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After the Quake, The Big Voice July 31, 2007

Filed under: berkeley repertory theatre,play — jolene @ 12:11 pm

Aiko Nakasone, Hanson Tse, Keong Sim and Andrew Pang

Photos of Haruki Murakami’s After the Quake has been posted, coming soon to the Berkeley Repertory Theatre and currently playing at the La Jolla Playhouse. The staging looks really interesting – futuristic, minimalistic, hypnotic – my curiosity about this play is definitely piqued.

Currently playing in San Francisco at the New Conservatory Theatre Center is the successful Off-Broadway show “The Big Voice: God or Merman?”with its original (all two) cast members. What really caught my attention was the great NY Times review of the original off-Broadway show.

Our contemporary embrace of the memoir is a longing for the true adventures of life. The trick is to make memory art without losing the awkwardness that proves authenticity. Here art is achieved with light hands, and the result is a triumphant and very touching song of praise to everyday love and the funky glories of the show business life.

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