Old friends talking: Paul Mooney Is home for Christmas (Community Voices)
Article by Cecil Brown.
Last updated at Mon, 2 Jan at 7:48am.


    “ I turned on my TV set and saw MC Hammer dancing for some goddam popcorn chicken!”
---Paul Mooney.

 Wanna get through the holidays under the narcotic influence of laughter? Wanna escape from it all - through satire and hilarity?

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Oakland's annual Christmas Revels creates a sense of community for performers, audience (Community Voices)
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Thu, 15 Dec at 9:31am.

By Kimber Simpkins

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Win free theater tickets this week! Randy Rutherford’s “Singing at the Edge of the World”
Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Wed, 9 Mar at 10:26pm.

The Marsh offers complimentary tickets to the first weekend of previews for Randy Rutherford’s “Singing at the Edge of the World”, playing at The Marsh Berkeley through April 16, 2011.

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Win free tickets for Thursday night for Robert Dubac’s “Free Range Thinking”
Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Wed, 9 Mar at 9:49pm.

The Marsh offers complimentary tickets to the previews of Robert Dubac’s “Free Range Thinking”, now playing at The Marsh Berkeley through April 9, 2011. A limited number of tickets are available for the shows on Friday, March 11 at 8pm and Saturday, March 12 at 5pm.

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Weekend plans? How about free tickets for a family-oriented play?

Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Wed, 15 Dec at 8:09am.

The Marsh is offering a pair of complimentary tickets to each preview of its holiday show, “Siddhartha, The Bright Path”. Previews are Sat, Dec 11 at 3pm, Sun, Dec 12 at 3pm and Thur, Dec 16 at 7:30pm. Email kinga@themarsh.org with your preferred date(s) by end of day Fri, Dec 10th.

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Dec 4/5 Ticket Giveaway! Free tickets from The Marsh Theater for Oakland Local readers & friends!
Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Fri, 3 Dec at 2:53pm.

Here's a sweet deal!   The Marsh offers complimentary tickets to the first weekend of Marilyn Pittman’s “It’s All The Rage”, now playing at The Marsh San Francisco thru December 5 2010.

A limited number of comps are available for the shows on Sat, December 4 at 8:30pm and on Sun, December 5 at 7pm.

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Broadway's 'Dreamgirls' in San Francisco for 16 more nights (Review)
Article by Kheven LaGrone.
Last updated at Wed, 15 Sep at 10:27am.

The original Broadway production of “Dreamgirls” opened Dec. 20, 1981, at the Imperial Theatre in New York and won six Tony Awards and three Drama Desk Awards in 1982. 

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QueerOakland: Philip Huang takes performance art to whole new level
Article by Tehea Robie.
Last updated at Thu, 9 Sep at 7:09pm.

The inwardly delicate nature of outwardly courageous people always surprises me, no matter how many times I notice it in myself and others. Philip Huang is fearless, balls out, practical cynicism.

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