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Watching The King and I in the 21st century. Read my review in the San Jose Mercury News.

Rachel Powers and DC Scarpelli in Tri-Valley Rep's The King and I. Photo by Robert Sholty. — Rachel Powers and DC Scarpelli in Tri-Valley Rep’s The King and I. Photo by Robert Sholty.

Review: Tri-Valley Rep’s ‘King and I’ a pleasant ‘puzzlement’

The King and I
Through August 2
Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre
Bankhead Theater
2400 First Street
Livermore, CA
www.trivalleyrep.org

Show #69 of 2015, attended July 18.

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Sam Hurwitt

Man About Town

I’m a former freelance arts journalist and theater critic who also writes about books, comics, film, and other media. My work has been featured in American Theatre, San Francisco Chronicle, Theatre Bay Area, Marin Independent Journal, Variety, and more.

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