Smits, De Jesús bring more than star power to stage classic in Berkeley

Who has the right to vie for the American Dream?

If a certain segment of society had its way, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, aka “Bad Bunny,” would not have been able to realize his dream of performing in Spanish during the coveted Super Bowl halftime show, despite his home of Puerto Rico being a United States territory.

In a 1947 Arthur Miller play that is being revived and re-examined at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, the American Dream’s accessibility to Latinos is getting a new look.