| After Years on the Stage, Eric Idle's Musical... Wednesday, Jun 3, 2009 | 11:03 pm | By Christine Borden Strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government, but it sure makes for one helluva musical. Tony-awarded "Spamalot" open... | ![]() |
| Flight of the Conchords Play Berkeley Thursday, May 28, 2009 | 2:45 am | By Christine Borden The Flight of the Conchords came out for their second Berkeley show with guitars set to stun. "San Francisco make some noise!" Bret McKenzie shouted to a please... | ![]() |
| Thumb Wars: Christian Bale Thursday, May 21, 2009 | 5:34 am | By Jill Cowan , Christine Borden LOVE HIM I'm not sure who's, er, more "colorful": Christian Bale or the characters he portrays. I'm not going to flipping trash his scenes, but I fawn over B... |
| Patrick Watson
WOODEN ARMS
Monday, May 4, 2009 | 12:47 am | By Christine Borden Imagine this: You are in your modern, sparsely decorated home with a broad view of a bleary cityscape awash in a downpour. And you are listening to Patrick Wats... | ![]() |
| Jelloun's 'Leaving Tangier' Weakened by Lead ... Thursday, Apr 9, 2009 | 3:51 am | By Christine Borden Weaving a web of stories across the strait of Gibraltar, Tahar Ben Jelloun's "Leaving Tangier" exposes the hardship of emigration and the political corruption o... | ![]() |
| She Said: A Female Perspective of 'The Vagina... Thursday, Mar 19, 2009 | 3:15 am | By Christine Borden Every year, "The Vagina Monologues" is different. The first time I saw the performance, it was awkward. My mother and I were channel surfing and became transfix... |
| Zellerbach Hosts NPR's 'Wait, Wait, Don't Tel... Monday, Feb 23, 2009 | 3:50 am | By Christine Borden Apparently, you can't say "penis" on NPR. At least not on funny gameshow "Wait Wait … Don't Tell Me!" Nonetheless, that didn't stop host Peter Sagal and company... | ![]() |
| Impact Theatre Introduces Shakespeare to the ... Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 | 12:29 am | By Christine Borden Who knew that William Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream" would lend itself so well to the rom-com milieu of the 1980s? Impact Theatre takes "Midsummer" on... | ![]() |
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| Witchy Women Thursday, Feb 12, 2009 | 12:08 am | By Christine Borden With a musical like "Wicked," the verdict of "meh" or "yeah!" comes down to the pair who plays Elphaba and Glinda. These leads carry the show and without their... |

