This show will appeal most to history buffs, and star Ed Asner will be a great draw as well.

Robin Stanton directs this play about race, identity, and opportunity, featuring Bay Area favorite Margo Hall in her Aurora Theatre Company debut.

I don't think I will ever see a hospital delivery scene ("Push It Out") that tops the one in Becoming Britney.

At times his delivery reminded me of the late, great Chris Farley.

"“We look upon this juncture in our history as an opportunity for so many of us who have been a part of Aurora from its humble beginnings at the Berkeley City Club, to the opening and recent expansion of our own theater space on Addison Street, to look back and reflect,”" said Aurora Theatre Company Artistic Director Tom Ross.

Without missing a stroke he exhausts the crowd with Tchaikovsky’s Allego Con Fuoco and then after the second standing ovation of the night presents an encore performance.

The Big Fat Year End Comedy Show features a night of comedy and politics with a collection of stand-up comedy, skits, quizzes and many other surprises.

L. Peter Callender has such compelling physical presence that he could probably make folding the laundry mesmerizing. With a quality of motion comparable to Ben Vareen, he’s fascinating to watch even when he removes himself from the action to linger by the entrance.

This flicker of intelligence ended in act II, which proffered a steady drumbeat of bad dinosaur rock. Suffice to say if you’ve had enough of the '70s, you’ll cringe at Toy Story 3.

Saturday night’s performance at the Herbst Theatre did not disappoint the enthusiastic crowd