Cavalli Pits Power vs. Love in Sensual Spectacle by Joseph Mutti This was the first time I’d attended a performance of Francesco Cavalli’s “Eliogabalo,” loosely based on the life of the infamous Roman emperor Heliogabalus, and I was a little anxious because the 1667 opera was not performed until 1999. What could be wrong…
Reflections “Essential Services Project” Offers Free Thrills by Patricia L. Morin Imagine the creativity, stamina, and drive it takes for one person to write, act, direct, and produce, a solo play every week for over a year. John Fisher, Executive Artistic Director of Theatre Rhinoceros in San Francisco, took on this mind-boggling feat in his…
Linda Evans Carves a Path to Gender Fluidity by Patricia L. Morin TheatreFirst and Lisa Evans are to be applauded for braving the sensitive questions of sexuality and gender in “You Really Should Sit like a Lady.” When I was young, gender and sexuality were not interchangeable. People were either male or female. Period….
Tom Swift Soars with Awesome Actors, Rapid Repartee by Barry David Horwitz Tom Swift’s striking new play at TheatreFirst, “A Marriage,” leaps off the screen and into our hearts—with daring intimacy. In this powerful comedy, three inventive actors capture a gay marriage evolving over four decades. And they play themselves as actors, too Daniel…