Arts & Entertainment Mary Zimmerman's Miniaturized 'Matchbox Magic Flute' Is Full of Fresh Delights at Berkeley Rep More of an artful condensation than an adaptation, Mary Zimmerman's slimmed-down version of Mozart's famous opera 'The Magic Flute' becomes a music-hall comedy that's accessible for all.
Arts & Entertainment Upcoming ACT and Berkeley Rep Seasons Feature Four World Premieres, 'Uncle Vanya' Featuring a Downton Abbey Star The 2024-25 seasons have been announced at the Bay Area's two biggest regional theaters, and highlights include two new hip-hop musicals, a new adaptation of Mozart's 'The Magic Flute,' and a new production of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' featuring Hugh Bonneville.
Arts & Entertainment ‘The Far Country’ at Berkeley Rep Is a Glorious Historical Epic About a Terrible Chapter In SF History 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist ‘The Far Country’ makes its way to the Bay Area stage, with a brutal depiction of what it took for Chinese immigrants to enter San Francisco in the early 1900s.
Arts & Entertainment 'POTUS' Offers Up a Feverish Feminist White House Farce at Berkeley Rep A funny seven-woman play that amused New York audiences four about four months on Broadway last spring and summer has just arrived as the season opener at Berkeley Repertory Theater. And it's a fun one, to be sure.
Arts & Entertainment 'Octet' at Berkeley Rep Is a Beautiful and Evocative Trek Into the Depths of Internet Hell Something shifted in me about four songs in to the new, extraordinary chamber choir musical 'Octet' at Berkeley Rep, and I went from passive, half-engaged audience member to willing participant in the room.
Arts & Entertainment Edwardian Ball Postponed and ‘Twelfth Night’ Cancels Remaining Shows, as Omicron Upends Bay Area Activities It’s beginning to feel a lot like 2020 again, as more shows cancel and postpone, and several MLK Day celebrations Monday are cancelled too.
Arts & Entertainment Berkeley Rep Debuts 'The Waves in Quarantine,' a Musical Film Adaptation of a Virginia Woolf Classic On Thursday night Berkeley Rep is premiering an original musical film piece based on Virginia Woolf's 'The Waves' shot in performers' own homes, featuring some serious Broadway talent.
Arts & Entertainment 'Becky Nurse of Salem' Dissects the Cliché of the Witch-Hunt The latest world premiere at Berkeley Rep by playwright Sarah Ruhl is a complex and darkly funny look at the Salem Witch Trials through the lens of contemporary American malaise, the #MeToo movement, and Donald Trump.
Arts & Entertainment PigPen Theatre Co’s ‘The Tale of Despereaux: A New Musical’ Is Coming To Berkeley Rep After a stint at San Diego’s The Old Globe, PigPen Theatre Co’s "The Tale of Despereaux: A New Musical" – which tells the tales of one brave mouse as he attempts to save a human princess from malicious vermin – will come to the Berkeley Repertory Theatre for a six-week residency, the 21st.
Arts & Entertainment Two Local Theater Companies Join In Tony Award Honors Last night at the Tony Awards, Silicon Valley's TheatreWorks received a special Tony for regional theaters, and a production that was born at Berkeley Rep was nominated for multiple big prizes, and took home one.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight If you haven't been yet, stop by Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight to check out Back for Seconds, a diverse group show with 37 different artists. 1173 Sutter St, SF. Kick back with Castle
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Monologue at Berkeley Repertory Theatre Never underestimate the power of silly. Besides, not all theater has to be Theater. Geoff Sobelle and Trey Lyford mix Laurel and Hardy, Buster Keaton and Samuel Beckett's existential
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Bay Area Tour at Berkeley Repertory Theatre Sorry, this isn't the same production of Mother Courage starring Meryl Streep, which recently closed in New York. Nor is it Tony Kushner's translation of the great Brecht play,
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: The Berkeley Edition at Berkeley Repertory Theatre We don't know what's bigger news: the fact that Rita Moreno stars in The Glass Menagerie, one of the greatest plays in the American canon, or the fact that
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Something for Everyone, Again at Berkeley Repertory Theatre Who said interactive theater is uncool? One of the coolest things about Culture Clash's production of Zorro in Hell is that you can download your very own Zorro mask
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Something for Everyone What do Holocaust dramas, hip hop and weddings have to do with each other? Nothing, but we've got all of them crammed into a mere weekend. and Brundibar at Berkeley Repertory Theatre Just
