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KPFA theatre critic reviews “Significant Other,” written by Joshua Harmon and directed by Lauren English, at SF Playhouse through June 15, 2019.

San Francisco Playhouse website

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Annette O’Toole, lead performer in the Berkeley Rep production, “The Good Book,” written by Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson,  and directed by Lisa Peterson, through June 9, 2019, in conversation with host Richard Wolinsky.

Annette O’Toole has had a long career in television, film and theatre, including regular stints as Superboy’s mother, Martha Kent, on Smallville, as the star of the TV series The Huntress and most recently in stints on the current Netflix series The Punisher and the upcoming series Virgin River. She has also appeared in leading and supporting roles in film, and more recently has appeared in several off-Broadway plays.

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Kate Kilbane and and Dan Moses, The Kilbanes, discuss their rock opera “Weightless,” at ACT’s Strand Theatre through May 12, 2019 with host Richard Wolinsky.

This is the second of three rock operas by the Kilbanes, and played previously at San Francisco’s Z Space. The story comes out of Ovid’s Metamorphosis, and tells the story of two sisters, Procne and Philomela, and their betrayal and subsequent revenge.

Weightless hovers somewhere between a concert and a play, starting with songs and narration and gradually expanding into a story with additional actors. The Kilbanes also discuss their other projects, including a musical based on the life of Helen Gurley Brown.

Photos: Emily Sevin

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Mohammad Shehata, in conversation with KPFA associate theater critic C.S. Soong.

Mohammad Shehata plays the role of Jack in Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest,” now at the Aurora Theatre in Berkeley through May 19. In Wilde’s comic jewel, the superficial preoccupations of Victorian society are skewered as an elaborate farce plays out among two friends, the imaginary personae they’ve created, and two women intent on only marrying men with the name “Ernest.”

The Aurora Theatre is located at 2081 Addison Street in Berkeley.

Aurora Theatre Company’s website

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KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The New Musical” at SHN Golden Gate Theatre through May 12, 2019.

SHN website.

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