Our Stars and Bars, Ourselves
A presidential candidate’s daughter’s very bad decision comes back to haunt her in Confederates.
Immaculate Mary Poppins
The Broadway musical isn’t the best version of Mary Poppins, but its star at Tri-Valley Rep is practically perfect.
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Recovery, Relapse, Rinse, Repeat
The familiarity of the addiction and recovery narrative may be part of the point.
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Good “Fences” from Good Neighbors
Cal Shakes’s Fences brings maternal power to a tale of fathers and sons.
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Pretty Persuasion
A little Austen goes nicely with Shakespeare in Livermore.
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Leguizamo Takes Us to School
John Leguizamo teaches Latin History lesson at Berkeley Repertory Theatre.
School’s in for Summer
The Mime Troupe takes on the privatization of public schools.
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A Nonoperatic Figaro
Beaumarchais’s original Marriage of Figaro enjoys a rare revival in Berkeley.
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A Bear of a Play
Jealousy and foolery and bears, oh my!
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Go Grumpily into That Good Night
An elderly misanthrope goes through her pre-suicide to-do list at the EXIT.
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