Arts & Events

THEATER REVIEW:“MUTT” at Impact Theatre—laughs, topic, and a great cast make it worth it

By John A McMullen II
Friday May 16, 2014 - 12:53:00 PM
Patricia Austin, Matt Lai, Michelle Tagarow, Lawrence Radecker

Sometimes a mediocre play jumps to life when you assemble an extraordinary cast with a primo director. -more-


Impact Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Aurora and African American Shakespeare garner Critics Circle Awards

By John A. McMullen II
Friday May 16, 2014 - 12:27:00 PM
Sherri Young and L. Peter Callender of African-American Shakespeare

On May 5, at the California Ballroom in Oakland CA, the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle held its 38th annual Awards Gala. -more-


THEATER REVIEWS: Golden Thread's 'The Fifth String' & Inferno Theatre's Diasporas Festivalistrict

By Ken Bullock
Thursday May 15, 2014 - 01:54:00 PM

—Golden Thread staged 'The Fifth String,' another of their Islam 101 miniature extravaganzas at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California, in the venerable century-old Masonic Building in Moorish revival style, kitty-corner to the Oakland Main Library, and now headed to a run this weekend at Brava! Theater in San Francisco's Mission District ... -more-