{"id":315636,"date":"2026-05-14T16:57:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/315636\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:57:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:57:49","slug":"miko-marks-residency-at-yoshis-ted-langes-shakespeare-over-my-shoulder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/315636\/","title":{"rendered":"Miko Marks’ residency at Yoshi’s \/\/ Ted Lange’s ‘Shakespeare Over My Shoulder’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to \u201cThe Sights + Sounds Show with Jene\u00e9 Darden,” where every week we tap into the Bay Area arts scene and bring you rich conversations with artists. On today\u2019s show: Americana and roots artist Miko Marks talks about her residency at Yoshi\u2019s and a new blues album she has in the works. Then, in his latest production, playwright and actor Ted Lange asks if Shakespeare is the true author of his iconic plays and poetry.<\/p>\n

Today we\u2019re shake, shake, Shakespearing and shaking it to good music.<\/p>\n

\"Americana<\/p>\n

Americana singer Miko Marks<\/p>\n

Miko Marks
Miko Marks<\/a> is an Oakland-based singer who debuted onto the music scene as a country artist. But she has a vocal range that stretches from here to the Empire State building. Blues, folk, gospel, rock \u2014 Miko\u2019s powerful voice will touch your soul. Host Jene\u00e9 Darden tries not to miss her live performances. Miko Marks currently has a residency at Yoshi\u2019s in Oakland with monthly shows until August. In this interview they talk about how Miko defines Americana and roots music, and what to expect at her shows. <\/p>\n

Miko’s next show at Yoshi’s<\/a> is Thursday, May 21and will feature special guest Faye Carol.<\/p>\n

\"Actor<\/p>\n

Ted Lange
These days, people may read an article or a book and ask, \u201cWas this written by AI?\u201d Long before AI existed, some people questioned if William Shakespeare actually authored the great plays and poetry he is known for. Playwright and Oakland native Ted Lange<\/a> addresses this old conspiracy in \u201cShakespeare Over My Shoulder.\u201d The play is a production of The African-American Shakespeare Company. Black actors play well known Elizabethan writers and societal figures. While a white actor will portray Shakespeare. Mr. Lange is known for playing the bartender Issac Washington in the \u201cLove Boat.” He also studied Shakespeare’s works at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. <\/p>\n

\u201cShakespeare Over My Shoulder<\/a>\u201d runs from May 15 to June 7 at the 533 Sutter St. theater in San Francisco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to \u201cThe Sights + Sounds Show with Jene\u00e9 Darden,” where every week we tap into the Bay…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-315636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}