Review: ‘La Comedia of Errors,’ a bilingual adaptation of Shakespeare’s play by Bill Rauch and Lydia G. Garcia (*****)
by Charlsie-Kern Kruger Let’s start by admitting that Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” is a fine play, but not really a bell ringer for Shakespeare’s genius. It is a type of comedy (servants and masters and mistaken identities) that has been formulaic since Ancient Greece and Rome, and remains formulaic…
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Review: Neil Simon’s ‘Rumors’ presented by Benicia Old Town Theatre Group (**1/2)
by Charlsie-Kern Kruger Regular readers of TheatreStorm will know that I have a large place in my heart for community theatre as well as professional work. What community theaters may lack in professional experience, they make up in the kind of enthusiasm, discovery, and community joy that can rarely…
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Review: ‘Come From Away’ at TheaterWorks Silicon Valley (****)
by Joanne Engelhardt It’s likely that every American over the age of thirty remembers exactly where they were on Sept. 11, 2001, the day two airplanes flew into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in downtown New York City. On that fateful day, over 30 planes…
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Review: ‘Psychopomp’ presented by We, Players at the San Francisco Botanical Gardens (*****)
by Charlsie-Kern Kruger One must admire a production so ambitious that it literally sets out to take the audience on a tour of the Underworld. Are “We, Players” out of their minds? No. They are confident in the power of their vision and their skills. After all, in various…
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