Princess’ Pick – Zombie Jamboree!

I have just 2 words for you this week. ROB. ZOMBIE. It’s Hallowee for goodness sake. The man’s name is ZOMBIE! Okay, that was more than 2 words. But please, if you are EVER going to see Mr. Zombie, jus after Halloween is almost as as good as seeing him ON Halloween. The man can [...]

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EXTRA EXTRA – Hold the Tissues!

A tragedy without tears
West Bay Opera’s ‘La boheme’ is exceptional but fails to deliver ‘a good cry’
by Kevin Kirby – Palo Alto Weekly
On opening nights at West Bay Opera, it is customary for José Luis Moscovich, the company’s general director, to address the house prior to the overture. A dapper man with a dry sense [...]

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EXTRA EXTRA – Awake to a Preview!

‘Spring’ In Fall
Broadway San Jose presents the Tony-winning ‘Spring Awakening’
By Emily Grube – Metro
IN 1917, the play Spring Awakening, by German writer Frank Wedekind, played in New York City, only to be censored and banned over the next 89 years. The rock musical that opened off-Broadway in 2006 and was loosely adapted from the play [...]

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Princess’ Pick – BOLDLY GOING…

Sometimes pictures speak louder than words. This is the case for this weeks Princess Pick. Tomorrow Star Trek – The Exhibition opens at the Tech Musuem and myself along with Michael Pease and Dexter Santos from our office got to explore it in a special preview night. I myself am not a huge Trekie, but [...]

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EXTRA EXTRA – Choose The Chosen

Review: ‘The Chosen’ at TheatreWorks in Mountain View
By Karen D’Souza – The San Jose Mercury
A word is worth one coin but silence is worth two, the Talmud teaches us.
That bit of wisdom from the Jewish holy book reverberates throughout “The Chosen.” Based on Chaim Potok’s beloved 1967 novel, this poignant tale of boyhood friendship [...]

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EXTRA EXTRA – Swell Groundswell

Taut and volatile, ‘Groundswell’ explodes at San Jose Repertory

 Karen D’Souza’s – San Jose Mercury
A bell tolls in the mist as three lonely men cross paths on the blustery coast of South Africa in “Groundswell.” Class, race and history are the undercurrents running through Ian Bruce’s suspenseful new drama.

Set against the chaos and regret of the [...]

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Princess’ Pick – See the World Change in Front of Your Eyes

There are a vast number of films made every year that less than 2,000 people will ever see, and I’m not talking about your home movies. Among those films are some of the most educational, moving, and globally significant films ever made.  Now in it’s 12th year, the United NationsAssociation Film Festival (UNAFF)  makes it a [...]

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Princess’ Pick – Chalk Full of GOODNESS

One of the best memories I have growing up was drawing with chalk on the sidewalk outside my house. This was almost an early way of addressing the inner rebel while appeasing the inner artist as well. It feels like you are being truly outrageous drawing on public property, and while my cahlk endeavours were never masterpieces, [...]

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EXTRA EXTRA – Ghosts come early!

Silhouettes dance amid the gloom in “The Ghosts of the River.”
Karen D’Souza – Mercury

The world of the dead bleeds into the world of the living in Octavio Solis’ haunting new theater piece, which mingles text, video and shadow puppetry in a mysterious 80-minute reverie.
Solis, the San Francisco-based playwright who burst onto the scene with the [...]

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EXTRA EXTRA -The Pillowman cometh!

Twisted – San Jose Stage delves into the importance of storytelling in Martin McDonagh’s wickedly dark comedy ‘The Pillowman’
By Emily Grube – The Metro

FOR ITS season opener, San Jose Stage Company presents Martin McDonagh’s Tony Award–winning play The Pillowman, a collection of twisted children’s stories. Despite its sinister subject matter, the play is surprisingly hilarious [...]

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