Jaime Robles – Page 25 – Repeat Performances

June 25, 2016

Marin Shakespeare Company presents “The Taming”

The hilarity of politics Feeling depressed, confused, frustrated by the 2016 Presidential campaign? Then I have the antidote for you! Pack a picnic dinner (don’t forget the wine) and head over to the Marin...

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June 19, 2016

San Francisco Opera’s splendid “Jenůfa”

The passionate world of Jenůfa It’s a rare but significant event when an audience goes completely quiet during a performance – no coughs, no rustling, no shifting in seats. Such was...

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June 18, 2016

San Francisco Opera presents “Don Carlo”

The grandly operatic Don Carlo Weighing in at five acts, four hours 28 minutes and 132 performers, San Francisco Opera’s production of Verdi’s Don Carlo is an operatic...

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May 31, 2016

San Francisco Opera presents “Carmen”

With its often frenzied rhythms, gripping dynamics, haunting minor key and exotic melodies, Carmen offers operatic moments that are undeniably musically compelling. That despite the fact that many of us grew up with cartoon versions of...

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May 28, 2016

“Much Ado” opens at Cal Shakes

Way back in the May 1988 edition of American Theatre, Zelda Fichandler wrote “And suppose that one assigned roles freely, without prediction from history or from one’s old habits of thought....

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May 27, 2016

Peter Pan flies again at Berkeley Rep

This past weekend Berkeley Rep opened For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday, a play written by frequent collaborators, playwright Sarah Ruhl and director Les Waters. The play examines the world of five siblings, three of whom are named John, Michael and Wendy, as they are gathered...

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