Jul 06
John Leguizamo’s thirteen-year old son has to write a class report on “My Hero.” The kid knows that his father is Latino but insists that he himself is not. Trying to help him with his project, and make him proud of his Latin heritage at the same time, Leguizamo dives into research about Latino history. In …
Feb 13
Aubergine, which opened at the Rep this evening, is a sweet and savory meditation on food, death, and family. A young man named Ray (Tim Kang) has to confront the imminent death of his father (Sab Shimono). Referred home from the hospital for hospice care, the father lies on his deathbed and only groans occasionally. …
May 22
Tony Kushner’s The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures opened this evening at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. It was a most enjoyable evening. That is a bit of an odd thing to say about a play whose main character is hell-bent on suicide. The play is set in …
Mar 13
Accidental Death of an Anarchist, which opened at the Berkeley Rep this evening, is both the funniest and the most serious show I’ve ever seen at this theatre. The author is Italy’s famous Dario Fo — Nobel Prize for Literature, 1997 — and the setting is 1970 Milan, but the Rep has tweaked the script so …
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