Arts & Events

Albany High School Ensemble to Present Pride and Prejudice

Friday April 11, 2014 - 10:59:00 PM

AHS Theatre Ensemble’s production of Jane Austen’s romantic comedy, “Pride and Prejudice”, adapted for the stage by Jon Jory, opens April 24th at Albany High School’s Little Theatre. The show, directed by Cordy Driussi and Julia Marostica, and starring Zelie Anner and Leo Torrez, will run Thursdays 7pm and Fridays, Saturdays 8pm, from April 24 - May 3. -more-


The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden Opens April 11 at the Landmark Theater

By Gar Smith/ The Berkeley Daily Planet
Friday April 11, 2014 - 10:22:00 AM

This is the kind of story that cries out for a movie treatment. Mystery! Time travel! Ghosts!

Long ago, in the 1930s, three eccentric tribes were thrown together on an isolated island in the Galapagos. In a mix of Swiss Family Robinson meets Manson Family, The Galapagos Affair recounts how a clash of egos and eros turned a search for Utopia into a bizarre murder mystery. (Or, as the distributor's press kit put it: a case of "Darwin meets Hitchcock.") -more-


Theater Reviews: Two Solo Shows--Denmo Ibrahim in 'Mo;' Jeff Garrett in 'QED' for Indra's Net

By Ken Bullock
Friday April 11, 2014 - 10:01:00 AM

Solo shows are always a dicey proposition ... Sometimes strung midway between Performance Art and, well, monologues of all sorts, including not very theatrical ones, one man, one woman shows often devolve into a kind of live resumé (an in-person "reel") for an actor to be able to show what (s)he can do, between other roles in "real" plays ... -more-