The Composer is Dead: A Theatrical Adaptation of Lemony Snicket's Orchestral Whodunnit
Roda Theater / Berkeley Rep (2025 Addison Street Berkeley, CA 94704)
- Full Price:
- $29.00 - $65.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $32.50*
* Additional fees apply.
All offers for Lemony Snicket's The Composer is Dead have expired.
The last date listed for Lemony Snicket's The Composer is Dead was Thursday December 9, 2010 / 8:00pm.
Goldstar Member Tips
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Renee S. on What to Wear
Casual
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Muggie on Where to Park
Very easy to reach from BART and parking garage is right across the street.
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Dorene Toh on Where to Park
Easy garage parking right across the street. $5 flat rate after 5 p.m. (on weekdays only?)
36 Goldstar Member Reviews
Randy Vogel
Just right for the kids!Written on Dec 01 2010
Adults who say 'meh' are probably too grown up to appreciate kid-level humor.
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Renee S.
We liked the show and it would no doubt tickle the fancy of any young Lemony Snicket book fans. Repetition of the list of problems is just the kind of thing that our 3 kids loved in stories, and the way it's portrayed in the film is very clever....who knew a movie could be so interactive? The orchestral puppets are equally creative, set is colorful and elaborate, and Geoff Hoyle is always engaging. SF Symphony music is the bonus. The show doesn't lead to deep reflection or discussion but it was entertaining and we felt we got our discounted Goldstar money's worth.Written on Dec 01 2010
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VMS
Geared towards kids and probably great for those 3 to 8 years old. Not enough substance or sophisticated humor for an adult audience.Written on Dec 01 2010
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More Information About Lemony Snicket's The Composer is Dead
Website
http://www.berkeleyrep.org/season/1011/4529.asp
Quotes & Highlights
- “A hugely enjoyable undertaking for young and old alike…The piece seems destined to become a classic.”—San Francisco Chronicle
- “Older children will pick up more of the satirical nuances in the tale, but any young listener is sure to enjoy the animated sounds as Stookey’s score playfully evokes the character of each instrument in turn. Parents, meanwhile, will relish the witty quotations from well-known pieces by Beethoven, Chopin, Stravinsky and others.”—Time Out New York
- "A grimly humorous detective story…Author Lemony Snicket is an unapologetic champion of classical music, and with Stookey, another San Francisco native, he has created perhaps the best response to the tiresome trope of the death of classical music.”—Washington Post
Description
The show must go on? But the actor is mute, the director is crying, the dancer is lazy — and the composer is dead! This holiday season, Berkeley Rep presents a deliciously silly world premiere from beloved Bay Area artists. Lemony Snicket’s The Composer is Dead features text by bestselling author Lemony Snicket and a score by (living) composer Nathaniel Stookey. It’s a new theatrical adaptation of this wildly popular piece. Tony Taccone’s raucous production unleashes laughs through classic clowning and plenty of uppity puppets from the pioneering Phantom Limb Company (Jessica Grindstaff and Erik Sanko, Co-Artistic Directors). When Geoff Hoyle pops up as an outlandish inspector bent on solving a murderous riddle, the show crescendos into comic absurdity. To the delight of children and adults alike, Lemony Snicket’s The Composer is Dead comes alive on stage.
Party Night - December 1, 2010: Night/OUT
The December 1 performance of this show features a special Night/OUT party following the performance. See a show, have a drink, meet someone new. Berkeley Rep’s wildly successful night/OUT series offers extraordinary productions followed by fabulous parties for the LGBT community. (Hint: They’ll bring the hors d’oeuvres, drinks and live music from cutting-edge Bay Area DJs; you bring scintillating conversation and your best dance moves.) Ticket prices include access to both the performance and post-show party.
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.