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Erika Rasmussen on April 24, 2019
What is that smell? A 20-year drought has led to the abolition of private toilets and the rise of a corporate authoritarian state where everyone has to pay to pee. Those caught relieving themselves outside of sanctioned latrines are exiled to Urinetown. No one is safe in this Tony Award-winning musical satire,…
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Erika Rasmussen on April 17, 2019
Thirty years in a shoebox. After spending more than a quarter-century in solitary confinement, Jack L. Morris has a lot to say. This play animates Morris’ friendship with Sheila Pinkel, an artist troubled by the rise of incarceration in the United States. Jack’s letters to Sheila come to life in a dynamic…
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C.J. Prusi on April 11, 2019
Going to Havana? Nah nah nah, Havana’s coming here with Asere! Musicians and Dancers of the Havana Cuba All-Stars. Part of Hammer Theatre’s ongoing Music Without Borders series, the band and dancers come to town on their Asere!—roughly translated: “dude” or “friend”—tour. Join the son cubano 12-piece banda and six of Cuba’s…
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It seems appropriate in the Trump Era to describe a public debate between two intellectuals from opposite sides of the political spectrum in the language of professional wrestling. But let’s give the benefit of the doubt to these two high-profile economists and commentators—former presidential adviser and UC Berkeley professor Robert Reich, and…
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Metro Staff on January 23, 2019
The 1,460-square-mile Gorongosa National Park—which lies in the shadow of the mile-high Mount Gorongosa in the Mozambican portion of East Africa’s Great Rift Valley—is home to many elephants. Bob Poole knows them well. Raised in Kenya, the photographer and cinematographer has been capturing these massive mammals since he was a teen. Piggybacking…
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Wallace Baine on December 13, 2018
True to its name, The San Jose Nutcracker adapts the iconic Tchaikovsky-scored ballet for local audiences—bringing the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Mouse King and all those marching toy soldiers into the orchards of the Valley of Heart’s Delight. Performed by the New Ballet School, the production also features plenty of South Bay…
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Tad Malone on October 31, 2018
Next week at the Hammer Theatre, University of Washington history professor and author Margaret O’Mara will be giving a free talk on the quiet synchronicity between privacy, tech disruption, and America’s political history. The discussion will be drawn from her forthcoming book, and measure the relationships between Silicon Valley, Sacramento and Washington…
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Salvatore Maxwell on April 26, 2018
The American dream is elusive, especially for those living in Washington Heights at the turn of the millennium. Hamilton writer and director Lin-Manuel Miranda sets his first musical in this Hispanic neighborhood of Manhattan at a time when the area—once identified as the “crack capital of America”—was rapidly gentrifying. Main character Usnavi…
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Kristin Lam on March 29, 2018
Bombarded by a cacophony of hype and spin, from the Kardashians to political scandals, everyman Robert doesn’t know who he is or what be believes anymore. Inner voices assist his modern-day search for purpose in a hysterical alternative universe. During the hit off-Broadway solo play, Robert Dubac portrays his Voice of Reason,…
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Jaleny Reyes on March 29, 2018
As part of the Hammer’s National Geographic Live series, Ocean Soul will showcase the work of photographer Brian Skerry. With a mission to enlighten and inspire people to care about the oceanic world, he has spent more than 10,000 hours under the sea capturing images of thousands of mysterious and fascinating underwater…
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