“If somebody touches us, a bouncer should be like, ‘Don’t touch the girls.’ But there were no protections.” I investigate allegations against “The Speakeasy,” the Prohibition-era immersive show that resumes performances today:

Wow, now is really the time to produce Ibsen. Leaping-man review for San Jose Stage Company. Also, did I work a gratuitous reference to "fjords" into my review? Yes. Yes, I did.

RT @SFC_Datebook: Review: ‘Exotic Deadly: Or the MSG Play’ is perfectly seasoned but undercooked, writes @LilyJaniak

Come for the video game and anime fight sequences, the '90s nostalgia, the unimpeachable mission. Stay, as always, for Phil Wong. Even when it's a shambles, SF Playhouse's latest has much to offer:

At @SFPlayhouse for “Exotic Deadly: Or the MSG Play”! My feature:

RT @AlexLRWood: Famously never performed live before

My colleague @ZaraRisaIrshad reports on initial Bay Area reactions to the NEA's new grant guidelines:

That opening image tho. Design/direction heaven. On "The Thing About Jellyfish" at @berkeleyrep:

Geoff Sobelle is one of a kind. At first I wished I'd gotten a seat at the table! But before too long I was glad to have a little distance. Leaping-man review for "Food" at @StanfordLive:

I am so excited for this world premiere and what it might foretell for Matt Morrow's leadership at @CenterREP. On "Froggy" by Jennifer Haley:

It’s a great week for all my microbeats. If I were single, I would 100% be going to this speed-dating event in search of a fellow transit fan!

It's not every day you get to reread "Uncle Vanya" and watch "Paddington" for a single story. It's a tough job, but someone's got to do it. So honored to talk to Hugh Bonneville, and can't wait to see him in Chekhov at @berkeleyrep:

On Cirque du Soleil's next show coming to S.F.:

RT @daniel_m_lavery: at the used bookstore the other day and found a copy of Ethan Frome where someone had written "that's so sad" and "so…

And today I got to write about onesies.

RT @NC_Renic: Don’t write for the critics. Or the haters. Write because you just remembered the deadline you agreed to 11 months ago.

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Always a joy to work on my Anh Phoong microbeat. Maybe one day she'll return my calls! 🥲

RT @zachraffio: Trying to explain what dramaturgy is

RT @NC_Renic: We invite applicants from all socioeconomic backgrounds for this unpaid internship in the most expensive city in the world

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