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Wednesday, December 8, 2021

BroadwaySF’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ heralds Christmas cheer in Bay Area

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BroadwaySF’s “A Christmas Carol” is lighthearted fun and a perfect way to spend some quality time with loved ones this Christmas season.
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Album Reviews

Friday, December 11, 2020
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Dolly Parton’s ‘A Holly Dolly Christmas’ extends warm, welcomed season’s greetings

A Holly Dolly Christmas isn’t trying to reinvent the wheel — Parton sounds like she’s having fun, and honestly, that’s enough. The album feels like a labor of love, fusing lighthearted country shuffle with the Christmas spirit.
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Theater

Tuesday, December 8, 2020
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American Conservatory Theater’s ‘A Christmas Carol: On Air’ brings holiday cheer to Bay Area ears

Although nothing is the same this year, carrying on the Christmas spirit through “The Christmas Carol: On Air” helps retain a sense of normalcy for audiences.
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Film & Television

Monday, November 30, 2020
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Dolly Parton comes to sleigh in Netflix’s ‘Christmas on the Square’

Parton’s angel beams atop silvery tufts of cloud, encouraging Regina’s frozen heart to thaw and advising a secret angel-in-training.
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Campus

Wednesday, August 26, 2020
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Cal Performances launches music, theater streaming series

In response to COVID-19 concerns, Cal Performances is launching “Cal Performances at Home,” an online music and theater performance streaming series that will allow viewers to watch performers such as Yo-Yo Ma from their homes.
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Theater

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Center REPertory’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ is a dazzling array of visual entertainment, theatrical performances, hearty Christmas cheer

A heartwarming production about the true meaning of Christmas, “A Christmas Carol” is a must-see this holiday season. 
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College Life

Friday, November 15, 2019

Student deals on live performances around the Bay Area

UC Berkeley’s campus is situated in a hotbed of performing arts venues, most of which offer relatively inexpensive tickets to students.
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Theater

Monday, December 17, 2018

A.C.T’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ provides standard ode to holiday season

He’s been represented as a duck, a muppet, a Flintstone and Bill Murray — Ebenezer Scrooge of Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella “A Christmas Carol” is as constant a figure of Christmastime as the man in the red velvet suit himself. Though countless adaptations have attempted to bring Scrooge to life for
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Theater

Friday, December 9, 2016

‘A Christmas Carol’ adaptation is reliable holiday charm

It is a testament to both the staying power of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas tale and to the persistent bad behavior of capitalists that “A Christmas Carol” is as relevant as ever. In an apocalyptic mess of a year like 2016, every work of art is peddling its own timeliness
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