KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews the pre-Broadway production of the musical “Roman Holiday” at SHN Golden Gate Theater through June 18, 2017.
Bay Area Theater
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
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.
Simon McBurney, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. Simon McBurney is the director and performer of “The Encounter,” a theatrical piece inspired by the Book Amazon Beaming by Petru Popescu, playing at the Curran in San Francisco through May 7th. Simon McBurney is the artistic director of Complicite, a London based theatrical company. He’s directed several plays and operas over the years, and acted such films as The Theory of Everything, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, and other films, as well as the TV series The Borgias and The Casual Vacancy.
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky interviews Evren Odcikin, director of “Autobiography of a Terrorist” by Said Sayrafiezadeh, a Golden Thread production at Potrero Stage (Thick House) in San Francisco, through May 7, 2017.
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Temple” by Steve Waters, directed by Tom Ross, at Aurora Theatre in Berkeley through May 14, 2016.
Robert Hurwitt, former drama critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, and before that the San Francisco Examiner and the East Bay Express, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Needles and Opium,” written and directed by Robert LaPage, at ACT’s Geary Theater through April 23, 2017.
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Hamilton,” book, music and lyrics by Lin Manuel Miranda, at SHN Orpheum through August 5, 3017.
KPFA theater critic Richard Wolinsky reviews a new production of “Noises Off” by Michael Frayn, directed by Susi Damilano, at San Francisco Playhouse through May 13, 2017.