Steve Murray

1 week ago | broadwayworld.com | Steve Murray

Two Trains Running is the seventh work in two-time Pulitzer winning author August Wilsons Pittsburg Cycle and continued his chronicling of the Black experience post migration to the North. Set in Pittsburgh’s once prosperous Hill District, the play focuses on diner owner Memphis Lee, facing the pressures of economic decline caused by segregation, industrial restructuring, and suburbanization in the 1960s.

2 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Steve Murray

The apocalypse just wouldn’t be any fun without the rapier wit ruminations of actor/comic/performance artists David Mills, here in San Francisco for two shows as part of his ‘four-show national tour.’ After decades in London, Mills is back in NYC and his acclimation isn’t as joyous as you’d think. With his silver-tongued signature and very droll manner, he launches into a nightmarish description of a stroll uptown replete with rats, feces, homeless drug addicts and children selling Chicklets.

2 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Steve Murray

The Heart Sellers by 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist Lloyd Suh (Far Country) is especially cogent to the nightmarish MAGA immigrant politics of today. Set in 1973, the Hart-Celler Act paved the way for thousands to become US citizens, in this case two wives of medical residents. Today, the sweet protagonists of Suh’s play, one Filipino, the other South Korean, might be deported.

2 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Steve Murray

Solo performances of major works are hot these days - Isabelle Huppert, Sarah Snook and Andrew Scott have all performed their own solo shows recently. Izzard herself tackled Great Expectations, also directed by Hamlet’s Selina Cadell, and adapted by brother Mark. This Hamlet, trimmed down for a solo performer, is a daunting memory feat and should be lauded just for that point.

3 weeks ago | broadwayworld.com | Steve Murray

With the escalating attacks on the LGBTQ+ and arts communities, now more at anytime I can think of is the perfect time for a concert by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, our crown jewel of choral music and activism. Purposefully choosing a selection of Broadway tunes aimed at addressing the alarming current situation, the nearly 300-person chorus under the direction of Artistic Director and Conductor Jacob Stensburg delivered perhaps one of their most important and stunning concerts to date.