by Chris Rohmann | Feb 4, 2016 | Columns, Stage, Stagestruck
An Inspector Calls starts off like a good old-fashioned drawing-room whodunit, proceeds through a roller-coaster of revelations that incriminate just about everyone, and ends with a Twilight Zone-worthy surprise. J.B. Priestley’s play, written during the Second World...
by Chris Rohmann | Feb 1, 2016 | Stagestruck
Mark Rylance has been widely hailed as “the greatest stage actor of his generation,” but he’s only recently become familiar to screen audiences – first as the quietly devious Thomas Cromwell in the BBC miniseries Wolf Hall, based on Hilary Mantel’s two-volume...
by Chris Rohmann | Jan 22, 2016 | Stagestruck
In a Valley theater scene that’s rich in talent and energy but less fortunate in more tangible resources like performance spaces and money, it’s good to see asset-sharing examples of collaboration among folks with complementary goals. Two companies are sharing the...
by Chris Rohmann | Jan 20, 2016 | Stagestruck
“You know the story,” says Laurel Turk at the beginning of her fearless new play Breastless. “A woman is living her life, finds the lump, and suddenly she is riding a bullet train of doctor visits, treatments and fear. But the story I want to tell you is the story of...
by Chris Rohmann | Jan 16, 2016 | Arts, Stage, Stagestruck
On a recent trip to the Bay Area to visit family and friends, I also (of course) saw three shows – a smart new comedy, a hit Broadway musical, and a big-tent extravaganza in which circus meets horse whisperer. When this area’s summer-season lineups are...
