An eye-popping 'Peter Pan' flies into town
Mercury News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
An eye-popping 'Peter Pan' flies into town
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Bay Area holiday theater, dance events
Mercury News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
It's no bah-humbug that the Bay Area is a bastion of holiday arts and entertainment from the classical to the kitschy. From ghost stories and dancing Sugar Plums to the Velveteen Rabbit, the flurry of seasonal festivities is almost upon us, and there's no time to waste on being a Grinch. Tuck into this list of mixed 'Nutcrackers,' 'Christmas Carols' and other assorted holiday fare.
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Ballet San Jose celebrates 30 years of 'The Nutcracker'
Mercury News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
'In dance, if you make it six months you deserve an award,' says dancer-choreographer Dennis Nahat, known for hits such as 'Blue Suede Shoes.' 'Now we're at the point where people who saw our 'Nutcracker' as children are coming back to see it with their own children.'
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Paula Vogel's musical drama 'A Civil War Christmas' captures the suffering and hopes of an era much like our own
Mercury News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
'Sometimes I fear that family values, which I define as tolerance and diversity and inclusiveness, are endangered,' says the Pulitzer-winning playwright, who teaches at Yale. 'I wanted to create a holiday show that includes all of us.'
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Review: A shaky start for 'Otello'
Mercury News (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
There are some flaws in the San Francisco Opera's production of 'Otello.'
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Review: A clever 'Body of Water'
Mercury News (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Lee Blessing's 'A Body of Water' needs some tuning but it's still a sly mind game about the nature of identity.
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An actor for all stages
Mercury News (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
One of the hardest-working character actors in the Bay Area, Julian Lopez-Morillas has graced stages from San Jose and Palo Alto to Berkeley and San Francisco for the last 36 years. Still, scratching out a living in this field means being fleet on his feet despite his long tenure. To make ends meet, he's also a teacher, a director, an audio-book narrator and a blogger.
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Review: 'Fat Pig' at Aurora Theatre
Mercury News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Mercury News theater critic Karen D'Souza calls 'Fat Pig' a lacerating expose of sex, love and body image in America today.
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Review: Philharmonia Baroque; next performance tonight in Palo Alto
Mercury News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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Review: 'Love's Labour's Lost' at Cal's Zellerbach Hall
Mercury News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Mercury News theater critic Karen D'Souza says the poetry gets upstaged by the pageantry in this lackluster touring production from London's venerable Globe Theatre.
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The appeal of 'La Cenerentola'
Mercury News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Mezzo-soprano Betany Coffland talks about playing the lead in Rossini's take on 'Cinderella.'
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Review: Mamet's political farce 'November' at ACT
Mercury News (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
A lame-duck president gets skewered in this trifling Oval Office farce.
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Review: 'Spring Awakening' rocks San Jose
Mercury News (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Mercury News theater critic Karen D'Souza calls 'Spring Awakening' one of the coolest musicals ever to grace the stage of the Center for Performing Arts.
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Halloween 2009 costume trends: Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Kate-minus-Jon
Mercury News (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Sorry, Sarah Palin. Nothing personal, President Obama. If politics was all the rage for costumes last Halloween, this year it's out and pop culture is in, you betcha. Palin's beehive has been replaced by 'Twilight' vamps, Lady Gaga wigs, and, of course, sequin-heavy tributes to the late, great King of Pop.
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Review: West Coast premiere of 'Tiny Kushner' at Berkeley Rep
Mercury News (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
San Jose Mercury News theater critic Karen D'Souza calls 'Tiny Kushner' a multifaceted theatrical crown of small gems, some of which shine far brighter than others, but all of which dazzle us with insights into the teeming brain of one of our most celebrated playwrights.
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