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  • The Wedding Zinger

    The Wedding Zinger

    September 10, 2016

    Center REP’s wedding musical is a welcome surprise.

  • It’s Not About Art

    It’s Not About Art

    April 6, 2016

    Yasmina Reza’s ever-popular Art is really about the nature of friendship.

  • Ms. Dawn Goes to Washington

    Ms. Dawn Goes to Washington

    February 5, 2016

    A 1940s comedy proves surprisingly timely at Center REP.

  • C’mon-a Rosemary’s Life

    C’mon-a Rosemary’s Life

    September 9, 2015

    Was there more to Rosemary Clooney than ethnic novelty songs in an egregious Italian accent?

  • I Get a Kick Out of Cole

    I Get a Kick Out of Cole

    May 27, 2015

    Anything Goes has so many classic Cole Porter songs in it that it’s a wonder it’s not some greatest-hits musical revue.

  • Back Down the Rabbit Hole

    Back Down the Rabbit Hole

    October 31, 2014

    An octogenerian Alice takes one last trip to the fantastical land of her youth.

  • Singing in the Basement

    Singing in the Basement

    September 3, 2014

    Hey, it’s my first review in the Contra Costa Times! And it’s Center REP’s doo-wop popsical Life Could Be a Dream.

  • Antisocial Media

    Antisocial Media

    November 8, 2012

    Facebook is the rabbit hole of the internet. If you’ve ever had an account (and most readers probably do), you have no doubt spent…

  • It’s a Shame About the War

    It’s a Shame About the War

    February 11, 2012

    It’s clear as soon as you enter the theater at Walnut Creek’s Lesher Center for the Arts that Center REPertory Company is taking a…

  • Ten for Twenty-Ten

    December 31, 2010

    Here we are pretty much back where we started on this blog, with my Top Ten list of my favorite shows for the year.…

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