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Stage presents: A theater gift guide
So many fine gift ideas, so little space. Let’s get started with some great theater books. In the realm of books about theater, this year’s standout comes from San Mateo native Thomas Schumacher, who...
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Coward’s `Better Half’
Now this, dear boy, is exciting. A heretofore “lost” Noel Coward play is having its U.S premiere courtesy of San Francisco’s Thrillpeddlers, the group that specializes in Grand Guignol theater (bloody...
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Cal Shakes announces ’09 season
As the California Shakespeare Theater heads into its final show of the season (Twelfth Night), artistic director Jonathan Moscone has announced next summer’s line-up. The season will mark Moscone’s...
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Celebrating Noël Coward’s genius
First a disclosure: the following deals with one of my best friends, who happens to be a fantastic performer and a veteran of the Bay Area theater and cabaret scene. One of the reasons Craig Jessup and...
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Craig Jessup meets Noel Coward redux
Last week I interviewed Craig Jessup for the San Francisco Chronicle about his series of Craig Jessup Sings Noël Coward concerts at the Exit Theatre. For whatever reason, the story failed to make it...
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Theater review: `High Spirits’
Spirits are blithe in Moon’s `High Spirits’««« ½ What’s the point of reviewing a show just a few days before it closes? Not much from a commercial point of view. But given the sudden interest in all...
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Theater Dogs changes, Cal Shakes’ Cowardly courage
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. – Oscar Wilde What a tumultuous year it has been here at Theater Dogs. Thank you for taking the ride. The news is that I have jumped the fence,...
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Taking Steps toward a lively evening
EXTENDED THROUGH FEB. 20! The stellar cast of TheatreWorks’ The 39 Steps comprises (from left) Rebecca Dines, Mark Anderson Phillips, Dan Hiatt and Cassidy Brown. Below: Dines and Phillips take a step...
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High on Cal Shakes’ spiffy Spirit
Dominique Lozano (center) is Madame Arcati, the outsize medium who sets the ghostly plot moving in Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit, now at California Shakespeare Theater. Also at the seance are (from...
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Sir Noël’s been Lansburied. Lucky Sir Noël.
The North American touring cast of Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit includes (from left) Sandra Shipley as Mrs. Bradman, Charles Edwards as Charles Condomine, (background) Susan Louise O’Connor as Edith,...
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TheatreWorks delights with devilish Angels
Rebecca Dines is Jane and Sarah Overman is Julia, best friends whose marriages are boring them to tears. In Noël Coward’s Fallen Angels, a TheatreWorks production at the Mountain View Center for the...
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42nd Street Moon hits the high seas with Coward’s Sail Away
In the 42nd Street Moon production of Noël Coward’s Sail Away, passengers and crew aboard the S.S. Coronia include (from left) Barnaby Slade (Nathaniel Rothrock), Nancy Foyle (Khalia Davis), cruise...
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