Review: “The DaVinci Code” at Palo Alto Players (**)
by Joanne Engelhardt Palo Alto Players’ costume designer, Andy Lechuga, deserves top billing for swathing “The DaVinci Code’s” “movement ensemble” with such flexible, form-fitting costumes that the actors wearing them are able to sway, bend and twirl with precision. For this reviewer, at least, their performances are the highlight of…
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Review: ‘Cinderella’ at Hillbarn Theatre (***1/2)
by Joanne Engelhardt So you think you know the age-old fairy tale “Cinderella?” Ha! Think again. Hillbarn Theatre’s production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s version – coupled with a new book byDouglas Carter Beane – is so quirky, funny and downright charming that it keeps the audience’s attention…
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Review: ‘Chicken and Biscuits’ at African American Shakespeare Company (***)
by Charlsie-Kern Kruger The much beloved patriach of the Jenkins family, The Reverend Bernard Jenkins, longtime Pastor of St. Luke’s Church, has passed away. The family gathers for the funeral, where the pastor’s very nervous son-in-law (having inherited St. Luke’s pulpit), Reverend Reginald Mabry, is to deliver the funeral…
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Review: “The Wisdom of Eve” at Altarena Playhouse (**1/2)
by Charlsie-Kern Kruger Eve Harrington is one of the great villainesses of the American theatre, probably most familiar to modern audiences by way of the classic movie , “All About Eve,” which featured Anne Baxter in the role, as well as marking the film debut of Marilyn Monroe in…
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