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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…

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‘Avenue Q’ opens tonight: Bring on the cussing, nude, singing puppets

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.12.2010

Tonight, Avenue Q presented by Broadway San Jose, opens downtown at the Center for the Performing Arts. The show is the fourth in a wickedly…

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Cutting Ball Theater Hidden Classics Reading Series “Medea VS. Medea” January 31

BY MONICA TURNER — 01.12.2010

Co-founded in 1999 by theater artists Rob Melrose and Paige Rogers, Cutting Ball Theater presents avant-garde works of the past, present, and future by re-envisioning…

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Gone in 60 Seconds: Speed-the-Plow at Pear, Auto Show, Painting, The Fillmore

BY CLINTON STARK — 01.11.2010

It was another great weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area to get out there and take in some theater, arts, and entertainment. From San…