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Theater Reviews – San Francisco and Beyond

2016

2016

December 2016

The Village Bike – Shotgun Players, Berkeley

The Lion King – SHN Orpheum Theater, San Francisco

The Madwoman in the Volvo – Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley – Marin Theater Company, Mill Valley

Caught – Shotgun Players, Berkeley

946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips – Berkeley Repertory Theatre

A Christmas Carol – ACT, San Francisco

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Shotgun Players, Berkeley – Millennial Notes

Rapture, Blister, Burn – Custom Made Theatre, S.F.

She Loves Me – San Francisco Playhouse

Equus – Theatre Rhinocerous, San Francisco

November 2016

All Aunt Hagar’s Children – Zspace

Safe House – Aurora Theatre

Luzia: A Waking Dream of Mexico – Cirque du Soleil

Aida – SF Opera

Putam County Spelling Bee – Bay Area Musicals

Madama Butterfly – SF Opera

1776 and Hamilton – Contra Costa Musical Theater

Major Barbara – Pear Theatre

Baker Street – 42nd St Moon

Beyond Therapy – Shelton Theater

Hearts of Spain – UC Berkeley Theater Dept – Millennial Notes

Black River Falls – Mojo Theatre

The Hard Problem – A.C.T – Millennial Notes

Summer in Sanctuary – The Marsh

October 2016

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf  – Shotgun Players

The Brothers Size – The Rhino – Millennial Notes

Rocky Horror – 6th St Playhouse

Peter and the Star Catcher – Marin On Stage

Chess – Custom Made Theatre

Nogales – Magic Theatre

The Last Tiger in Haiti – Berkeley Rep

Into The Beautiful North – Central Works

Shocktoberfest – Thrillpeddlers

The Brothers Size – The Rhino

Macbeth – Arabian Shakespearean Festival

Yellowface – BHP San Francisco

Seared – SF Playhouse

It Can’t Happen Here – Berkeley Rep – Millennial Notes

It Can’t Happen Here – Berkeley Rep

The Shipment – Crowded Fire

September 2016

Sweeney Todd – Raven Theater

King Charles III – ACT SF

My Fair Lady – Contra Costa Community Theater

All of what you love and none of what you hate – SF Playhouse

Othello  – Cal Shakes

Mr. India – Nataak

Caught – Shotgun Players

Frog and Toad – Berkeley Rep

Othello – Marin Shakespeare

Speed of Light – Quantum Dragon

August 2016

The Ice Cream Sandwich Incident – Faultline Theater -Millennial Notes

You Never Can Tell – CalShakes

The Thrush & the Woodpecker – Custom Made Theatre

Latin History for Morons – Berkeley Rep – Millennial Notes

Campo Maldito – The Exit

Hearts of Palm – Central Works

July 2016

Grand Concourse – Shotgun Players

John Leguizamo: Latin History for Morons – Berkeley Rep

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