KPFA - Bay Area Theater

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April 27, 2018 Review: Eureka Day, at Aurora Theatre Company
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "Aurora Day," a world premiere play by Jonathan Spector, at Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley through May 13, 2018
Aurora website [1]
[1] https://www.auroratheatre.org/
3 min
April 21, 2018 Review: Head Over Heels, at the Curran
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Head Over Heels” a new musical in its pre-Broadway run, at the Curran through May 6, 2018.
Curran website
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4 min
April 21, 2018 Review: Head Over Heels, at the Curran
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "Head Over Heels" a new musical in its pre-Broadway run, at the Curran through May 6, 2018.
Curran website [1]
[1] https://sfcurran.com/
4 min
April 15, 2018 Interview: Head over Heels II, director Michael Mayer
Michael Mayer, director of “Head over Heels,” a new musical with a pre-Broadway tryout at the Curren Theatre through May 6, 2018, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
Michael Mayer won the Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical in 2007 and has been nominated three times for a musical, for You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Thoroughly Modern Millie and most recently, for Hedwig and the Angry Itch. He was also nominated as director for the 1998 production of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge. He directed and wrote the book for American Idiot and the recent reconfiguring of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. He directed the film version of Michael Cunningham’s A Home at the End of the World. His latest film is an adaptation of Chekhov’s The Sea Gull, starring Annette Bening and Soursie Ronin, which will be released later this year.
In this interview, he discusses the show at the Curran, and delves into elements of his career.
Curran Theatre website
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18 min
April 15, 2018 Interview: Head over Heels II, director Michael Mayer
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Michael Mayer, director of "Head over Heels," a new musical with a pre-Broadway tryout at the Curren Theatre through May 6, 2018, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky.
Michael Mayer won the Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical in 2007 and has been nominated three times for a musical, for You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Thoroughly Modern Millie and most recently, for Hedwig and the Angry Itch. He was also nominated as director for the 1998 production of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge. He directed and wrote the book for American Idiot and the recent reconfiguring of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. He directed the film version of Michael Cunningham’s A Home at the End of the World. His latest film is an adaptation of Chekhov’s The Sea Gull, starring Annette Bening and Soursie Ronin, which will be released later this year.
In this interview, he discusses the show at the Curran, and delves into elements of his career.
Curran Theatre website [1]
[1] http://curransf.com/
18 min
April 09, 2018 Interview: Jessica Hagedorn, playwright, “The Gangster of Love” at the Magic
Jessica Hagedorn, playwright of “The Gangster of Love,” based on her novel of the same name, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
“The Gangster of Love” has its world premiere at the Magic in San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center, April 11 – May 6, 2018. Jessica Hagedorn has adapted her own novel, which tells the story of a teenaged immigrant girl (based on Hagedorn’s own experienced) coming from the Philippines to San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury in the sixties and seventies, and living and working as a musician and artist in those heady times.
In the interview, she talks about the play, the novel, and her own biography as an artist, novelist, playwright and musician.
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31 min
April 09, 2018 Interview: Jessica Hagedorn, playwright, “The Gangster of Love” at the Magic
Jessica Hagedorn, playwright of "The Gangster of Love," based on her novel of the same name, is interviewed by Richard Wolinsky.
"The Gangster of Love" has its world premiere at the Magic in San Francisco's Fort Mason Center, April 11 - May 6, 2018. Jessica Hagedorn has adapted her own novel, which tells the story of a teenaged immigrant girl (based on Hagedorn's own experienced) coming from the Philippines to San Francisco's Haight Ashbury in the sixties and seventies, and living and working as a musician and artist in those heady times.
In the interview, she talks about the play, the novel, and her own biography as an artist, novelist, playwright and musician.
31 min
April 08, 2018 Review: The Effect at San Francisco Playhouse
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “The Effect” by Lucy Prebble, directed by Bill English, at San Francisco Playhouse through April 26, 2018.
SF Playhouse website
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4 min
April 08, 2018 Review: The Effect at San Francisco Playhouse
KPFA theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews "The Effect" by Lucy Prebble, directed by Bill English, at San Francisco Playhouse through April 26, 2018.
SF Playhouse website
4 min
April 05, 2018 Review: Saturday Night, by Stephen Sondheim, at 42nd Street Moon Gateway Theatre
KPFA’s theatre critic Richard Wolinsky reviews “Saturday Night,” the first musical by Stephen Sondheim, in its Bay Area premiere, at the Gateway (Eureka) Theatre in San Francisco through April 15, 2018.
42nd Street Moon website
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4 min