Review: Lamplighters Music Theatre opens 60th year with ‘The Mikado’
How could irony possibly exist in the land of Titipu, peopled as it is with characters named Yum Yum, Pish-Tush, Pooh Bah, Nanki-Poo, and other…
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Berkeley Rep releases iOS, Android apps
Videos and photos are available too. Clicking on Chinglish pulled up a YouTube video of the effervescent Tony Taccone intro'ing the "hysterical" play.
In Photos: ‘Chinglish’ at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
The canny comedy of cross-cultural errors, which makes its way across the country from Broadway, opens September 8th at the Roda Theatre in Berkeley.
Vincent Kartheiser of ‘Mad Men’ to perform at San Jose Rep (video preview)
Also newsworthy is the theater's unique and innovative use of Kickstarter. SJ Rep hopes to raise $15,000 to help build sets for the play.
Clowning around with Lorenzo Pisoni at the A.C.T.
What does it feel like to be five years old and locked in a trunk with a dummy that looks exactly like you?
David Cronenberg’s ‘Cosmopolis’ stars Juliette Binoche, releases Aug. 17 (Stills)
Cronenberg has made a string of memorable, haunting films including Crash (1996), The Brood (1979), Dead Ringers (1988) and A History of Violence (2005).
Review: ‘War Horse’ at the SHN Curran commands breathless attention
While the show is smart enough to throw in bits of comedy, be it an insouciant toss of a tail, or fat, self-important geese waddling…
San Francisco try-out of new musical ‘Diner’ postponed
Instead Diner the musical, which was scheduled to run this fall at the SHN Curran Theatre, will "retool" for a Broadway run in a more…
Behind the Scenes: Cavalia bungee acrobat audition
Safe to say when Jay Leno described Cavalia as "the greatest show I have ever seen!" he was likely not referring to the one featuring…
Return to Middle Earth with Charles Ross
On stages like this, the actor’s craft is laid bare. This performance had nary a stick of scenery or stitch of costume, and only the…