Millennial Notes Charles Dickens’ London Explodes in Songs & Spirits by Natasha Munasinghe For Christmas, Center REP offers a charming musical rendition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Director Scott Denison recreates Victorian London from stony walls to elegant wooden arches. Scenic designer Kelly James Tighe creates a gothic Victorian London with an upper…
Jane Anderson Touches Parent’s Baffled Suffering by Patricia L. Morin Feisty Isabelle Arc (powerful Sherman Fracher) begins her torture when her impulsive teen-age daughter Joan (riveting Rosie Hallett) claims to have spoken with Saint Catherine. At a testy age, Joan announces that she will fight the invading English army, saying, “I am not afraid…
Martin & Brickell Celebrate Blue Grass & Women’s Rights by Lynne Stevens The musical “Bright Star,” a bittersweet Romeo and Juliet story, shows “grown-ups” thwarting young lovers. Country music intensifies the love story as we flash back and forth between 1923 and 1946. Director Marilyn Langbehn takes us to three small towns in North…
Cristina Garcia Weaves a Sparkling, Surreal Ghost Story by Lynne Stevens In the tradition of Grand Hotel, but with a strong Latin twist, “The Lady Matador’s Hotel” by Cristina Garcia–adapted from her novel, takes on the fundamental issues of birth and death–confronting glory and honor. Central Works, in the beautiful Berkeley City Club, is…