by Charles Kruger Sha Sha Higby is an artist whose work is difficult to describe. Is she a puppeteer? A dancer? An actress? A costumer? A fabric artist? A painter? A shaman? Well, she may be all that. In her official website biography, she tells us, “I approach dance through the medium of sculpture.” […]
by Charles Kruger Connie (Aylet Firstenberg) and Tristan (Joe Estlack) meet cute. They are experimental subjects housed in a clinic for four weeks as test subjects for a new antidepressant. As they are thrown together under these intimate circumstances (they cannot leave and everyone else is staff), Tristan, not surprisingly, makes a romantic move. As is […]
by Charles Kruger Any teenager will tell you their lives are richer emotionally, intellectually, creatively, and physically than many adults realize. Any honest adult will admit that, even with our best efforts, we sometimes unfairly treat teenagers as irritating, shallow, foolish and unworthy of our serious and respectful attention. If the teenagers in question are […]
by Charles Kruger In “Hooded or Being Black for Dummies,” playwright Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm does not hesitate to directly address stereotypes in ways that might easily offend, provoke uncomfortable laughter, or confused silence. But audiences need not fear, as Chisholm makes it easy to understand how to respond. Before the action of the play begins, […]
by Charles Kruger Within moments from the start of “OUT Of Site,” I was practically bawling. Gay men of a certain age, who remember San Francisco in the 70s and 80s, will understand how I felt. As an audience of mostly gay men and lesbians (or so they seemed to me) stood in the shadow […]
by Charles Kruger “What’s with Fisher?” was the buzz among the reviewers in the lobby on opening night of “Transitions” at the Gateway Theatre. “He’s directing AND starring in his OWN play! Again!?! Is he crazy?” Well, I’ll tell you this about Fisher: if he’s crazy, our theatre needs a lot more mad men like […]
by Charles Kruger The joys of Grand Opera, in the view of too many, are for a privileged few. It can only be seen, they assume, in huge opera houses by an audience dressed in tuxedos and diamonds, spending hundreds of dollars for tickets. Quite often, there are more than a hundred performers onstage, orchestras […]
