This posting is long overdue. I needed to return to San Fran in the summer to see a few different productions. The first was Sara Juli's "The Money Conversation" at the Napa Valley Opera House - where former Edison director, Evy Warshawski, currently holds court. The show didn't resonate with me as much as I had hoped it would. After all, an artist giving away nearly $5,000 in cash every night certainly raises ones's hopes. Sara's a fine performer and I look forward to seeing more of her work. This didn't grab me as much as it could.
Then I got the chance to see Roger Rees in his new one-man show "What You Will." I worked briefly with Roger when I was an intern at the Bristol Old Vic, so I was thrilled to see him live onstage again and even had a chance to pop by backstage after to say hi. The show was marvelous! Few actors can move from chatroom banter to soliloquy with such seamless skill. It's no wonder there are Broadway plans for this show.
Lastly, I rounded off the weekend with a tremendous evening with Kronos Quartet. Sharing the stage with Afghani rubab player Homayoun Sakhi, Kronos performed a piece with and written by Sakhi. This was part of Yerba Buena's Music Without Borders series. It was a total delight. We don't see enough of Kronos in St. Louis or the Midwest.
Monday, September 22, 2008
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