Comedy on the Bridge and Brundibar - Family Opera from Berkeley Rep
Berkeley Repertory Theatre (2025 Addison Street Berkeley, CA 94704)
- Full Price:
- $50.00
- Our Price:
- $25.00*
* Additional fees apply.
All offers for Comedy on the Bridge and Brundibar have expired.
The last date listed for Comedy on the Bridge and Brundibar was Wednesday December 28, 2005 / 2:00pm.
More Information About Comedy on the Bridge and Brundibar
Quotes & Highlights
- "Heartwarming!...for every member of the family." --KGO Radio
- "Fantastical!" --National Public Radio
- "First-rate!...a dream-like comic world." --San Francisco Chronicle
Description
An allegory of innocence triumphing over evil, the opera Brundibar was originally composed in the ominous years leading up to World War II and was performed by children imprisoned at Terezín, the Nazi’s notorious “model ghetto.” In 2003, Kushner and Sendak published a picture-book version of this classic tale; now audiences can enjoy it live! Brundibar will be presented alongside the pair’s adaptation of Comedy on the Bridge, an absurdist commentary on war also written in Czechoslovakia in the thirties. According to Kushner, “Both shows are a testament to the creative power of human beings, even in dark times, to turn ugliness into music.” They will be directed by his longtime collaborator, Artistic Director Tony Taccone, and performed by a multigenerational cast that includes a chorus of 29 local school children.
About the Ticket Supplier: Berkeley Repertory Theatre
Known for its amazing and adventurous audience, the nonprofit has provided a home for emerging and established artists since 1968. With two stages and a Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, Berkeley Rep premieres exhilarating new plays and reimagined classics. In the last five years alone, the company has helped send five shows to Broadway: Green Day's American Idiot, Bridge & Tunnel, In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), Passing Strange and Wishful Drinking. Come see tomorrow's plays today at Berkeley Rep.
Berkeley Rep operates two performance spaces: the Roda Theatre, a state-of-the-art 600-seat proscenium theatre, and the intimate, 400-seat Thrust Stage. The Theatre is located in the heart of downtown Berkeley's arts district, just a half block from the Berkeley BART station, near lots of restaurants, cafe, pubs, and cool retailers.