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 | Mar 16, 2020 | Acting, Broadway, Music, Play, Production
The dozens of theaters on Broadway in New York City offer dramas, comedies, and musicals to suit the rich variety of contemporary audience tastes. And while Broadway has been shaped by the history and character of New York City, it has, in turn, helped to form 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...
