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Brian Steen-Larsen and Hunter Powers take it to the next level with 'Gutenberg! The Musical!'
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Brian Steen-Larsen and Hunter Powers take it to the next level with 'Gutenberg! The Musical!'

  • Agata Popęda
  • Jan 22, 2026

Paper Wing Theatre in Monterey delights audiences with the funniest material, being the default comedy stage for Monterey County. With Gutenbe…

Santa Catalina Theatre Arts take on Shakespeare’s iconic play in fine style.
Theater

Santa Catalina Theatre Arts take on Shakespeare’s iconic play in fine style.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Jan 15, 2026

Go big or go home. That’s the thinking behind a bold move to stage Hamlet at Santa Catalina School in Monterey, where it can be seen for a han…

Enchantrix Theatre’s staging of 'The Elephant Man' brings a weighty subject to an unusual space.
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Enchantrix Theatre’s staging of 'The Elephant Man' brings a weighty subject to an unusual space.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Jan 8, 2026

It is a merry and warm theater set on a rainy night, and even though the content of the play – The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance – is heav…

A look back at just some of what defined the dining and drinking scene in 2025.
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A look back at just some of what defined the dining and drinking scene in 2025.

  • Dave Faries
  • Jan 1, 2026

It was a year of fire and loss, a time of adventure and great achievement. In the 12-month span, establishments opened and closed, people came…

With 'Saint Joan', PacRep circles back to a modern canon with a potent message.
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With 'Saint Joan', PacRep circles back to a modern canon with a potent message.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Sep 11, 2025

A small theater-in-the-round, the Circle Theatre below the renovated Golden Bough Playhouse is Pacific Repertory Theatre’s space for experimen…

Weaves complex tale of rich and poor, switched at birth.
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Weaves complex tale of rich and poor, switched at birth.

  • Mary Albert
  • Updated May 23, 2013

It’s the stroke of midnight on Aug. 15, 1947. As India throws off more than two centuries of British rule, a baby boy of complex parentage tum…

Parallel Lives: The latest in the Vin Diesel franchise reminds one writer too much of The Great Gatsby.
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Parallel Lives: The latest in the Vin Diesel franchise reminds one writer too much of The Great Gatsby.

  • Updated May 23, 2013

Furiously Flailing: There’s not quite enough substance to the newest Fast & Furious, a simplistic love story with lots of car chases in wh…

The latest in the Vin Diesel franchise reminds one writer too much of The Great Gatsby.
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The latest in the Vin Diesel franchise reminds one writer too much of The Great Gatsby.

  • MaryAnn Johanson
  • Updated May 23, 2013

The elephant in the pop-culture room at the moment is the obvious fact that Fast and Furious 6 and The Great Gatsby are the same movie. So I i…

Bombay Bound: Midnight’s Children weaves complex tale of rich and poor, switched at birth.
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Bombay Bound: Midnight’s Children weaves complex tale of rich and poor, switched at birth.

  • May 23, 2013

India Abridged: Salman Rushdie’s epic novel is brought to life on the big screen, but the film’s success hinged more on the need for a lengthi…

A Dark Night Rises: Star Trek Into Darkness mixes inside jokes, politics, story and acting into one great ride.
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A Dark Night Rises: Star Trek Into Darkness mixes inside jokes, politics, story and acting into one great ride.

  • By MaryAnn Johanson
  • Updated May 21, 2013

There’s a thing that makes me very sad about Star Trek Into Darkness.


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