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Gabriella Momah and Megan Timpane play lovers in Hansol Jung's "Cardboard Piano" (courtesy of Lois Tema).

‘Cardboard Piano’ crafts a beautiful queer tragedy

Olivia Popp
  •  
Nov. 5, 2018
Courtney Flores' costumes reflect the 1950s setting of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" (COURTNEY FLORES/Stanford TAPS).

Dream deferred? TAPS + BLACKstage’s “A Raisin in the Sun” is a dream fulfilled

Chloe Wintersteen
  •  
Nov. 1, 2018
Jack Barrett, Lila Gold, Billy Hutton, Crissy Guerrero, James Lloyd Reynolds, and Moira Stone star in TheatreWorks' "Fun Home" (courtesy of Kevin Berne).

TheatreWorks’ ‘Fun Home’ imperfectly balances past and present

Chloe Wintersteen
  •  
Oct. 30, 2018
Ben (Cassidy Brown) and Daniel (Jomar Tagatac) in "You Mean to Do Me Harm." (Courtesy of Ken Levin)

‘You Mean to Do Me Harm’ challenges bias and perception at SF Playhouse

Olivia Popp
  •  
Oct. 29, 2018
Courtesy of Kevin Berne

TheatreWorks’ ‘Fun Home’ is good but never quite gets there

Olivia Popp
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Oct. 20, 2018
Courtesy of Tim Trumble

National tour of ‘Waitress’ cooks up a new Broadway classic

Olivia Popp
  •  
Oct. 19, 2018
PLO Finance Minister Ahmed Qurie (J Paul Nicholas) speaks with Israeli Director-General of the Foreign Ministry Uri Savir (Paris Hunter Paul) while Norwegian mediators Terje Rød-Larsen (Mark Anderson Phillips) and Mona Juul (Erica Sullivan) look on. (Courtesy of Kevin Berne)

Marin Theatre Company’s ‘Oslo’ gives us a piece of narrated history

Olivia Popp
  •  
Oct. 18, 2018
Courtesy of David Greenspan

New York Minute: Exploring love, memory and loss in ‘The Things That Were There’

Alli Cruz
  •  
Oct. 17, 2018
Courtesy of CRASH Theater Co.

New York Minute: CRASH Theater Co.’s ‘TaRaRaBOOM’ explodes with absurdity and modernity

Alli Cruz
  •  
Oct. 12, 2018
Courtesy of Matthew Murphy

‘On Your Feet!’ contains romping celebration of Cuban and Latinx artistry

Olivia Popp
  •  
Oct. 11, 2018
Courtesy of Johan Persson

‘Dystopian Dream’ is an aggressively digestible dance piece

Olivia Popp
  •  
Oct. 9, 2018
Jessie (Sarah Nina Hayon) and Cynthia (Tonye Patano) discuss the rumors that their positions could be outsourced to Mexico in Lynn Nottage’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize–winning drama, Sweat, performing at A.C.T.’s Geary Theater now through Sunday, October 21, 2018. Background: Tracey (Lise Bruneau) (Courtesy of Kevin Berne)

ACT’s ‘Sweat’ is a masterclass in contemporary American theater

Olivia Popp
  •  
Oct. 5, 2018
Courtesy of City Garage Theatre

‘Arturo Ui’ provides an eerie reflection of today’s administration

Olivia Popp
  •  
Oct. 4, 2018
Courtesy of Harrison Truong

Nick Thune brings slow comedy to Bing Studio

Olivia Popp
  •  
Oct. 1, 2018
Courtesy of The Second City

It’s not the Space Force but it’s ‘Trump in Space’

Olivia Popp
  •  
Sept. 24, 2018
Courtesy of The Groundlings

The Groundlings’ ‘Cooking With Gas’ is a fresh take on LA comedy

Olivia Popp
  •  
Sept. 20, 2018
Miss Hannigan (Ana Gasteyer) scolds Annie (Kaylin Hedges) in the Hollywood Bowl production of "Annie." (BRIAN VAN DER BRUG/Los Angeles Times)

On Easy Street with the Hollywood Bowl production of ‘Annie’

Olivia Popp
  •  
Aug. 2, 2018
(Left to right) Courtney Walsh, Lea Claire Zawada, Emma Rothenberg, Jennie Brick, Brenna McCulloch, Gianna Clark, Regan Lavin and Amber Levine in "Hecuba/Helen." (Courtesy of Zachary Dammann)

‘Hecuba/Helen’ is mesmerizing but lacking impact

Minh-Anh Day
  •  
July 30, 2018
Belyaev (Peter Mendoza) kisses the hand of Natalya (Nike Doukas). (Courtesy of Geoffrey Wade Photography)

‘Three Days in the Country’: Love in the time of 19th century Russian class differences

Olivia Popp
  •  
July 30, 2018
Courtesy of Darren Scott

‘Mutt House’ needs to be immediately placed into a doggy bag and dumped into a trash compactor

Olivia Popp
  •  
July 27, 2018
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