Director Shawna Lucey’s Sensitive Scenes Stir #MeToo by Barry David Horwitz When Violetta (divine Pretty Yende) has been rejected publicly, all the elegantly dressed Parisian women flock around her. They have been having spats with their men, too, and they rally around Violetta, despite her reputation. The women in bright gowns circle her, protectively,…
John Fisher Portrays a Gay Man’s Struggles with Parenthood by Patricia L. Morin John Fisher’s “A Slice of Life” features Jordy (dynamic Fisher), a Gay actor and director, who is struggling to understand his estranged daughter Roxanne (multi-talented Flannery Mays). Theatre Rhino in the Castro is an intimate, warm, unpretentious space that expands our…
Adrienne Price Rocks & Shocks with No Apologies by Robert M. Gardner When will we realize that difference is not dangerous, but rather enhances and strengthens US. In “The Red Shades: A Trans Superhero Rock Opera,” Adrienne Price celebrates the trans and queer superheroes who fought San Francisco Police at the 1966 Compton Cafeteria…
Marcus Gardley’s Modern Verse Version Shakes US Up! by Lynne Stevens At Cal Shakes, Co-directors Eric Ting and Dawn Monique Williams have staged a first-rate “Lear” with all its rage and fury. In his new, modern verse adaptation, playwright Marcus Gardley uses Bay Area Black history to modernize Shakespeare’s King Lear. The smartest play…