After finishing Netflix’s powerful four part mini series Unorthodox, I waited a few days to gather my thoughts and impressions on both the overwhelming strengths of this series, as well as a few troubling undercurrents. Unorthodox told the story of 19 year old Jewish Esty Shapiro (Shira Haas) and her flight from her arranged marriage…
It would be ideal if prior to viewing HBO’s six part adaptation of Philip Roth’s 2004 alternate history The Plot Against America, viewers had read the best selling novel. However, given our current political reality, some may say that the possibility of a hypothetical take over of the American presidency by a menacing anti democratic…
With the entire country under shelter-in-place for the past month, an edgy, stir-crazy nation has been desperate for new shows that could help take the edge off of the possibility of mass societal extinction. So, it is not unusual that a show such as Tiger King, a seven part Netflix reality show/documentary would capture a…
Sebastopol’s Main Stage West has announced the cancellation of the remainder of their 2019/2020 season. In an email released today, outgoing Artistic Director Elizabeth Craven had this to say: “As our country and community continue to face the COVID-19 crisis, we here at MAIN STAGE WEST are beginning to turn our emergency response efforts into a…
With the shelter-in-place order estimated to be in effect for quite some time, many theatre companies have turned to streaming archival footage of shows previously produced to maintain a connection with their audiences. Bay Area director Patrick Nims has come up with a new entity that’s diving headfirst into the pandemic-necessitated world of on-line theatre.…
My guest on the phoned-in Wednesday, April 1 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon was Argo Thompson, Artistic Director of Left Edge Theatre. Argo filled us in on how Left Edge is adapting to the current situation. Click below to listen. **********
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