistic directors, hosted by KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky. Pre-pandemic podcasts also feature theatre reviews by Richard Wolinsky along with interviews conducted by KPFA associate theatre critic C.S. Soong. Dates of theatre reviews can be found at http://bookwaves.homestead.com/Theatre_Reviews.html
Brady Morales Woolery plays a leading role in the Shotgun Players production of “The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence,” a play by Madeleine George now at the Ashby Stage in Berkeley through September 10. He is interviewed by KPFA associate theater critic C.S. Soong.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Black Odyssey” by Marcus Gardley, directed by Eric Ting, at Cal Shakes in Orinda through September 3, 2017.
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Blues Is A Woman” at Custom Made Theatre through August 27, 2017.
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews the musical “La Cage aux Folles” at San Francisco Playhouse through September 16, 2017.
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “The Glass Menagerie,” directed by Lisa Portes, at California Shakespeare Theatre through July 30th.
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.
