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La Belle et la Bête (The Beauty and the Beast)
Fantastically blurring live stage performance with cinematic screening where reality and surrealism blend into an evening of spectacular entertainment, Opera Parallèle presents Philip Glass’ 1994 opera, “La Belle et la Bête” (“The Beauty and the Beast”) while also screening the 1946 film by Jean Cocteau of the same title.
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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
While “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” may not make many lists for one of the greats of twentieth-century musicals, there is much in the script and music to elicit a fully enjoyable and entertaining evening, especially when put in the hands of this enthusiastic, energized cast of Foothill Music Theatre.
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Patricia Milton’s “After Happy” is Central Works’ 49th world premiere and a play that sizzles like a whodunit except the ‘it’ has yet to happen and the mystery is to figure out what the ‘it’ actually is.
All My Sons
With a cast and a production worthy of any Broadway stage, Berkeley Repertory Theatre opens an “All My Sons” that grabs, grips, and will not let go as we are captivated and challenged by a story in which our sympathies and empathies are put to an excruciating test.





