Theatre review

May 155 min read

All The World's a Stage

Live theater is one of my great pleasures, and it delights me to discover a new playhouse -- new, at least, to me. City Lights Theater...

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Sep 23, 20223 min read

Ramayan, Naatak's 100th Production

During the pandemic shut down, I had watched a few of Naatak's zoom plays. Ramayan was my first live Naatak play in a theater since the...

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Aug 8, 20209 min read

The Show Must Go On! (COVID-19 and the Art of Zoom)

The COVID-19 crisis has dealt a staggering blow to the performing arts. Theaters have had to close. As have concert halls, including...

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Feb 26, 20205 min read

The Desi Glitterati of Silicon Valley! ("Rumors" by Naatak)

The world itself seems to have turned into a farce. When I fire up my computer and click on my web browser, the news blurbs seem more...

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Nov 26, 20197 min read

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: the Play

Harry Potter is huge in this household. I mean, HUGE! Back in the day, when each book first came out, my friends and I would devour it in...

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Nov 23, 20194 min read

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Naatak Knows. (Mela '19 by Naatak Theatre Company)

Dark Tales of Desire. This was the theme of Naatak Theatre Company's Mela ’19, four short plays at the Cubberley Theater in Palo Alto,...

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Sep 27, 20194 min read

"Gandhi" by Naatak: the Man behind the Legend

“No man’s life can be encompassed in one telling. There is no way to give each year its allotted weight, to include each event, each...

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Jul 22, 20194 min read

"Marjorie Prime" by Naatak Theatre Company

This review was published in India Currents on July 28, 2019, as "Watching Naatak’s “Marjorie Prime” With my Father" Futuristic plays...

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Jul 18, 20195 min read

"Proof" by Naatak Theatre Company

A couple of months ago, Naatak UpClose presented “Proof”, David Auburn’s intense, Pulitzer Prize winning play, directed by Devika Ashok....

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Sep 26, 20182 min read

"Queen" by Enacte Arts: the Bee's Knees!

This review was published in Indica News on Sept 27, 2018. Enacte Arts , whose tagline is "South Asian Stories with Universal Appeal",...

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Sep 5, 201813 min read

"Mahabharat" by Naatak Theatre Company

A shorter version of this review was published in Indica News on Sept 11, 2018. A couple of months ago, I mentioned to Sunaina, my...

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Jul 9, 201810 min read

"Rashomon" by Naatak Theatre Company

A shorter version of this review was published in India West newspaper on Aug 1, 2018. In eager anticipation of Naatak’s adaptation of...

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Apr 24, 20187 min read

"Unicorns" by Naatak: Smoke and Mirrors at a Billion Dollar Start-Up

In Naatak Upclose’s “Unicorns”, we see an entertaining parody of the “best” of Silicon Valley: inflated valuations, self-promoting...

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Mar 20, 20183 min read

A War, A New Life & Old Memories - ACT-SF's “Vietgone”

The fire engine red Strand Theater is a striking sight on San Francisco's Market Street. A block away from the Orpheum theater, it...

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Mar 1, 20184 min read

"Muavze": a political satire by Naatak Theater Company

Dark comedies are not generally my cup of tea. Give me a straight up comedy, or give me straight up darkness. The combination somehow...

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Feb 24, 20182 min read

"Gauhar", a play about India’s first female recording artist, directed by Lillette Dubey

This piece was published in India West newspaper on Feb 24, 2018. SAN JOSE, Calif. – The troubled and colorful life of thumri singer...

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Nov 14, 20173 min read

Naatak's "Arsenic and Old Lace": To Die For

Naatak offers us the perfect antidote to the unrelenting horrors of the daily news: two hours of non-stop laughter. Naatak, the Bay Area...

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Nov 8, 20175 min read

The Prince of Egypt, Baahubali and the joys of Netflix

I had the pleasure of seeing the US Premiere of “The Prince of Egypt“, a musical adapted for the stage by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley....

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Sep 24, 20171 min read

Hamlet at American Conservatory Theater: An Impression (or “Sweets for the Sweet)

Satchmo at the Waldorf John Douglas Thompson Transformed into the brooding Prince of Denmark. His father's ghost Commanding, owning the...

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Sep 5, 20173 min read

Naatak's Mela '17: A Rollicking Ride with Six Short Plays

Naatak has picked for its Mela '17 production, six humorous, ironic and engaging plays, presented in 6 Indian languages. It opened on...

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