Jeffrey Hatcher’s plays tend to revolve around historical events, and “Compleat Female Stage Beauty,” presented by City Lights, is no exception. The main character, Edward Kynaston (Thomas Gorrebeeck), is a man who specializes in playing females roles on the stage the 17th century.
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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.
The high-speed comedy adapted from Hitchcock’s “man on the run” caper runs through Feb. 13 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.
Vince Vaughn gave him his first big break. The Italian-American comic from Chicago performs at the San Jose Improv on Feb. 2-5.
The recent 30th-anniversary concert given by San Jose’s modern-dance gem the Margaret Wingrove Dance Company drew from decades of Wingrove’s award-winning choreography.
Peruvian cuisine sounds exotic, but at least as far as it’s expressed in Silicon Valley, it’s quite tame. There’s a lot of meat and potatoes, and rice and beans; often all on the same plate. It many ways, it resembles Spanish food, with paella-like dishes, grilled and fried seafood and stewed meats.
We are lucky to live in such a bountiful state. Where else can you taste wine from South Africa, learn how to make classic French pastry, and enjoy an Italian happy hour all in one week? Some might say we’re spoiled, so let them, because for us it’s just another South Bay week. Jan. 26-Feb. 2.
Here are the top ten ghost towns around the San Jose area.
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: Cavin and King’s Open Mic, Saint Michael Trio, Michelle Richmond, Wallpaper, Pamela Z.
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.
