Capitalism Is the New Imperialism
New Central Works play takes on corporate imperialism.
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A Temperate Tempest
If you’re going to be shipwrecked by a freak storm, a Livermore winery is an awfully pleasant place to wind up.
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It Hurts a Village
Ubuntu Theater Project caps off an impressive season with a devastating Katori Hall play.
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Soup Kitchen Confidential
Shotgun cooks up redemption in soup kitchen drama Grand Concourse.
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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.
