Berkely Rep's THE ARABIAN NIGHTS Sells Out

The Arabian Nights has sold out. It was already extended for two weeks, but on january 19 the production must start its journey to Kansas City, Chicago, and beyond.

As of yesterday, all tickets for the final 14 performances have been sold. As always, there may be a few last-minute cancellations, so theatregoers eager to see it can still try calling the box office - but tickets will be harder to come by than water in the desert. Berkeley Rep is extremely grateful to the critics and audiences who made this show such a success.

Mary Zimmerman's Argonautika was a sold-out, seven-week sensation. Now she returns to Berkeley Rep with her remarkable take on The Arabian Nights. The Tony Award-winning creator of Metamorphoses made her career by reanimating ancient myths, and here she breathes new life into the legend of the 1,001 nights. To save her life, a beautiful bride must spin hypnotic tales of genies, jesters, thieves and kings-winning her freedom by eventually winning her husband's heart. As he falls under Scheherazade's spell, Zimmerman enchants the audience as well with her signature style that transforms simplicity into the sublime. Amidst a thousand tales of honor, revenge and humor, only love emerges victorious.

Mary Zimmerman received the 2002 Tony Award for directing Metamorphoses. Like her other hits-Argonautika, Journey to the West, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci and The Secret in the Wings-that show made its West Coast premiere at Berkeley Rep. This is her sixth production at Berkeley Rep, and this time she works her magic on the intimate Thrust Stage.

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