Michael McDonaghMusicBerkeley,
Life is complicated. More than one thing is going on whether we like it or not. This could be a definition of music too because it's a celebration and a leave-taking and we're always doing both. We say hello as ...
Toba SingerTheaterBerkeley,
In Apartheid-era South Africa, black lives are matter to be exploited for their usefulness. They keep a social system limping along that is congenitally hobbled by class and caste, defined vindictively by race, and subordinating its inhabitants accordingly. Three characters ...
Toba SingerFeaturesBerkeley,
Toba Singer: What has been the evolution of your career? Did you welcome the chance to move out of the comedy club circuit to theater, film, and TV?
John Leguizamo: I didn’t do much time in comedy clubs: ...
Suzanne WeissTheaterBerkeley,
Someone is singing a sea chantey as the deck slowly rocks beneath the sailors’ feet. A properly-brought-up young English lad lad gazes in wonderment at the strange sights — a parrot perched on a pirate’s shoulder, palm trees swaying ...
Continuing the tradition of its founder, this company showcases a jazzy, fast, and joyous style of movement while highlighting the African American experience.
Suzanne WeissDanceBerkeley,
The Alvin Ailey troupe is back at Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall looking as good as ever — maybe even a little better.
Under the artistic direction of Robert Battle, this large, well-disciplined group of dancers continues the tradition of its ...
David E. MorenoDanceBerkeley,
Trajal Harrell’s sort-of West Coast Premiere,“The Ghost of Montpellier Meets the Samurai,” never really happens according to its choreographer. In fact, it started premiering in 2015 and “still won’t be ready for today’s performance,” announces Harrell from a front row ...
Toba SingerDanceBerkeley,
The City of Brussels, with its gilded Grand Place built on a stodgy metaphorical foundation of bullion, is perhaps the most conservative of European world capitals, known for rolling up its streets, and tucking in its bankers and tourists by ...
What should be a dream team production ends up shriveling the classic's dramatic heart.
Suzanne WeissTheaterBerkeley,
“Bubble bubble, toil and trouble” and for what? An evening of “sound and fury,” signifying, if not nothing, precious little.
Expectation ran high for Berkeley Rep’s visually stunning, starry production of Shakespeare’s Scottish play. Helmed by the great American ...
