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Continue reading →: The Drama Guy’s top 10 of ’12I’ve been pretty damn blessed to see lots of great theatre this past year. And while lots of it was excellent, some was okay, and a few shows were downright snoozers, themagic of theatre in the Bay Area was on full display in 2012. I was also able to get…
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Continue reading →: Gibb’s holiday album a vocal showcase of range
When it comes to music, I would consider myself quite eclectic, although that has taken more of a hit in recent years. With the revolutionary Ipod, podcasts and things like Sirius radio and Pandora at the fingertips, the communal experience known as the radio has gone a bit by the…
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Continue reading →: Review: ‘TheatreWorks’ ‘Big River’ a nostalgic trip down the Mississippi
Many years ago, there was a mini-series of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” created by a Canadian television station. While there were parts of that special that received a grade of A in the subject of hokey, I must say I loved it. For any young boy, Tom…
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Continue reading →: The Bay is full of holiday theatre happenings
The Bay Area is awash in holiday cheer. And while there is plenty of unpleasantness with the start of the holiday season, getting to that happy place in a sea of traditional and non-traditional fare in the Bay isn’t hard. Here are some highlights of a Bay Area theatre December…
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Continue reading →: Hayward’s Iglehart returns to his home stage in TheatreWorks’ ‘Big River’
James Monroe Iglehart is a Bay Area guy, through and through. Of course, he has made his living on Broadway, one of only five cast members who stayed on for the entire run of “Memphis,” a show that was born at TheatreWorks in Mountain View. But before the Great White…
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Continue reading →: Review: DMT’s ‘All My Sons’ a solid production
When is it the right time to move forward? That depends on who you ask. If you ask Kate Keller, the matriarch of Arthur Miller’s morality play “All My Sons,” moving on is not an option. Even though all indications are that her son Larry has died. Larry has been…
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Continue reading →: DMT’s ‘All My Sons’ finds hope within tragedy
During World War II, Franklin Delano Roosevelt built his legacy on some of the greatest addresses to the American public in history. Whether it was his legendary fireside chats, his quotes on Pearl Harbor as a “day of infamy,” and of course, “The only thing we have to fear is…
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Continue reading →: Review: ‘The Lion King’ maintains magic 15 years later
One of my favorite moments of Disney’s “The Lion King” didn’t even happen on the Orpheum Theatre stage. To be sure, there were many wonderful moments that took place – the opening of Acts I and II come to the forefront. But this moment comes with the joy of sitting…
David John Chávez
Bay Area theater critic/reporter, Executive Chair – American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association, Two-time Pulitzer Prize for Drama jurist (’22-’23). Follow me on socials and say hi! #hellatheatre
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