KPFA - Bay Area Theater

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July 03, 2018 Review: Dry Powder, at Aurora Theatre Company
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Dry Powder,” written by Sarah Burgess and directed by Jennifer King, at Aurora Theatre Company through July 22, 2018.
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4 min
July 03, 2018 Review: Dry Powder, at Aurora Theatre Company
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "Dry Powder," written by Sarah Burgess and directed by Jennifer King, at Aurora Theatre Company through July 22, 2018.
4 min
June 30, 2018 Review: Soft Power, at the Curran
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews the new musical “Soft Power,” at the Curran Theatre through July 8, 2018.
Curran website
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4 min
June 30, 2018 Review: Soft Power, at the Curran
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews the new musical "Soft Power," at the Curran Theatre through July 8, 2018.
Curran website [1]
[1] https://sfcurran.com/shows/soft-power/
4 min
June 22, 2018 Review: Straight White Men, at Marin Theatre Company
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Straight White Men” by Young Jean Lee, at Marin Theatre Company through July 8, 2018.
Marin Theatre Company website
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4 min
June 22, 2018 Review: Straight White Men, at Marin Theatre Company
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "Straight White Men" by Young Jean Lee, at Marin Theatre Company through July 8, 2018.
Marin Theatre Company website [1]
[1] http://www.marintheatre.org/
4 min
June 18, 2018 Interview: Octavio Solis, playwright, “Quixote Nuevo” at Cal Shakes
Octavio Solis, whose latest play is “Quixote Nuevo” at California Shakespeare Theatre, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
Author of over 20 plays, Octavio Solis is considered by many to be one of the most prominent Latino playwrights in America. With works that both draw on and transcend the Mexican-American experience, he is a writer and director whose style defies formula, examining the darkness, magic and humor of humanity with brutal honesty and characteristic intensity. His imaginative and ever-evolving work continues to cross cultural and aesthetic boundaries, solidifying him as one of the great playwrights of our time.
His latest play, at Cal Shakes June 13 through July 1, 2018, updates the Cervantes story of an elderly man who believes himself to be a medieval knight, taking it to the border of Mexico and Texas, in the El Paso area, and giving the would-be Quixote the backstory of a professor going through the stages of Alzheimer’s.
Cal Shakes website
Octavio Solis website
Scenes from “Quixote Nuevo”:
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41 min
June 18, 2018 Interview: Octavio Solis, playwright, “Quixote Nuevo” at Cal Shakes
Octavio Solis, whose latest play is "Quixote Nuevo" at California Shakespeare Theatre, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
Author of over 20 plays, Octavio Solis is considered by many to be one of the most prominent Latino playwrights in America. With works that both draw on and transcend the Mexican-American experience, he is a writer and director whose style defies formula, examining the darkness, magic and humor of humanity with brutal honesty and characteristic intensity. His imaginative and ever-evolving work continues to cross cultural and aesthetic boundaries, solidifying him as one of the great playwrights of our time.
His latest play, at Cal Shakes through July 1, 2018, updates the Cervantes story of an elderly man who believes himself to be a medieval knight, taking it to the border of Mexico and Texas, in the El Paso area, and giving the would-be Quixote the backstory of a professor going through the stages of Alzheimer's.
Cal Shakes website [1]
Octavio Solis website [2]
Scenes from "Quixote Nuevo":
[1] http://www.calshakes.org/
[2] http://www.octaviosolis.net/
41 min
June 17, 2018 Review: A Walk on the Moon, at ACT Geary Theatre
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews a world premiere musical, “A Walk on the Moon” at ACT’s Geary Theatre, through July 1, 2018.
ACT website
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4 min
June 17, 2018 Review: A Walk on the Moon, at ACT Geary Theatre
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews a world premiere musical, "A Walk on the Moon" at ACT's Geary Theatre, through July 1, 2018.
ACT website [1]
[1] http://www.act-sf.org/home/box_office/1718_season/a_walk_on_the_moon.html
4 min