Schulberg and Silverman’s newest stage adaptation of the 1954 film runs at the San Jose Stage through March 13.
Articles by Sean Conwell
The tone (foreboding, with humorous touch of absurdity) of ‘Deathtrap’ at Northside Theatre is immediately established by the decor in Broadway thriller writer Sidney’s old colonial home, where all of the action takes place.
The 1940s farce “See How They Run,” now a Tabard Theatre production at Theatre on San Pedro Square in San Jose, comes complete with many of the genre’s hallmarks: slapstick humor, mistaken identity and a large cast of characters constantly running in and out of doors.
William Nicholson’s “Shadowlands,” a fictionalization of the brief romance between Joy and Lewis, began life in 1985 as a BBC television movie before graduating to the stage in 1989.
There has been a murder at the Arclight Repertory Theatre. Don’t worry—it isn’t a real killing but a part of the company’s new world-premiere play, The Zahsman Murders, running now at WORKS/San Jose.
“Ouroboros,” the new Renegade Theatre Experiment production, sends a complex narrative in two directions. It runs through Feb. 5 at the Hoover Theater.
A musical version of ‘The Gift of the Magi,’ now playing at the Tabard Theatre Company in San Jose proves that this classic parable of love and generosity can be as fresh and enjoyable as it ever was.
‘MeshugaNutcracker!’ is a crazy Chanukah celebration set almost entirely to the music of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Nutcracker’; it was conceived by Guggenheim Entertainment as a Jewish alternative to the many Christmas-themed productions.
Now in its regional premiere at San Jose Rep, “Backwards in High Heels” charts screen legend Ginger Rogers rise to stardom, from her girlhood victory at a Charleston contest through her time on Broadway and her appearances opposite Fred Astaire.
Thanks to the combined talents of writer Duane Poole, composer Larry Grossman and lyricist Carol Hall, Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory” has been turned into a world-premiere musical at TheatreWorks.
