Mary Zimmerman Celebrates Mozart in Earthy, Erotic Fantasy by Barry David Horwitz Extraordinary designer/director Mary Zimmerman triumphs at Berkeley Rep with her ethereal, funny Magic Flute, taking us to brave, new worlds. Her tongue-in-cheek version of Mozart’s comic opera comments on itself—with a wink and a smile. In one memorable scene, magnificent blue stage…
Mark St. Germain Brings C.S. Lewis & Sigmund Freud Together by Barry David Horwitz When we enter the luscious, high-ceilinged, Victorian salon at the Berkeley City Club, we are plunged into Freud’s iconic study in London in 1939. The radio is blaring Hitler’s ugly speeches from Germany. Air-raid sirens reverberate as Nazi planes drop…
Don Reed’s Brilliant Comic Solo Reveals the Ways We Live by Barry David Horwitz Don Reed, Oakland’s Clown Prince, has taken on a familiar enemy. This time, he transforms our perception of the DMV, making it into a palace of revelations. Lean, trim, and busting his signature dance moves, Reed digs into our shared…
Brian Copeland’s Visionary Joy Proves “Kamala Gives US Hope!” by Barry David Horwitz Once again, Brian Copeland, our super-hero storyteller and political wise man, is standing up at The Marsh and telling it LIKE IT IS. Brian is still down-to-earth, in touch with life on the street, and a force for CHANGE. He does…