Aug 8, 20209 minThe 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...
Feb 27, 20205 minThe 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...
Nov 26, 20197 minHarry Potter and the Cursed Child: the PlayHarry 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...
Nov 24, 20194 minWho 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,...
Sep 27, 20194 min"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...
Jul 23, 20194 min"Marjorie Prime" by Naatak Theatre CompanyThis review was published in India Currents on July 28, 2019, as "Watching Naatak’s “Marjorie Prime” With my Father" Futuristic plays...
Jul 19, 20195 min"Proof" by Naatak Theatre CompanyA couple of months ago, Naatak UpClose presented “Proof”, David Auburn’s intense, Pulitzer Prize winning play, directed by Devika Ashok....
Sep 27, 20182 min"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",...
Sep 6, 201813 min"Mahabharat" by Naatak Theatre CompanyA shorter version of this review was published in Indica News on Sept 11, 2018. A couple of months ago, I mentioned to Sunaina, my...
Jul 10, 201810 min"Rashomon" by Naatak Theatre CompanyA shorter version of this review was published in India West newspaper on Aug 1, 2018. In eager anticipation of Naatak’s adaptation of...
Apr 24, 20187 min"Unicorns" by Naatak: Smoke and Mirrors at a Billion Dollar Start-UpIn Naatak Upclose’s “Unicorns”, we see an entertaining parody of the “best” of Silicon Valley: inflated valuations, self-promoting...
Mar 20, 20183 minA 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...
Mar 1, 20184 min"Muavze": a political satire by Naatak Theater CompanyDark comedies are not generally my cup of tea. Give me a straight up comedy, or give me straight up darkness. The combination somehow...
Feb 25, 20182 min"Gauhar", a play about India’s first female recording artist, directed by Lillette DubeyThis piece was published in India West newspaper on Feb 24, 2018. SAN JOSE, Calif. – The troubled and colorful life of thumri singer...
Nov 14, 20173 minNaatak's "Arsenic and Old Lace": To Die ForNaatak offers us the perfect antidote to the unrelenting horrors of the daily news: two hours of non-stop laughter. Naatak, the Bay Area...
Nov 8, 20175 minThe Prince of Egypt, Baahubali and the joys of NetflixI had the pleasure of seeing the US Premiere of “The Prince of Egypt“, a musical adapted for the stage by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley....
Sep 24, 20171 minHamlet 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...
Sep 5, 20173 minNaatak's Mela '17: A Rollicking Ride with Six Short PlaysNaatak has picked for its Mela '17 production, six humorous, ironic and engaging plays, presented in 6 Indian languages. It opened on...
Jul 20, 20174 min"Toba Tek Singh", a play by Naatak theater companyI watched a terrific play on Sunday, July 16th . The bay area theater company, Naatak performed "Toba Tek Singh", a well-known short...
May 30, 20173 minMonsoon Wedding, the musicalI saw Mira Nair’s musical “Monsoon Wedding” at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. I took my 11-year old daughter to see it with me. She has...