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Lily Janiak, Theater Critic - San Francisco Chronicle

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Theater Critic

Lily Janiak

Lily Janiak joined the San Francisco Chronicle as theater critic in May 2016. Previously, her writing appeared in Theatre Bay Area, American Theatre, SF Weekly, the Village Voice and HowlRound. She holds a BA in theater studies from Yale and an MA in drama from San Francisco State.

Stories By Lily Janiak

Review: S.F. Playhouse cracks ‘The Glass Menagerie’ open

Director Jeffrey Lo reveals Tennessee Williams’ 1944 masterpiece as a wide, ripe canvas. Lily Janiak

New name, new leader, lesser-known plays at Marin Theatre in 2024-25

New Artistic Director Lance Gardner represents far more than a pro-forma changing of the guard at the Mill Valley company. Lily Janiak

‘Funny Girl’ review: Katerina McCrimmon gives a performance that makes comparison irrelevant

The 1964 musical about Fanny Brice at BroadwaySF’s Orpheum Theatre feels like a new text with McCrimmon in the lead. Lily Janiak

Review: Danish theater at S.F. International Arts Festival probes the narcissism at abuse’s heart

Kassandra Production’s “The Soul Catcher” might make you start to rethink the relationships in your own life. Lily Janiak

This Berkeley native just got nominated for a Tony Award

Shana Carroll, of the 7 Fingers and “Dear San Francisco” at Club Fugazi, spoke to the Chronicle about her Tony nod for choreographing “Water for Elephants” on Broadway. Lily Janiak

Review: Oakland Theater Project’s ‘Red Red Red’ writes new myth of queer love

In Amelio Garcia’s play, inspired by Anne Carson’s verse novel, actor Romeo Channer is a live wire who might spark trifles and slights — or wisdom and poetry. Lily Janiak

Review: Immersive show about Fillmore’s redevelopment scheme asks which side you’re on

Walking Cinema’s “The Fillmore Eclipse” is set in a 1950s jazz joint the night before its bulldozing. Lily Janiak

Review: ACT’s ‘A Strange Loop’ is a musical whirligig of invention

Michael R. Jackson’s West Coast premiere at the Toni Rembe Theater in San Francisco summons the gods of lighting, music, set design and costume. Lily Janiak

Bay Area Theatre Week returns with half-off tickets

The annual promotion offers steep discounts to BroadwaySF, Berkeley Rep, American Conservatory Theater and more. Lily Janiak

4 Bay Area artists to receive $100,000 each from Kenneth Rainin Foundation

For Oakland theater artist and poet Ayodele Nzinga, the fellowship “is a piece of validation that I've been waiting for.” Lily Janiak

Review: Golden Thread’s ‘Returning to Haifa’ is theater helping you understand the war in Gaza

Witnessing Ghassan Kanafani’s 1969 barn burner onstage is like discovering a midcentury classic. Lily Janiak

In 2024-25, Berkeley Rep bets on stories that Netflix can’t tell

“I feel real responsibility, both for myself but also institutionally, to be bringing new theatrical stories into our shared lexicon,” Artistic Director Johanna Pfaelzer told the Chronicle. Lily Janiak

In 2024-25 lineup, TheatreWorks goes from fundraising emergency to world-premiere musicals

Local writers Min Kahng, Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon return to the 54-year-old Silicon Valley company. Lily Janiak

Review: NCTC’s ‘The Tutor’ makes Slip ’N Slide of love triangle

In Torange Yeghiazarian’s world premiere, three characters fill the playing space to bursting. Lily Janiak

Aurora Theatre might be in financial trouble, but it’s still announcing its 2024-25 season

Classics by Lynn Nottage and Noël Coward grace the 32-year-old Berkeley company’s next lineup. Lily Janiak

Golden Thread opens a ‘Season for Palestine’ with play to combat historical amnesia

The West Coast premiere of “Returning to Haifa” contextualizes the current conflict in Gaza. Lily Janiak

Got overbearing Asian American parents? Confront them vicariously with ‘Tiger Style!’

Mike Lew’s comedy at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is balm for any thwarted adult who’s ever fantasized, “I’m gonna yell at my mom like a white girl.” Lily Janiak

In the AI age, how have artists envisioned robots in theater, film and ballet?

Pieces such as S.F. Ballet’s “Mere Mortals” help us understand our place in the ChatGPT era. Lily Janiak

Bay Area theater that premiered Oakland artist’s Broadway-bound play now facing fundraising emergency

Jonathan Spector’s “Eureka Day” heads to Manhattan Theatre Club in the fall — even as the venue that premiered it, Berkeley’s Aurora Theatre, unveils an emergency fundraising campaign. Lily Janiak

Review: In ‘Hangmen,’ Martin McDonagh is the maestro of macabre, the bard of bloviation

San Jose Stage Company’s West Coast premiere about an English hangman forced into early retirement trades moralizing for high style. Lily Janiak