Federico García Lorca’s Spanish Women Link 30s Fascism to US by Jenyth Jo After watching Stephen Colbert’s last show, I needed a good, old-fashioned Greek catharsis. CBS cancelled Colbert’s Late Show to gain our tyrant’s approval of their vast corporate merger. They gave ideological control of the network to our current crazed “leader,” echoing…
Fierstein & Herman’s 80’s Musical Soars with Hope & Joy by Jenyth Jo In 2017, reviewer Michael Billington rightly claimed, “No piece of theatre has done as much to encourage sexual tolerance” as “La Cage aux Folles.” Today, it appears our president wants to return to 1983, when conservatives criticized the gay love story….
Tachis & Lo’s Woman-Centered Classic Upends Patriarchal Power by Jenyth Jo In a time when we cannot trust our old-boy ‘leaders,’ Berkeley Shakes’ “Cyrano” offers dazzling female power. As lovers and fighters, these women rule the stage. In the original “Cyrano de Bergerac,” Edmond Rostand’s macho Cyrano has an enormous nose that prevents romantic…
Candrice Jones’ Lady Train Scores Victory! by Jenyth Jo As a former Division 1 athlete from Stanford, I wondered whether watching a play about basketball would be as much fun as going to a Valkyries game. Director Margo Hall and her team have created a many-layered show that’s more intense than live basketball. In…