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
Annette O’Toole, one of the stars of “The Good Book,” now at Berkeley Rep’s Peets Theatre, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. Annette O’Toole has been performing since the mid-1960s. She played Martha Kent for six seasons on “Smallville,” and has been a featured performer on other TV series. Most recently, she played the villain in the current season of “The Punisher” on Netflix.
Kate Kilbane and and Dan Moses, The Kilbanes, discuss their rock opera “Weightless,” at ACT’s Strand Theatre through May 12, 2019 with Richard Wolinsky. Weightless tells the story of Procne and Philomela, two sisters who are betrayed and seek revenge, from Ovid’s Metamorphosis.
Mohammad Shehata plays the role of Jack in Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Earnest,” now at the Aurora Theatre through May 19. He is interviewed by KPFA associate theater critic C.S. Soong.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The New Musical”, at SHN Golden Gate Theatre through May 12, 2019.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “The Jungle” by Joe Murphy & Joe Robertson, directed by Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, at the Curran Theater through May 18, 2019.
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “In Old Age,” a world premiere play by Mfoniso Udofia, at the Magic Theatre in Fort Mason Center in San Francisco through April 21, 2019
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Actually” by Anna Ziegler, at Aurora Theatre Harry’s Upstage through May 5, 2019.
Justin Martin, co-director, and Ammar Haj Ahmad, one of the principal actors of “The Jungle,” a play by Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco through May 18, 2019, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky. “The Jungle” tells the story of the rise and fall of a camp near Calais for those seeking asylum in Britain.
KPFA theatre critic reviews the national touring company of the Lincoln Center production of “Falsettos” by James Lapine and William Finn, at SHN Golden Gate through April 14, 2019.
A brief interview with Sting, conducted by Richard Wolinsky, about the show “The Last Ship,” about Sting’s views on Brexit, and about his upcoming projects.
