- Arts & Culture, Theater, Jul 7, 2004
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¡Viva Pablo!
Cien años de Neruda
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Sep 29, 2010
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'Much Ado' Buoyed by Unusual Casting
Jonathan Moscone makes a few brave choices, and they pay off.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Dec 1, 2010
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'Of the Earth' Blurs Fantasy and Reality
Jon Tracy presents the second installment of his Odyssey.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Apr 17, 2013
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'The Arsonists' Fails to Ignite
Max Frisch's 1953 farce about appeasement does not quite click in a modern milieu.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Dec 5, 2012
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'The Hard Nut' Returns to Berkeley
Mark Morris' beautifully wayward Nutcracker brings together everything naughty and nice.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Nov 26, 2008
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'Tis Pity She's a Void
Updated Jacobean tragedy is hollow in the heartland.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Aug 4, 2004
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'Twas a Cold, Lovely Night
SF Shakes' Twelfth Night is visual artistry, but falls flat as a comedy, and as a play.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Jun 9, 2010
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1001 Brings Arabic Myth to the Israel-Palestine Debate
Jonathan Grote's new play tackles ancient stories and social themes, but manages to be funny.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Jun 8, 2001
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A New Brain
Behind the secenes of an oddball autobiography
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Apr 13, 2001
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Action Movie: The Play
Impact Theatre at the Eighth Street Studio in Berkeley
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Apr 13, 2001
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Archy and Mehitabel
Masquers Playhouse in Point Richmond
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Apr 10, 2002
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Babes Without Irony
Willows' version of the Rodgers and Hart classic takes too light an approach.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Oct 12, 2005
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Beauty Is
Ballet made for a tsar
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Feb 9, 2011
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Collapse Burdened by Metaphor, Held Fast by Acting
Playwright Allison Moore gets seduced by a single idea
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Aug 8, 2007
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HMS Pinafore Goes Adrift
Lamplighters nails the music but misses on the theatrics.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Jun 2, 2010
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In the Wake Leaves Blind Spots
Two stories collide in Lisa Kron's new drama.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Oct 17, 2007
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Lear Sans Lear
Central Works uses Shakespeare as a comedic jumping-off point.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Jun 15, 2005
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Othello Surprises
A wacko Iago, an urbane Moor, a significant Roderigo -- CalShakes' version is unusual.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Mar 3, 2004
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Ring in Your Pocket
Condensed Ring makes Wagner digestible
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Jul 9, 2003
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Shrew Biz
See it outdoors at Woodminster
