Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Tuesday, April 8, 2025 7:30 PM Zellerbach Auditorium UC Berkeley Program A Welcome back! For many years (more than 30 I believe) the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has been appearing in Berkeley. In a…
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ART – Shotgun Players
“ART” a play by Yasmina Raza Shotgun Players Thursday, March 27, 2026 7:30 pm “What sort of friend are you?” The sentence above is on the cover of Shotgun Players current production of “Art”. Three men, actors Woody Harper (Yvan),…
SF Ballet – Frankenstein
San Francisco Ballet “Frankenstein” March 20, 2025. 7:30 PM Opera House, SF The Legend: Dance/Drama The “Frankenstein” story goes back to 1818 when Mary Shelly wrote the novel which, in later story and film history, became a well-known film. Boris…
SF Ballet: Raymonda
Raymonda San Francisco Ballet Saturday, March 1, 2025, 8 PM So Much…Raymonda! San Francisco Ballet, under the leadership of director Tamara Rojo, has brought a revised production of Raymonda to an appreciative audience. Rojo is also credited with direction and…
Twyla Tharp Dance
Friday, February 7, 2025 8 pm Zellerbach Auditorium UC Berkeley Excellent performance: Repetitive Rhythms The Twyla Tharp Dance Company performed two works at Zellerbach Auditorium to a welcoming ‘new year’ audience of devoted Cal supporters. First on the program was…
SF Ballet Manon
San Francisco Ballet Weds. January 29, 2025 7:30 PM War Memorial Opera House SF Magnificent, memorable…but “too much” The San Francisco Ballet, opened its 2025 season with British choreographer Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s “Manon.” First produced in 1974 at the Royal…
SF Ballet Nutcracker 2024
San Francisco Ballet NUTCRACKER Saturday, December 7, 2024/7 PM An old favorite/a new delight! I first saw Nutcracker at the old NY Metropolitan Opera House. Like so many children attending this annual ballet ‘celebration’, I hardly saw nor could remember…
Step Afrika!
Step Afrika! Saturday, November 2, 2024 8 PM UC Berkeley Zellerbach Hall Step Africa! “The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence” The performance of “Step Africa!” was preceded by a dynamic, important discussion held at the upstairs lobby of Zellerbach Hall.…
Mummenschanz
Mummenschanz Saturday, October 26, 2024 8 PM Cal Performances: UC Berkeley Without Words! Delightful! Mummenschanz celebrated it’s 50th anniversary of performances with three events at the Zellerbach Auditorium on the UC Campus. In this day and age of endless talk…
SLAM!
SLAM! Zellerbach Hall: UC Berkeley: October 5, 2024 8 pm FLIPFABRIQUE AND EXMACHINA: Robert Lepage This extraordinary Canadian group brings us acrobatic and physical skills I have never seen elsewhere, except perhaps, in the old circus days when clowns and…