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The director's adaption of the Shakespearean tragedy takes us to a bleak, minimalist world.

There are sparkling bits of beauty bobbing on the surface, and treasures that one hopes will eventually be salvaged, in 'Swept Away,' an earnest, engrossing new musical with songs by the Avett Brothers now in its world premiere at Berkeley Rep.

While striking in its staging, this world premiere may not be the ideal vehicle for the band's bluegrass- and folk-inflected songs in these already trying times.

The Avett Brothers musical asks: When a whaling voyage goes horribly awry, how far would you go to stay alive?

New York playwright and Ohio State grad Jocelyn Biohs "School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls Play" opens Jan. 29 at the RIffe Center.

This is your arts and nightlife captain; please stand by as we navigate through abrupt closings, postponements —and even a few openings— around the Bay Area this week.

This is your arts and nightlife captain; please stand by as we navigate through abrupt closings, postponements —and even a few openings— around the Bay Area this week.

Actors at TheatreWorks, Bay Area Childrens Theatre, Berkeley Rep and more share the thrills and chills of filling in last-minute.

There can be the stress of whether you match up, whether you’re quote-unquote ‘as good,’ Nic A. Sommerfeld said.

Joel Coen's 'The Tragedy of Macbeth,' with Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, carves out its own space in the history of Shakespeare onscreen.