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To-Do List: Feb. 14-18
Arts Feb 11, 2011, by Tony Smith
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: comedian John Witherspoon, the story of stuff, the Electric Voice, the De Anza Daddios, soul sisters Andy Allo and Mara Hruby.
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Carl Djerassi’s ‘Taboos’
Arts Feb 09, 2011, by Maureen Davidson
A play opening Feb. 10 at Stanford’s Cubberley Auditorium confronts issues of reproduction science. It’s written by Carl Djerassi, known as the chemist who pioneered development of the Pill.
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The Dresser
Arts Feb 07, 2011, by Maureen Davidson
Ronald Harwood’s “The Dresser,” now at San Jose Rep, focuses tightly on these two: the fast-failing Sir, played by an alternately stentorian or whimpering Ken Ruta, himself a theater legend of considerable proportions, and his longtime dresser, Norman, drawn with brilliant nuance by James Carpenter.
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To-Do List: Feb. 7-11
Arts Feb 06, 2011, by Tony Smith 1 Comments
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: war survivor and movie star Kieu Chinh, OK Go, Beta State, jazz warehouse art jam, Rey Resurreccion.
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See How They Run
Arts Feb 04, 2011, by Sean Conwell
The 1940s farce “See How They Run,” now a Tabard Theatre production at Theatre on San Pedro Square in San Jose, comes complete with many of the genre’s hallmarks: slapstick humor, mistaken identity and a large cast of characters constantly running in and out of doors.
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Private Eyes
Arts Feb 02, 2011, by Ben Marks
Steven Dietz’s “Private Eyes,” the new offering from Dragon Productions, pushes this underlying conundrum by adding multiple layers of deliberate deceit.
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To-Do List: Jan. 31-Feb. 4
Arts Jan 30, 2011, by Tony Smith
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: discovering new planets, comedian Dat Phan, photographer Ron Herman, authors of ‘I Hate People!’, South Bay Guitar Society’s 25th anniversary gala.
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Compleat Female Stage Beauty
Arts Jan 27, 2011, by Beau Dowling 1 Comments
Jeffrey Hatcher’s plays tend to revolve around historical events, and “Compleat Female Stage Beauty,” presented by City Lights, is no exception. The main character, Edward Kynaston (Thomas Gorrebeeck), is a man who specializes in playing females roles on the stage the 17th century.
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Review: Shadowlands
Arts Jan 26, 2011, by Sean Conwell
William Nicholson’s “Shadowlands,” a fictionalization of the brief romance between Joy and Lewis, began life in 1985 as a BBC television movie before graduating to the stage in 1989.
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TheatreWorks: ‘The 39 Steps’
Arts Jan 26, 2011, by Matthew Craggs
The high-speed comedy adapted from Hitchcock’s “man on the run” caper runs through Feb. 13 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.
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