I went to a theatrical opening at San Francisco Playhouse this past weekend. It was my first visit to a theatre since COVID began. It was different. Opening night is usually packed full with subscribers, enthusiastic first-nighters, critics, family members, and theatre staff, with no empty seats in sight. The lobby is crowded with a celebrating crowd. Read More
Category: Steven Gray
Reviews by Steven Gray
THE SERPENT POWER OF POETICS: DAVID MELTZER
David Meltzer is a poet and a time traveler. He came here from 1937, and remembers feeling “doomed by the atom bomb” when he was a student. A power structure using fear to control the population is nothing new—in the 1950’s children in school were told to hide under their desks as a practice drill Read More