The force & Kiki
Here's some interesting local theater news -- some high-powered casting, a Skywalker-y night out and, be still my heart, the return of Kiki & Herb:Carl Lumbly, last seen on TV's ``Alias,'' heads the cast of Jesus Hopped the `A' Train, the next show at SF Playhouse. Other cast members include Susi Damilano, Daveed Diggs, Joe Madero and Gabriel Marin. Bill English directs the Stephen Adly Guirgis drama, which begins previews Feb. 28 and opens March 3. Call (415) 677-9596 or visit www.sfplayhouse.org.In other exciting news, at long last, Canadian actor Charles Ross brings his hit solo show, One-Man Star Wars Trilogy, to San Francisco's Post Street Theatre for 14 performances only, Feb. 27 through March 11.Since he first performed the show five years ago, Ross has been in demand for what critics have called ``effortlessly energetic...he nails the tiny details that fans obsess over.'' As the title indicates, Ross takes a brisk, nonstop shot through the first three Star Wars movies, the result of too much of his childhood, Ross says, spent in ``a galaxy far, far away.''Ross does all the character voices, recreates the special effects, sings the music, fights both sides of the light saber battles and, of course, kisses the princess, er, his sister, er, the princess.Tickets are $37 and go on sale Sunday.