Mike Lew

Apr 12, 2024 | mercurynews.com | David Chavez |David John Chávez |Mike Lew

In the delightful, interrogating production of “Tiger Style” at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, there is an ebullient scene where Chinese siblings Albert and Jennifer must play a sonata to perfection, a massive litmus test in homage to their demanding parents. Within those celestial heights they reach as each crafted note expresses warm, dulcet tones, we feel their souls replete with anxiety flutter towards extinction.

Apr 5, 2024 | mercurynews.com | Sam Hurwitt |Mike Lew

When Francis Jue takes the stage in TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s “Tiger Style!,” it’s like coming home. A San Francisco native, the Obie Award-winning actor has performed on Broadway in “Pacific Overtures,” “M. Butterfly” and “Thoroughly Modern Millie.” But he’s also performed in more than a dozen TheatreWorks productions over the years, from “Pacific Overtures” in 1988 to “The Language Archive” in 2019.