Hershey Felder Plays Melancholy Maestro, Passionate Piano by Barry David Horwitz After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Sergei Rachmaninoff fled Russia, abandoned his aristocratic life, and moved to New York. The popular pianist-composer arrives in the U.S. with nothing. Hershey Felder plays the exiled Rachmaninoff with verve and passion, calling up vivid memories of…
S.F. Mime Troupe Puts Bob Cratchit & Songs Center Stage by Barry David Horwitz In “A Red Carol,” the SF Mime Troupe has revealed the true focus of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” Performed in Z Space’s indoor, industrial, thrift store settings of old furniture and brilliant songs, The Mime Troupe offers a new vision….
Brian Copeland: A Genuine Christmas Gem, One Time Only by Barry David Horwitz Brian Copeland, famed for his “Not a Genuine Black Man” solo show, is our master story-teller. His gift to audiences during the holidays, “The Jewelry Box,” offers a treasure chest of wit, warmth, and wisdom. And it’s playing for only one…
John Fisher’s Spectacular Staging Puts Fascism in Our Faces by Barry David Horwitz Dramatic genius John Fisher has assembled a heavenly cast to explore the Hell of 1930s Germany—to live out the nightmare of newly-minted Nazism. Substitute MAGA for NAZI and we are re-living “Cabaret” right now in the U.S. Fisher seduces us into…