Theater Review | Jun 13, 2009

Lips Together, Teeth Apart

In the new Theatre Q production of Terrence McNally's Lips Together, Teeth Apart, playing now through June 28, 2009 at Dragon Theatre in Palo Alto, two heterosexual couples are marooned for a lost 4th of July weekend on the gay enclave of Fire Island, circa 1991. By Ben Marks

Theater Review | Jun 08, 2009

You, Nero

Amy Freed's You, Nero, now through June 28, 2008 at Berkeley Rep, is the best screwball comedy about the Roman Empire to hit the boards since A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. By Ben Marks

Theater Review | May 29, 2009

Fukú Adaptationus: Campo Santo Acts Out Oscar Wao

The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao knew what it was about, what story it was trying to tell, and how it was trying to tell it; its adaptation, Fukú Americanus can make no such claims. By Claire Light

Theater Review | May 16, 2009

The Way of the World

Breasts overflow their cinched bodices, men prance like peacocks or stagger drunkenly about, servants pulls strings behind the scene for their masters, couples cannot keep their hands off each other. By Ben Marks

Spark | May 05, 2009

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