- Arts & Culture, Theater, Nov 2, 2011
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Hope and Doubt for Actors Ensemble
The small community group may cast a bid to stay in its current home.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Jul 6, 2011
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Zahra Noorbakhsh and the Atheist-Muslim Connection
A young playwright finds humor in cultural dissonance.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Mar 5, 2008
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The Prince and Princess Diaries
Princess Leia and Prince Gomolvilas do some deep dishing.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Feb 22, 2012
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Molière in Modern Medicine
Berkeley Rep takes risks adapting an old playwright, and finds the curative power of humor.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Nov 30, 2011
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A Hot Mikado for Masquers
David H. Bell's play may be dated, but it's still charming.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, May 11, 2011
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No Escaping This Passion Play
Poor acting and a high concept mark the Actors' Ensemble of Berkeley's new take on Sarah Ruhl.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Feb 23, 2011
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Romance with Impact
Melissa Hillman tried to turn Romeo and Juliet into a gangster tale. But the teen romance shines through.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Jul 16, 2008
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Suffering Shakespeare
A frontier Pericles and a mangled Merry Wives.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Mar 21, 2012
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Beyond the Doll's House
Gender imbalances in theater create an uphill battle for female actors.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Aug 3, 2011
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Summer Love and Woman's Will
An all-female acting troupe puts its own spin on a beloved Shakespearian comedy.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Jul 20, 2011
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The SF Mime Trope
This year's 2012 — The Musical is more engaging than previous Mime Troupe productions, but it still relies on the old formula.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, May 25, 2011
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A Tree Grows at Ashby Stage
Plant metaphors are omnipresent in Shotgun Players' latest.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Sep 15, 2010
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Fowl Play at Impact Theatre
Berkeley company stages a new coming out narrative, with chickens as the main metaphor.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Oct 6, 2010
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Jerry Springer Taps Into Our Inner Hoochie
Talk show host "does the mirror thing" in a new San Francisco production.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Feb 17, 2010
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Antigone Sans the Drama
Actors Ensemble drains the sex and violence from Sophocles' ancient play.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Apr 16, 2008
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Mom, Iran, and Barbie
When Something Wonderful Ends is an off-key swan song for Playhouse West.
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Jan 23, 2008
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Yuppie Go Home
Danny Hoch inhabits a whole neighborhood to complain about the folks now inhabiting his.
- 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, Jul 11, 2007
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Romeo and Condoleezza
What smart bomb through yonder window breaks?
- Arts & Culture, Theater, Jan 23, 2013
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The Return of SF Sketchfest
The 12th annual comedy festival reinvents the bad, tributes the good, and invents the original.
