by LouiseGund | Aug 13, 2020 | Acting, Broadway, Cast, Music, Play, Production
Theater actors, musicians, singers, dancers, directors—and audiences—often say that you’re never quite sure what a live performance is going to be like. There is always an element of surprise, and those surprises are frequently shaped not just by the energy of the...
by LouiseGund | Nov 26, 2019 | Broadway, Cast, Music, Play, Production
A passionate arts lover and philanthropist, Berkeley resident Louise Gund has a long history of supporting art institutions in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. The UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) is one such institution: in 2007,...
by LouiseGund | Nov 22, 2019 | Acting, Broadway, Cast, Music, Play, Production
With The Great Society, renowned playwright Robert Schenkkan presents his second in a series of works about the life and career of President Lyndon B. Johnson. The new production reunites Schenkkan with director Bill Rauch, who helmed the playwright’s Tony...
by LouiseGund | Oct 3, 2019 | Acting, Broadway, Cast, Play, Production
Nearly 30 years after its Broadway premiere, John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation returned to the Great White Way. The revival of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play took place at the Ethel Barrymore Theater in the spring of 2017, and featured searing performances...
by LouiseGund | Sep 26, 2019 | Acting, Broadway, Cast, History, Music, Play, Production
Few Broadway musicals are more endearing, nor more enduring, than Fiddler on the Roof. This beloved tale of a Jewish father’s attempts to hold on to tradition, faith, and family in early 20th century Russia opened on Broadway in 1964. It would go on to become the...
by LouiseGund | Sep 19, 2019 | Acting, Broadway, Cast, Play, Production
Two decades after it was first produced Off-Broadway at the Manhattan Theater Club, the charming canine comedy Sylvia, by celebrated American playwright A.R. Gurney, made its Broadway debut in a revival at the Cort Theater. During its limited-engagement run from...
