SWAN IN A MILLION Featuring a live performance by the Berkeley Symphony with guest conductor Nicolette Fraillon, The Australian Ballet's Swan Lake comes to Zellerbach Hall this weekend, Octo…
DO I FEAR A WALTZ? Musicals are generally "lost" for any one of a number of reasons: the libretto may be filled with once topical socio-political humor now meaningless to contemporary audien…
THE GREATER GOOD When is "enough" enough? Where do you draw the line? How far would you be willing to go for the "Greater Good"? These are some of the difficult questions posed by playwright…
EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN As a child, I always hated clowns. At best they were weird; at worst just plain scary. And, to top it off, they weren't even funny, at least not to me. Why then w…
THIS WICKED MAGIC SHOW WILL CAST AN ENCHANTED GODSPELL Teddy Bear's; Fanny's; Trinity Place; 132 Bush; the Plush Room; The Mint; Josie's; the list goes on and on. Time was when San Francisco…
THE CAT'S MEOW MEOW: PURRRRRFECT When you hear the words "performance art," do you envision a motionless Marina Abramovic allowing a 10-foot boa constrictor to wrap itself around her head? W…