Theater and opera director Mary Zimmerman laughs during a rehearsal of “The Matchbox Magic Flute” at Berkeley Rep’s rehearsal studios in Berkeley on Wednesday, Oct. 9. The show is based on the Mozart ...

Parents need to know that The Magic Flute is an epic fantasy musical based on Mozart's light opera that first premiered in 1791. After his father's death, Tim (Jack Wolfe) goes to an elite boarding ...

She then played a few notes while simultaneously shaking her lower body. "I just twerked and played James Madison's flute from the 1800s!" she beamed, after having handed it back to a ...