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Box-office boom

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Posted by Chad Jones on 28 May 08 - 0 Comments

Some good news from box offices both national and local today. First the local.
According to Berkeley Repertory Theatre, coming to the end of its 40th anniversary season,
Nilaja Sun’s No Child… broke the box office record for single-day sales last Saturday (May 24). The previous record was set a couple of months ago by Carrie Fisher’s [...]

`Shrek’ sings, `Strange’ passes, Clay spams a lot

Archived in the category: Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Broadway, Clay Aiken, Passing Strange, Rent, SF Playhouse, Shrek the Musical, Spamalot
Posted by Chad Jones on 22 Jan 08 - 0 Comments

With that nasty kerfuffle involving the stagehands and the dark Broadway theaters well behind us, it’s time to take a look at what’s going on in New York, where the play is really the thing.
Sure wish I could go see Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County, the hottest play on Broadway right now. On a more [...]