Front Row Reviews

MY FAIR LADY: A MODERN REFLECTION ON EMPOWERMENT

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

 “What the Constitution Means to Me” Re-examined

6th Street Playhouse presents Heidi Schreck’s “What the Constitution Means to Me,” a fast-paced, 90-minute, profoundly personal and political play that challenges us to reconsider the relevance of the U.S. Constitution. Can this centuries-old document evolve beyond its ingrained gender and racial biases? Is it able to address those deeply rooted issues facing women and … Read more

“The Strange Library” Expands Our Imagination

Jed Parsario (boy), Julie Kuwabara (sheep Man), Chuck Lacson (LIbrarian), Ogie Zulueta (old Man) Haruki Murakami’s The Strange Library takes readers on a mind-expanding journey through the depths of imagination and surrealism. Z Below and Word for Word bring this novella to life in a superlative production, directed by Lisa Hori-Garcia and Keiko Shimosato Carreiro. … Read more

“Ghost of King” Awakens King’s Powerful Passion for Humanity

Michael Wayne Turner III as Martin Luther King Jr. Thanks to the Producer, Xavier Rernard Cunningham, and the endless talent of writer, performer, Michael Wayne Turner III, we are touched to be present at Martin Luther King Jr’s last sermon. At Oakland Theatre Project, we sit waiting for the reading to begin. We hear the … Read more