By Rebecca Wallace
About this blog: I grew up in Menlo Park and have long been involved with both local journalism and local theater. After starting my career as an editorial intern with The Almanac, I was a staff reporter for the Almanac and the San Mateo County Ti...
(More)About this blog: I grew up in Menlo Park and have long been involved with both local journalism and local theater. After starting my career as an editorial intern with The Almanac, I was a staff reporter for the Almanac and the San Mateo County Times, covering local government, cops, health/science and many other beats. In 2005 I made the move to the arts desk at the Palo Alto Weekly. A&E is close to my heart because of my experience in the performing arts. I've been acting and singing in Bay Area theater productions for years, and have played everything from a sassy French boy to a Texas cheerleader. In Ad Libs, I blog about the exhibitions I see, the artists I meet and the intriguing new projects and trends I see in the arts world.
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Los Altos actor and TheatreWorks regular Molly Bell has quite the cast of characters on her resume: the girl who romanced "Bat Boy," a Victorian-era teacher and the young speller Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre, to name just a few. But, really, what can top portraying Britney Spears?
Bell is playing the Southern-fried pop tart one more time, when she and collaborator Daya Curley bring the musical they wrote back to the Bay Area. "Becoming Britney" had its world premiere in 2008 at the New York Fringe Festival, where Bell won an award for outstanding acting. Now the show is hitting the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, with performances from Oct. 28 through Nov. 14. ...
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