Leonard Nimoy Uses Theo’s Letters to Delve into Vincent by Patricia L. Morin Jean-Michel Richaud shines in “Vincent,” a solo performance highlighting the powerful bond between Vincent Van Gogh and his loving brother Theo, who was also his connection to the art world. Set designer Martin Gilbertson’s late 1800s stage shows a table with…
Inspiration for Your Next House Party (or TED talk) by Svea Vikander A “Pop-Up Magazine” event is a cross between a TED Talk and the drunk people in the kitchen at a good house party. “Pop-Up” is a touring variety show from the publishers of the California Sunday Magazine that hits S.F. and Oakland…
Millennial Notes Amy Sass Articulates Our Tick-Tock Time Anxieties by Carly Van Liere An iceless world with a city skyline that reaches the horizon . . . We’ve seen this prediction in every post-apocalyptic sci-fi story, from “Wall-E” to “Oblivion.” Ragged Wing Ensemble’s “Time Sensitive” conjures this dystopian vision with intense choreography and a…
When we can keep up with them, the characters dazzle with their wit. They recite poetry. They ponder, to nihilistic ends, Newtonian determinism, the new science of thermodynamics, and the mathematics of grouse populations, derived from centuries of records in the game book, a.k.a., Things on the Estate That Have Been Shot. They fuck, they cheat, they plan to duel. (The action stays wholly off stage.)