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Theater Review | Nov 07, 2009
Tiny Kushner at the Berkeley Rep
I am not a theater-goer. And, judging by the predominantly silver-haired audience at the Berkeley Rep last week, neither are a lot of younger folk. But there is hope in plays like Tony Kushner's Tiny Kushner. By Emmanuel Hapsis
Theater Review | Nov 03, 2009
The Horses
"I'm going to get a gun!" Marv is whining. He is turning 75 today, and he just can't face it. His wife, Lois bellows back at him from off stage. "That's all I need! Holes in the remodel." By Ben Marks
Theater Review | Oct 24, 2009
The Future Project: Sunday Will Come
The Intersection for the Arts' current show: The Future Project: Sunday Will Come shines the light on mortality and humanity. I was ready for a theatrical take on existentialism. So I went. By Andy Alabran
Performance Review | Sep 29, 2009
The Abduction from the Seraglio
I've read that The Abduction from the Seraglio was quite a financial and critical success when it first appeared over two hundred years ago. I wouldn't be surprised if the same reaction takes place for the SF Opera's production today. By Andy Alabran
Theater Review | Sep 27, 2009
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, at City Lights
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, a 2005 play by Stephen Adly Guirgis, is playing now through October 18, 2009 at City Lights Theater Company in San Jose. This fierce and frequently hilarious production, directed by Kit Wilder, follows the imagined trial, in purgatory, of Judas Iscariot. By Ben Marks
Theater Review | Sep 21, 2009
American Idiot
Michael Mayer of Spring Awakening fame has turned the biggest album of Green Day's storied career into a poseur-punk version of Disney's High School Musical. By Ben Marks
Performance | Sep 11, 2009
Forum: Fall Arts Preview
KQED's Forum teams up with The Do List for a preview of what's happening in the arts this fall. By Cy Musiker
Theater Review | Aug 12, 2009
The Producers at Foothill Musical Theatre
Through August 16, 2009 Foothill Musical Theatre in Los Altos Hills is having its way with the story of Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, the crooked producers who do everything in their power to create a sure-fire flop, only to have it succeed beyond their wildest nightmares. By Ben Marks
Theater Review | Jul 25, 2009
Tinyard Hill
Set in 1964 Georgia, the four-person musical spends a tumultuous summer with a father-and-son blacksmith team and their busybody next-door neighbor, whose niece is in town to be fitted for her wedding dress. By Ben Marks
Performance | Jul 14, 2009
Fire! Fire! Robots!: The Crucible's Fire Arts Festival
The festival's centerpiece this year will be the Rootabaga Opera. Based on poet Carl Sandburg's Rootabaga Stories for children, this multidisciplinary piece by Dan Cantrell shows off the Crucible's wild creativity and collaborative ethic at its most grounded. By Claire Light
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Theater Producer Takes The Stage As New NEA Chair
Former Broadway producer Rocco Landesman is about to embark on a journey that will take him way off-Broadway: Peoria, Ill. is his first stop on "Art Works," a six-month tour of arts organizations around the country.
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Lead Of Closed Broadway Revival On Experience
Brighton Beach Memoirs opened on Broadway to generally positive reviews on Oct. 25. A week later, the revival of Neil Simon's hit closed due to poor ticket sales. Lead actor Noah Robbins says the cast was told about the closure half an hour before a performance.
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'Finian's Rainbow' Arcs Over Broadway Again
The 1947 musical gets its first full-scale Broadway revival starting Oct. 29. The production took 10 years to assemble, but producers say the timing is great: Yip Harburg's witty lyrics and the show's pointed political satire make it the perfect musical for a country still reeling from a major economic recession.
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Jackson's New Career: Permanent, Posthumous Brand
The Michael Jackson concert film This Is It — cut together from rehearsals filmed in the months before the pop star's death — is just the latest venture to highlight how valuable the coin of celebrity can remain even after a star's life is over. Nate DiMeo looks at the big business of posthumous brand management.
