Review: Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” presented by Jacobethan Theatre Workshop/Shakespeare In The Park(ing lot) (***)
by Charlsie-Kern Kruger Broadly speaking, there are two primary approaches to modern Shakespearean productions. One focuses on directorial conceptions that seek to find new insights into the world of the plays. This may be accomplished by placing the plays in modern settings, as when Ian McKellen played Richard…
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Review: Stuart Bousel’s ‘Satyricon: A Queer Comedy About Imperial Collapse’ given its world premiere by SF Eagle Players
by Charles Kruger “Satyricon” is a blast. Now, to be honest, I’m not sure I followed the plot very well. I’m not even sure I got the jokes. But, really, it doesn’t matter. “Satyricon,” as presented in San Francisco’s premier leather kink bar, The Eagle, in the heart of…
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Review: ‘Trey’ or ‘Kyle Kyle Kyle Kyle Kyle Kyle Kyle III’ at Theatre Rhinoceros (****1/2)
by Charlsie-Kern Kruger As the editor and chief writer for TheatreStorm, I have seen close to a thousand plays over the past several years. They are usually pretty good. Less usually, they are very good. Occasionally, they are great. And, once in a blue moon, along comes a unicorn:…
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Review: ‘Once Upon A Mattress’ at Sonoma Arts Live (***)
by Charlsie-Kern Kruger “Once Upon A Mattress” is one of the true oddities of the American stage. It is silly, smutty, shallow, and utterly absurd. It was created as a fun project for an Adult Summer Camp. (Put the emphasis on “Adult” for sexual innuendo.) It then went…
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