KPFA - Bay Area Theater

KPFA - Bay Area Theater

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  • Interview: Nilaja Sun about “Pike St.” at Berkeley Rep
    Nilaja Sun, in conversation with KPFA associate theater critic C.S. Soong.
    Nilaja Sun portrays a dozen people living on New York’s Lower East Side in her one-woman show “Pike St.,” now at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. In “Pike St.” three generations of a Puerto Rican family await, along with neighbors and friends, the arrival of a hurricane. The play, directed by Ron Russell, runs through December 9.
    Berkeley Repertory Theatre [1] is located at 2025 Addison Street in Berkeley.
    [1] https://www.berkeleyrep.org/season/1819/13849.asp
    24 min
  • Interview: Nilaja Sun about “Pike St.” at Berkeley Rep

    Nilaja Sun, in conversation with KPFA associate theater critic C.S. Soong.

    Nilaja Sun portrays a dozen people living on New York’s Lower East Side in her one-woman show “Pike St.,” now at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. In “Pike St.” three generations of a Puerto Rican family await, along with neighbors and friends, the arrival of a hurricane. The play, directed by Ron Russell, runs through December 9.

    Berkeley Repertory Theatre is located at 2025 Addison Street in Berkeley.

    The post Interview: Nilaja Sun about “Pike St.” at Berkeley Rep appeared first on KPFA.

    24 min
  • Review: Pike St., at Berkeley Rep
    KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "Pike St," written and performed by Nilaja Sun, at Berkeley Rep's Peets Theatre through December 9, 2018.
    Berkeley Rep website [1]
    [1] https://www.berkeleyrep.org/season/1819/13849.asp
    4 min
  • Review: Pike St., at Berkeley Rep

    KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Pike St,” written and performed by Nilaja Sun, at Berkeley Rep’s Peets Theatre through December 9, 2018.

    Berkeley Rep website

    The post Review: Pike St., at Berkeley Rep appeared first on KPFA.

    4 min
  • Review: Everything Is Illuminated at Aurora Theatre Company
    KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "Everything Is Illuminated" , west coast premiere, based on the Jonathan Safran Foer novel, at Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley. The play has been extended to December 16th.
    Aurora website [1]
    [1] http://www.auroratheatre.org/everything-is-illuminated
    4 min
  • Review: Everything Is Illuminated at Aurora Theatre Company

    KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Everything Is Illuminated” , west coast premiere, based on the Jonathan Safran Foer novel, at Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley. The play has been extended to December 16th.

    Aurora website

    The post Review: Everything Is Illuminated at Aurora Theatre Company appeared first on KPFA.

    4 min
  • Review: In The Heights, at Custom Made Theatre

    KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “In the Heights,” music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, at Custom Made Theatre in San Francisco through December 15, 2018.

    Custom Made website

    The post Review: In The Heights, at Custom Made Theatre appeared first on KPFA.

    4 min
  • Interview: John Fisher, Artistic Director Theatre Rhino
    John Fisher, Artistic Director of Theatre Rhine, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
    Director, playwright and actor John Fisher discusses his one-man show, "A History of World War II" at the Marsh [1] in San Francisco Nov, 8 - Dec. 16, 2018, Thursday and Saturday evenings. He also talks about the current Theatre Rhino [2] season, which opened with the musical "The Boy From Oz" about the life of gay singer/songwriter Peter Allen, playing at the Gateway (Eureka) Theatre through Nov. 17, 2018.
    John Fisher also talks about his career in theatre, as well as the relationship between audience and performer, and whether there's such a thing as a "bad night," and other issues when seeing a play.
    [1] https://themarsh.org/
    [2] http://therhino.org/
    47 min
  • Interview: John Fisher, Artistic Director Theatre Rhino
    John Fisher, Artistic Director of Theatre Rhine, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
    Director, playwright and actor John Fisher discusses his one-man show, "A History of World War II" at the Marsh [1] in San Francisco Nov, 8 - Dec. 16, 2018, Thursday and Saturday evenings. He also talks about the current Theatre Rhino [2] season, which opened with the musical "The Boy From Oz" about the life of gay singer/songwriter Peter Allen, playing at the Gateway (Eureka) Theatre through Nov. 17, 2018.
    John Fisher also talks about his career in theatre, as well as the relationship between audience and performer, and whether there's such a thing as a "bad night," and other issues when seeing a play.
    [1] https://themarsh.org/
    [2] http://therhino.org/
    47 min

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