Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon Bring Gifts of Hopeful Feminism by Joanne Engelhardt At its core, this TheatreWorks Silicon Valley production celebrates love—familial, romantic, artistic—and asks how women carve space for themselves in a world eager to hold them back. “Georgiana and Kitty” ties together threads from all three of Gunderson and Melcon’s Pemberley plays….
Adam Strauss Conquers OCD, Love, Self-Doubt Brilliantly by Barry David Horwitz Let’s face it—Adam Strauss is an art form of his own. No one else has been brave enough to face his obsessive-compulsive disorder on stage and tell us about his many hilarious struggles over the years. Now, in a brilliant set, he takes…
Lauren Gunderson Unveils Surprising Story of Lord Byron’s Daughter by Lauren Jiang Light bulbs drop from the ceiling. The stage is scattered with old Apple computers and cables, bringing modern innovation to a historic setting. Could this perhaps be something like The Big Bang Theory? Far from that. “Ada & the Engine” captures the…
Stephen Sondheim’s Magic Transforms Curses to Choices by Francine Foltz People who like musicals with substance tend to be Stephen Sondheim fans, and for many, the apotheosis of Sondheim’s writing is “Into the Woods,” which plays this holiday season at San Francisco Playhouse. Under the supremely able direction of Susi Damilano, a collection of…