The rock musical about the pioneering scientist includes sophisticated lyrics and melodies, but lacks musical and choreographic diversity.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
‘The Far Country’ lyrically explores the complexity of the Chinese American immigration experience
Lloyd Suh’s play universalizes three generations of one family’s immigration story in its West Coast premiere at the Berkeley Rep.
Berkeley Rep’s ‘Bulrusher,’ set in 1950s Booneville, is an evocative but somewhat jumbled folk tale
Eisa Davis’ Pulitzer-winning play, written partly in the dying Boontling dialect of Anderson Valley, follows an 18-year-old girl with the power to tell fortunes though a town full of secrets.
Berkeley Rep’s ‘POTUS’ is a vulgar, mostly comic romp
The title, ‘POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive,’ sets the tone for the play’s silly brand of political humor.
Berkeley-born actor goes ‘Out of Character,’ revealing astonishing personal depths, in new Berkeley Rep solo show
Watching Ari’el Stachel’s one-act, one-man play is a very intimate yet expansive experience.
In a new play at the Rep, a reckoning with growing up Arab and Jewish in Berkeley
Tony winner Ari’el Stachel comes home with a deeply personal one-man show, ‘Out of Character,’ opening June 28 at the Berkeley Rep.
Berkeley Rep’s bloody, beautiful new play joins the vampire media frenzy
The downtown Berkeley theater’s production of ‘Let the Right One In,’ based on the Swedish vampire novel ‘Let Me In,’ is as mesmerizing as it is horrifying.
Berkeley Rep’s ‘English’ finds humor, frustration in the quest for fluency
The tightly written, well-paced production of Sanaz Toossi’s ‘English’ follows four students preparing for the TOEFL in an Iranian classroom.
High school thespians get the spotlight at Berkeley Rep festival this Sunday
The March 12 festival will feature five mini-plays by and about students at Berkeley High and four other Bay Area high schools.
‘Cambodian Rock Band’ explores the power of music and evil
Local playwright Lauren Yee pulls together these elements in her play that delve into the unimaginable horrors of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge at the Berkeley Rep.
Berkeley Rep serves up a slice of life in the truck stop kitchen at ‘Clyde’s’
Formerly incarcerated cooks make ordinary sandwiches while dreaming of creating superb, unique ones in Lynn Nottage’s Tony Award-nominated human comedy.
Berkeley Rep actor’s sorrowful eyes tell the story of Polish diplomat who reported on WWII extermination camps
Academy Award nominee David Strathairn never overplays his role in a tour de force one-person performance of ‘Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski.’