Cuz Seattle Was There! And Three New Plays

First off, please scroll down to yesterday's blog comments (Oct. 5 - "Corey, You The Man!") to read Cousin Seattle's fantastic review of last Saturday night in Stiletto City. Cuz, if you get tired of rocks, you've got a bright future in unpaid journalism. Beautifully done.



Meanwhile, The Great Plotnik and Great Ducknik went to three plays this past weekend. One was terrific, one very good and the other pretty good, if too short and a bit corporate.

As always, every live performance brings something new to the table. The key seems to be: can the performer carry you from your seat onto the stage and into the action. With Conor McPherson's "Shining City" the answer is yes, much of the time. You can read the San Francisco Theater Blog Review of "Shining City" here, but if there's any scaffolding outside the theater, walk around it.

With Mark Kenward's "Towle's Hill": Maybe. The show itself is well written and performed. But before you go, read the review of "Towle's Hill" here.

Now, let's enthuse about Wayne Harris. He's only doing his "May Day Parade" on Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons at the Marsh for a few more weeks, and if you love a great yarn, terrific actor and some foot-thromping drum beats Plottie encourages you to head down to the Mission. Harris is a fantastic story teller and a musical dynamo, but you'd better be prepared to move your feet.

Let's put an age range on this one: 8 to 94.

You can read the San Francisco Theater Blog Review of Wayne Harris's "May Day Parade" here, figgidy diggidy shu bop bop she bop.