Misha Berson
Freelance Journalist at Freelance
Freelance writer/teacher, former Seattle Times critic & author of Something's Coming, Something Good: West Side Story & the American Imagination and other books
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2 months ago |
forward.com | Ina Garten |Misha Berson
Misha Berson, former theater critic for the Seattle Times, author of "Something's Coming, Something Good: West Side Story and the American Imagination," and occasional contributor to these pages, died Feb. 13. This is her final review for the Forward.
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Jan 14, 2025 |
orartswatch.org | Misha Berson
The plight of someone with a rare medical condition that makes her look like she’s in her 70s, when she’s actually a teenager. Is that a great idea for a comedic play? How about a Broadway musical with the same premise? The answers: Yes. And yes. The play Kimberly Akimbo, written by David Lindsay-Abaire, was a touching and at times very humorous meditation on mortality, adolescence, and family – in a culture obsessed with trying to stay (and look) young as we age.
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Dec 8, 2024 |
3rdactmagazine.com | Misha Berson |David Nemetz
It certainly may be a sweeping cliché to say that we Boomers are (collectively) bigger readers than our children and their offspring. And of course, even if this is true, there are many exceptions, including my own daughter who is a voracious consumer of books. Also, it’s important to note that e-books and audio books have been a great success for those who don’t need or want a physical volume in their hands to peruse—young folk and many seniors alike.
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Nov 19, 2024 |
orartswatch.org | Misha Berson
SEATTLE — As the holiday season looms, and Seattle’s rainy autumn darkens into winter, the general mood in this decidedly Blue city needs some pick-me-up. Local theaters are eager to provide it, while capitalizing on the unflagging interest in old chestnuts, and devising new offerings that may make us merry. One of the more enticing options for me is Happy Christmas, Jeeves, based on the P.G. Wodehouse stories about upper class nitwit Bertie Wooster and his supremely versatile manservant Jeeves.
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Oct 15, 2024 |
orartswatch.org | Misha Berson
SEATTLE — For his first show as Seattle Rep artistic director, and the company’s 2024-25 season-opener, Dámaso Rodríguez chose a play familiar to Portland audiences: The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, a sprawling American classic he mounted to enthusiastic reception at Portland’s Artists Repertory Theatre eight years ago. So, in this initial production is he just repeating himself? Going the easy route, and hoping for the same reaction?
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