Was Abraham Lincoln, our greatest president, a homosexual? This controversy ignites the action in the new politically pointed farce Abraham Lincoln’s Big, Gay Dance Party, now running at City Lights Theater Company.
Articles by Sean Conwell
In a short span of time, this zany holiday mashup comes extremely close to being literally what its title says it is. Having appeared at San Jose Stage two years ago, ‘Every Christmas Story Ever Told’ is now back by popular demand.
Alfred Uhry’s “Driving Miss Daisy,” which won the Pulitzer Prize for drama and was made into an Oscar-winning film with Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy, is being revived by Tabard Theatre Company of San Jose.
Based on the 1950 film noir classic starring Gloria Swanson and William Holden, Sunset Boulevard tells the story of Joe Gillis, a struggling Hollywood script writer who happens upon a crumbling mansion while fleeing some repo men.
Renegade Theatre Experiment’s production of “All This Intimacy” by Rajiv Joseph emerges as an enjoyable tragicomedy as well as a necessary story, reminding us that we all have the capacity to commit very big, life-altering blunders.
The hero of ‘Secret Order,’ a dramatic, edge-of-your-seat play is William Shumway, a brilliant young researcher who has discovered a new method of fighting cancer—one that may lead to a cure.
‘Superior Donuts’ is a celebration of friendship, community and the American melting pot, and you don’t have to be from Chicago to enjoy it, thanks to an excellent regional premiere at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, mounted by TheatreWorks.
The flawed hero of this comedy-drama is Greg (Robert Brewer), a guy who inadvertently hurts his girlfriend Steph (Halsey Varady) by saying that her face looks “regular.” To Greg, this seems like a harmless comment, but it infuriates Steph.
A satirical farce targeting sex and the social awkwardness that often accompanies it, “First Day of School” is a play that does indeed “bring sexy back,” the stated goal of City Lights Theater Company for its new season.
The entire cast of Angels in America, Part One delivers great performances, which are all the more commendable because of the play’s great length and the fact that, as Kushner intended, most of the actors play multiple roles.
