Michael Mayer

Blogs
September 9, 2011
Aaron Hempsey on Dubstep or "Wobble-Wobble," Underground House Music, and NYC Tastemaker Jacques Renault
Courtesy of Penny Lane PhotographyChances are you know Aaron Hempsey or at least one of his DJ handles. Billed as monikers such as Swerv Griffin or Rapturo for reputable dance nights like Cheap Thrills, Solstice, The Scenario, and Sticky Fingers, Hempsey has decided to keep things simple for the ... More >>
Blogs
January 7, 2010
Green Day Moves to Broadway
Victory! After a hugely successful run of American Idiot at the Berkeley Rep in California (the show sold out its eight weeks of performances), the musical inspired by Green Day's album of the same name and directed by Spring Awakening's Michael Mayer is really hitting the big time with a Br ... More >>
Blogs
March 31, 2009
Green Day to Bring American Idiot to the Stage
American Idiot will take the stage this fall in BerkeleyBerkeley punk rockers Green Day will adapt their multi-platinum, Grammy-winning, catnip-for-angst-ridden tweens album American Idiot to the stage, just in time to open Berkeley Repertoire's 2009/10 season. The musical will be the first for the ... More >>
Culture
June 1, 2006
Get Inside!
Your three-month forecast of the summer's top movies
Film
August 5, 2004
Bizarre Love Triangle
Everybody loves Colin in A Home at the End of the World
Music
December 25, 2003
A Tale of Two Beats
In 2003, a rockist retread ruled techno, while a new beginning hijacked hip-hop
Culture
September 28, 1995
WINGED VICTORY