'Let Me Down Easy' review: tour de force

06/02/11 RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) Let Me Down Easy: Solo show. Written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith. Directed by Leonard Foglia. Through July 10. Berkeley Repertory's Roda Theatre, 2015 Addison St., Berkeley. One hour, 45...

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Senior Power: Let Me Down Easy

06/20/11 In 1981, Anna Deavere Smith began to write and perform On the Road: A Search for American Character series of one-person plays. Using transcripts from interviews with a variety of people, she wove their stories together without changing their words.

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06/28/11 Let Me Down Easy. Anna Deavere Smith is a revelation on the Berkeley Rep stage. She's an accomplished actress with lead roles in West Wing and Nurse Jackie , and profoundly skilled storyteller and mimic. She spent a decade interviewing hundreds of people (a rodeo rider, a priz...

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