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Performance

Stage Review

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice… Beetlemeh?

Marke B. -
Blowing up the movie to musical size means the story loses much of its chaotic charm
Stage Review

Jeannine Anderson soars above white noise in ‘Halie! The Mahalia Jackson Musical’

Charles Lewis III -
Opera singer may have performance of the year in Darryl V. Jones’ long-gestating Lorraine Hansberry Theater project
Stage Review

Moors at 11: A dialed-up ‘Wuthering Heights’ boasts great music

Charles Lewis III -
But Emma Rice and Wise Children’s stripped-down, slapstick adaptation at Berkeley Rep can't escape tonal whiplash
Dance

In Camille A. Brown’s ‘ink,’ Black superheroes take flight

Marke B. -
The choreographer returns to Cal Performances for the final installment of her electrifying trilogy
Stage Review

A Polish Resistance hero brought to life in ‘Remember This’

Charles Lewis III -
Storied actor David Strathairn inhabits Holocaust witness Jan Karski at Berkeley Rep, despite a strangely inert script
Onstage

Fashioning a new ‘Wuthering Heights,’ from hand-me-downs and reclaimed fabrics

Emily Wilson -
Costumer Vicki Mortimer talks about the importance of sustainable and vintage outfits in adaptation at Berkeley Rep
Onstage

Connie Champagne roasts some holiday chestnuts in ‘It’s Judy for Xmas!’

Joshua Rotter -
The cabaret groundbreaker inhabits iconic chanteuse Judy Garland in all her jingle-jangle glory at Martuni's
Stage Review

Santa Claws: Killing My Lobster’s ‘A Very Special Holiday Special’ is merry and bright

Charles Lewis III -
The lauded sketch comedy troupe knows just how to mine seasonal frustration for laughs and pathos
Stage Review

Ariadne retold: ‘Mark of the Minotaur’ reclaims tale of a linguistics great

Charles Lewis III -
In playwright Sharon Eberhardt's telling, Alice Kober's life intertwines with Grecian myth.
Arts + Culture

Ignore the plot: ‘The Great Comet’ seeks to entertain

Charles Lewis III -
With a cast of two dozen, the Shotgun Players have a blast. Shame about the dropped COVID restrictions.

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