Arts & Events

On the Current Destruction of Caucasian Chalk Circle at ACT

By R.G.Davis
Wednesday March 03, 2010 - 05:19:00 PM

When I found out that the director of a current production of Caucasian Chalk Circle had been the Tony Award winning director of the Broadway musical Sweeney Todd. I wondered why no one I knew in the International Brecht Society hadn’t advised directors that doing Sweeney Todd (a murder revenge musical) was a learning process for anyone tackling a gigantic play with enormous historical importance like Caucasian Chalk Circle (derived from Augsburg Chalk Circle, Chinese Chalk Circle and Solomon’s biblical choices). John Doyle at ACT coaxed by Corey… the producer/director and publicist certainly knows her Brecht and how to prepare. -more-


Berkeley’s La Peña Hosts Benefit for Chile

By Riya Bhattacharjee
Thursday March 04, 2010 - 09:23:00 AM

Berkeley’s La Peña Cultural Center will hold a benefit for earthquake victims in Chile Sunday, March 7. -more-