Front Row Reviews

Oakland Theatre Project

MY FAIR LADY: A MODERN REFLECTION ON EMPOWERMENT

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Mrs Pearce (Heather Orth), Colonel Pickering (Brady Morale-Woolery), Eliza (Jillian A. Smith). Henry Higgins (Adam Magill)  San Francisco Playhouse delivers a masterful production of George Bernard Shaw’s My Fair Lady, dazzling the audience with exceptional acting, music, and design. Set Designer Nina Ball stuns with 1930s-inspired sets—a stately sitting room with bar and spiral staircase, … Read more

Ironbound: The Challenging Lives of Immigrant Women

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Lisa Ramirez (Darja) Oakland Theatre Project’s production of Martyna Majok’s “Ironbound”creates a raw and intense psychological portrait of the often-ignored personal struggles of immigrant women. Immigrants, who we may see every day in any city waiting on a wrought iron bench for a bus.   We first meet Darja, a 42-year-old Polish immigrant, on a … Read more