On our family’s to-do list for the weekend is the show, Singin’ in the Rain, produced by Berkeley Playhouse.
It promises to be a delight, with excellent singing, great dancing, and a wonderful sense of fun.
How do I know, when I haven’t seen the production? Because I have loved every other performance this Berkeley group has [...]
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Enjoy the rain this weekend at “Singin’ in the Rain”
Steve Jobs, Chekhov and Afghanistan
Artistic Director Tony Taccone today announced the 2010-11 season for the Berkeley Rep, which includes plays about Steve Jobs and Afghanistan, Anton Chekhov’s The Three Sisters, world premieres from Daniel Handler (better known as Lemony Snicket) and Rinne Groff, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ruined by Lynn Nottage, and a new play by Taccone written for Berkeley [...]
Top honor for Rita Moreno
Berkeley’s own Rita Moreno yesterday received the nation’s top cultural honor, the National Medal of Arts. President Obama presented the award to the star of stage and screen after spending the day in healthcare lock-down mode.
Moreno is the only Latina actress to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony for her dance and acting work. [...]
Shotgun throwing costume sale
The Shotgun Players are giving up their costume shop space in Berkeley “after years of luxurious accumulation”, as they put it, and they are throwing a sale when many of the costumes you will have seen on stage in their recent productions will be up for grabs.
The “everything must go” sale will include women’s and [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 1.18.10
Wait for the Gov: Caldecott Tunnel fourth bore groundbreaking delayed for Schwarzenegger [CC Times]
Party town: Berkeley neighbors to take 35 UC frat houses to court [Oakland Tribune]
Swoosh: former Cal student named to US Olympic bobsled team [Wire]
Berkeley Rep premieres South African playwright Athol Fugard’s “Coming Home” [Rep]
[Photo of Caldecott Tunnel: OpenThreads/Flickr Creative Commons]
The Berkeley Wire: 1.8.10
“Doing wonder wonderfully”: Rep extends Aurelia’s Oratorio (above) [Berkeley Rep]
Noam Chomsky urges Iran to free three UC Berkeley graduates [Inside Bay Area]
Cal Performances snags $600,000 Mellon grant for classical music [Mercury News]
Ashby-Telegraph condo project is on the block [Daily Planet]
Stand up and be counted: Census Road Tour makes Berkeley stop [City of Berkeley]
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