When “Moby-Dick” made its world premiere at Dallas Opera in 2010, followed…
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The theater world is filled with slamming doors, but there’s never been…
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When it comes to Shakespeare’s history plays, “Henry VI” has always been…
Being an artist has never been easy. Consider Georges Seurat, the 19th-century…
There’s a poignant sense of déjà vu in the Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s…
“Timon of Athens” is so seldom performed, theatergoers seeing it for the…
Immigration is such a hot-button issue these days, it’s hard to find…
The first scene of “Office Hour” feels eerily familiar. Three writing teachers…
Chamber music and oratorios, symphony concerts and intimate recitals with top artists…
Someone in the audience at Thursday night’s San Francisco Symphony performance of…
Recent performance practice seems to demand that every Hamlet go ballistic. No…
If ever a show should have come to town projecting exuberance, “An…
When Hector Berlioz set out to write “Roméo et Juliette,” he vowed…
Minutes into “A Night with Janis Joplin,” the title character says she’s…
There was rapture in the air on opening night of “As You…
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There’s something decidedly odd about the bed and breakfast -– and its…
