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Two local kids make stage debut in ‘Coming Home’ at Berkeley Rep

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.19.2010

In Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s upcoming production of Coming Home, two enthusiastic local children are enjoying their stage debuts. Five-year-old Kohle Thomas Bolton and 11-year-old Jaden Malik Wiggins…

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Phèdre opens Jan. 20 at A.C.T. starring Seana McKenna who “holds the Canadian patent on Greek tragedy”

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.19.2010

Jean Racine’s grand tragedy Phèdre opens Wednesday January 20 at American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) in a world premiere translation by Timberlake Wertenbaker (Our Country’s Good, A.C.T.’s…

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Storytelling in a cozy pub with cast of ‘The Weir’ at the San Jose Rep

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.18.2010

Conor McPherson, the prolific Irish playwright, knows how to spin a tale. His award-winning play, The Weir, opens January 29th at the San Jose Repertory…

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San Jose Repertory Theatre Presents the Laurence Olivier BBC Award Winner, ‘The Weir’

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.16.2010

When a story is told well enough, one will follow it anywhere. Even to unexpected places, such as isolated, rural Ireland. In Conor McPherson’s utterly…

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Youth Company presents Disney’s Mulan this weekend at JMCA

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.15.2010

The Berkeley Playhouse announced their youth company will be performing Disney’s Mulan (Jr) this weekend at the Julia Morgan Center. It should be another high…

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Inside Cirque du Soleil – OVO, a behind the scenes tour

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.14.2010

Cirque du Soleil brings its spectacular show OVO across the United States over the next few years. To put the effort into perspective, imagine a…

Avenue Q Broadway San Jose Opened this week

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On Location: Avenue Q at Broadway San Jose, plus Lamb Chop? (video)

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.14.2010

Avenue Q, or puppets gone wild, opened this week at Broadway San Jose. The laughs can still be heard echoing across downtown. The reviews are…

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Film director Jeffrey Goodman starts next project ‘Peril’

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.14.2010

This morning film director Jeffrey Goodman announced that his next project Peril is underway. He explains it will be funded and shot in Louisiana much…

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The Bald Soprano at Cutting Ball Theater extended again, to Jan. 24

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.14.2010

Due to popular demand, the Cutting Ball Theater announced that it will again extend its hit production of Eugène Ionesco’s comic masterpiece The Bald Soprano.…

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Theater review: Puppets gone wild at ‘Avenue Q’ at Broadway San Jose

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.13.2010

Puppets sure have changed since I was a kid—in a good way, a very good way. Don’t look for them on PBS though. You’re more…