Opus is truly a wonderful capstone to TheatreWorks' 40th season, which has been, by all definitions, a smashing success.

It’s rare that an audience acts as one in getting to its feet in a post-show of appreciation

"Drama assumes an order. If only so that it might have -- by disrupting that order -- a way of surprising."

Over 250 actors, designers, productions, and more were nominated during 2010.

For instance, during the "It's you Charley" scene, perhaps the most famous of all, sitting in the back of the car Moreno delivers the classic lines quite matter-of-factly, "I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody."

Per Berkeley Rep's standards, the acting is once again superb. James Carpenter is always extraordinary. Be sure to do what I do, and seek out every one of his performances - they are timeless gems, over and over again.

William Hodgson is a superb Cat-in-the-Hat. His lithe nimble moves leave no doubt that he’s the true authority on stage. Substituting the trademark hat for more sophisticated headwear, he’s a very adult Cat who marks new turf in this role.

Although the action all takes place in real time, Fugard will often depict entire scenes as remembrances of places and events that are so vivid that they take flight in one’s own imagination

To be a good president, I fear a man cannot be his own mentor. He cannot live the Sermon on the Mount. He must be a Machiavelli, Caesar, Borgia, an unctuous religio, a liar, a what-not, to be successful.

Putting your life to music doesn’t necessarily make your life art, especially when it turns on the clichéd ticking of a biological clock.