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For a city of fewer than 125,000 residents, Berkeley has an outsize reputation as an arts destination in part because of Medak.
"I love what happens when you have an audience meeting artists halfway," Berkeley Rep's Susie Medak said.
Set in Israel " quiet and nuanced, with no bombast, spectacle or power ballads " the production opening in San Francisco is an anti-musical of sorts.
The Tony-winning musical about isolation and waiting might strike pandemic-era audiences differently.
The new policy adheres to a San Francisco Department of Public Health order applying to operators of indoor "mega-events."
For too long now, we've allowed a region with first-class performers to make its art so physically inaccessible.
The world premiere of the Avett Brothers-inspired musical "Swept Away," comes on Jan. 9 after a year-plus pandemic delay.
Shows by SFBATCO, Berkeley Rep, Oakland Theater Project and more gleam in Bay Area theater in 2022.
At what point should producers cancel performances, especially as New Year's Eve events approach?
Gifts from Zendesk, Amazon, SalesForce to theaters, choruses and more suggest the start of a shift in tech philanthropy.
Cal Performances, Berkeley Playhouse and Cutting Ball Theater have also announced cancellations.
San Francisco Playhouse, SFBATCO and California Shakespeare Theater offered just some of 2021's Bay Area theater highlights.
"Conservatory" is inscribed in ACT's middle name; without the master's program, the theater will have to forge a radically different identity.
FoolsFury festival director Claudia Alick urged everyone to "resist the narrative that closing is failure."
Two of the Bay Area's most exciting theater companies " one a major institution, the other small and scrappy " are working together.
The long-running London production of Stephen Mallatratt's play operates quietly and steadily, with confidence in its solid bones.
As a technical difficulty-plagued opening night approached three hours, all that was left was bargaining with God.
For Chase Center, Davies Symphony Hall, American Conservatory Theater and other venues, COVID has meant an immersion into HVAC.
At Shotgun Players, the gritted-teeth panic of the not-quite-finished show seeps through.
The romantic comedy adapts Shakespeare into a musical so persuasively you might think the two genres had always been intertwined.
Every monstrous skinflint was once a small child, the S.F. production says, one who read adventure stories and imagined his toys to life.
For actress Amber Iman, S.F's "A Christmas Carol" offers new lessons in inclusivity and justice along with its traditional moral of hope and redemption.
The production of "A Christmas Carol" includes a diverse cast, many of whom hail from the region.
The composer and lyricist, who died Friday, Nov. 26, made musical theater encompass the full range of human experience.
The folk singer-songwriter, who never had wide name recognition, gets new life in the form of a piece by theater artist Beth Wilmurt.
