
Lily Janiak
Theatre Critic at San Francisco Chronicle
Theater Critic @SFChronicle @sfc_datebook. 🚲. Copy editor stan account. 👋: [email protected] she/her.
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2 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Lily Janiak
Cami Boni in People’s Circus Theatre’s “The Nightingale.”Rowan Littell/People's Circus TheatreAs the husband gets home from work, he doesn’t just tell his wife about his day. He flips her around his arm or his shoulder, as if she’s a wheel or toy. There’s nothing unnatural or gimmicky here; it’s expressive. Theirs, you can tell without words, is a playful, loving, close relationship.
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3 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Lily Janiak
Nick Fradiani as Neil — Then, center, and the ensemble of “A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical,” which tours to BroadwaySF’s Golden Gate Theatre. Jeremy Daniel/BroadwaySFIf “A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical” were instead a Neil Diamond cover band, this review would be a qualified rave. And if all you care about in your jukebox musicals is persuasive covers of your favorite hits, sparkly costumes and bright lights, you can stop reading right now and go and have a wonderful time.
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3 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Lily Janiak
Sasha Velour in “The Big Reveal Live Show!” at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Greg Endries/Berkeley Repertory TheatreOther performers might dread glitches during shows. Sasha Velour makes them her co-stars. Her “The Big Reveal Live Show!” offers no straightforward lip sync.
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3 weeks ago |
sfchronicle.com | Lily Janiak
Incarcerated men perform “Love’s Labour’s Lost” at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in San Quentin on May 23. Marin Shakespeare Company has taught Shakespeare at San Quentin for decades. Gabrielle Lurie/S.F. ChronicleKelon Williams as the King of Navarre took a beat-length pause, savoring the suspense. His character was introducing “the Navarre model,” a scheme in which he and his buddies renounce women and indulgence to better themselves through study.
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3 weeks ago |
modbee.com | Lily Janiak
Few theater artists know in advance when their last show will be. Maybe one more call will come along and end a dry spell. Maybe the perfect project will come together, tempting back an actor or director who'd sworn off the art form forever. But Erin Merritt knew with more certainty than most that "Tea Party" would be her last work of art.
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