Berkeley’s Show-stopper Musical
BERKELEY, CA—Even in previews, Berkeley Rep’s world premiere production of “Paradise Square” has the feel of a hit Broadway musical. This theatrical exuberance has legs! Set in the Manhattan race riots of the Civil War era, it plays out an unaccustomed harmony of blacks (some of them escaped slaves) and Irish immigrants. It was that great melting pot rarely in a full-melt. All coalescing in that unique mixed-race bar called Paradise Square. The vitality of this show is electric. Imagine the…