Articles by Sean Conwell

City Lights Theater: ‘August: Osage County’

City Lights Theater: ‘August: Osage County’

Tracy Letts’ caustic tour de force, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, is now in the South Bay for the first time.

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Be Italian

Be Italian

City Lights Theater Company delivers a sexy version of ‘Nine,’ the popular musical based on the Fellini movie

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San Jose Stage: ‘Avenue Q’

San Jose Stage: ‘Avenue Q’

The adult musical that netted three Tony Awards in 2004 and became a national phenomenon is now playing at The Stage.

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Review: ‘Love in American Times’

Review: ‘Love in American Times’

Older white male (J. Michael Flynn) seeks younger Asian woman (Linda Park) in Philip Kan Gotanda’s ‘Love in American Times,’ at the San Jose Repertory Theatre now through June 5.

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Galileo’s Daughters

Galileo’s Daughters

The fledgling Bay Area company Inferno Theatre is off to a promising start withGalileo’s Daughters, a new play, written and directed by Giulio Cesare Perrone, about the great natural philosopher Galileo Galilei and his two daughters, Celeste and Arcangela.

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Chicago

Chicago

The current production of “Chicago” by Marquee, which presents musicals to benefit Children’s Musical Theater San Jose, more than meets audience expectations

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San Jose Stage: ‘Lolita Roadtrip’

San Jose Stage: ‘Lolita Roadtrip’

A fascinating new comedy by local playwright Trevor Allen follows Vladimir Nabokov’s actual 1941 roadtrip from New York to Stanford.

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San Jose Rep: ‘Legacy of Light’

San Jose Rep: ‘Legacy of Light’

Motherhood, science and the great existential unknown all play a role in Karen Zacarias’ play, running through April 17.

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City Lights Theatre: ‘Equus’

City Lights Theatre: ‘Equus’

The current production of ‘Equus’ at City Lights Theater Company in San Jose, directed by Kit Wilder, is highly provocative.

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‘Xanadu’ The Musical

‘Xanadu’ The Musical

The tongue-in-cheek play affectionately parodies the 1980 film while sending up the current fad for jukebox musicals. ‘Xanadu’ runs through May 8 at the Retro Dome.

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