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Review: Berkeley Rep’s musical ‘Lunchbox’ is charming, heartfelt, joyful
The charm of Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s world premiere of “The Lunchbox” can’t be overstated.  Based on the 2013 film of the same name, it is, to put it simply, a must-see. It is that rare beast: an art film that seems to have been heightened, intensified, not merely gussied up, by its new iteration as a musical.  […] The post Review: Berkeley Rep’s musical ‘Lunchbox’ is charming, heartfelt, joyful appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Review: Berkeley Rep’s musical ‘Lunchbox’ is charming, heartfelt, joyful, The charm of Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s world premiere of “The Lunchbox” can’t be overstated. Based on the 2013 film of the same name, it is, to put it simply, a must-see. It is that rare beast: an art film that seems to have been heightened, intensified, not merely gussied up, by its new iteration as a musical. […] The post Review: Berkeley Rep’s musical ‘Lunchbox’ is charming, heartfelt, joyful appeared first on Local News Matters .
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