Beau Dowling

SF Station Writer
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Review: 'Ain't Misbehavin''
San Jose Repertory Theatre re-creates the world and music of Fats Waller in its new production
By Beau Dowling (Sep 11, 2010)
HEY THERE, hep cats! Ready for a show that’s the bee’s knees? Put on your glad rags, take a jorum of skee and get a wiggle on down to the Rep to watch [i]Ain’t Misbehavin[/i]’, a rollicking two-act music revue set to the music of the jazz pianist Thomas “Fats” Waller. I walked out of the theater with a real sense that I had seen a slice of history, when the Depression wreaked havoc on the country and jazz was king in Harlem. Waller was a consummate pianist and master of the stride technique More »
‘Sonia Flew’ at San Jose Rep
In its new production ‘Sonia Flew,’ San Jose Rep examples the hard work of keeping a child safe
By Beau Dowling (Apr 18, 2010)
A PERSON can bury their painful past so deep inside of them so that no one, not even close family members, will ever have to hear about it. In Sonia Flew, written by Melinda Lopez and now at San Jose Rep, the challenges of a parent keeping a child safe while coming to terms with a hard past is highlighted. Sonia (brilliantly played by Ivonne Coll) is an immigrant from Cuba, sent to America by her parents in the early 1960s when she was 15 to avoid the inevitable Communist regime after Fidel Castro seized power. More »
Review: ‘Perla’
The power that holds a family together is tested in Teatro Visíon’s ‘Perla’
By Beau Dowling (Mar 22, 2010)
FAMILY BONDS are put to the test in Perla, a surreal, magical two-act play by Leonard Madrid, presented by Teatro Visión. Set in a small town in New Mexico, the play gives us a glimpse into the life of a “Hispano” family and a culture that seems to thrive only in that state. Most of the dialog is in English; luckily, for gringos like myself, there are projected subtitles for Spanish parts. The basic question raised is how far would you go and how much would you do for a family member? More »
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