Tuesday, March 8, 2016
San Francisco Opera’s new venture, called SF Opera Lab, is admittedly small. “One of the keys is the intimacy. Historically, San Francisco Opera produced grand-scale opera, and we have a…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMFriday, March 4, 2016
Personal and political issues come to the fore in funny, fascinating and provocative ways in “The Call,” a thoroughly engaging play by Tanya Barfield exploring the intricate relationship…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 08:40PMThursday, March 3, 2016
San Francisco Performances’ administrator Christine Lim admits that the first of the group’s new, four-concert PIVOT series will be weird. “It’s going to be crazy … and crazy fun,�…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMFriday, February 26, 2016
Does the world really need “Dirty Dancing–The Classic Story on Stage”? No. Is it a guilty pleasure for fans of a certain little 1987 flick? A qualified yes. Faithful to »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 05:47PMWednesday, February 24, 2016
“Bridges: A New Musical,” a world premiere at Berkeley Playhouse, covers a lot of ground. It’s also a keeper. With a book and lyrics by Cheryl L. Davis and catchy »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:39PMMonday, February 22, 2016
Good versus evil rarely has center stage in popular entertainment, unless it’s a movie based on Marvel Comics. We shy away from the big dichotomies because we feel we are »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:13PMFriday, February 19, 2016
“Aubergine,” Julia Cho’s lovely theatrical meditation on food and family, goes down easy. Directed by Tony Taccone, the Berkeley Repertory Theatre world premiere is sweet, savory and a…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 08:20PMThursday, February 18, 2016
Bay Area flamenco great Yaelisa is doing something for the first time in performances this weekend: looking back. The San Francisco-born and bred dancer, who appears in the retrospective tit…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:05AMTuesday, February 16, 2016
“Do we need another version of ‘Someone To Watch Over Me”? I don’t think so,” said Paula West near the beginning of the opening night of her annual four-week residency »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMWednesday, February 3, 2016
As composer John Adams calls his 1988 work “Fearful Symmetries” a “seriously aerobic piece,” it’s easy to understand why it’s been used for many ballets, and why Royal Ballet cho…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 10:10PMThursday, January 28, 2016
“Whoa-Man!” is an avant-garde clown show that highlights the fool character to show audiences what’s true. That’s the aim of Maya Lane, founder of the performance troupe Fou Fou Ha!,…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMTuesday, January 26, 2016
“Jersey Boys” is here to stay. A decade after Broadway smash about the rise of the 1960s pop group The Four Seasons began its national tour at the Curran Theatre, »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMMonday, January 25, 2016
What do you get when you mix choreographers Helgi Tomasson, Yuri Possokhov and William Forsythe in a program? One of the most diverse and satisfying concerts given by San Francisco »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:00AMFriday, January 22, 2016
San Francisco Ballet opened its 83rd season Thursday with lovely classics and lots of couples in a show not quite as “Provocative” as its one-word title promised. Playing to the »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 05:45PMTuesday, January 19, 2016
Choreographer Hervé Koubi’s dance “What the Day Owes to the Night” is an intensely personal journey. “I had to give life to my orientalist dreams. … I had to do »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMMonday, January 11, 2016
San Francisco Opera will offer new productions — including a world premiere tailor-made to draw attendance from the Bay Area’s large Chinese-American community, as well as restaged p…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:00PMSunday, January 10, 2016
After a sold-out run in the fall, “Star Trek Live! Mudd’s Women” is back at Oasis, and what could be a better intergalactic kickoff to 2016? The spoof in the »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMTuesday, January 5, 2016
With a title like “Date Night at Pet Emergency,” Lisa Rothman’s one-woman show at the Marsh in Berkeley sounds like a wild affair filled with goofy gags and nonstop laughs. »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMTuesday, December 29, 2015
For Seth MacFarlane, singing traditional pop songs with the San Francisco Symphony is an ideal way to spend New Year’s Eve. Last year, he was asked to appear with the »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMTuesday, December 22, 2015
Headlining the 23rd annual Kung Pao Kosher Comedy this week at San Francisco’s New Asia Restaurant, Wendy Liebman is holding a record – topping the holiday bill (of Jewish comics »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMThursday, December 17, 2015
Jasper Patterson’s got an excellent seasonal vocation. He gets to be the villain clown in “Mittens and Mistletoe.” “It’s been fun the past two years,” says Patterson, of his role…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:10AMSunday, December 13, 2015
For more than 70 years, the Blind Boys of Alabama have remained at the forefront of gospel. Led by founding member Jimmy Carter, the vocalists who met as children at »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMWednesday, December 9, 2015
Though it may seem counterintuitive that a hoary American short story should provide the basis for an innovative new opera production, that is the case with San Francisco Opera’s U.S. …
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 06:14PMTuesday, December 8, 2015
Christopher Swan has inviting words for theater patrons attending the musical “A Christmas Story,” particularly for the many who love the charming 1983 film on which it’s based: “It�…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:01AMFriday, November 20, 2015
Pioneering American psychologist Helen Thompson wrote, “In riding a horse, we borrow freedom.” And in watching “Odysseo,” we experience the incredible freedom of spirit between horse…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 05:15PMThursday, November 19, 2015
Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” is perhaps the most quintessentially nationalistic of German operas, and at about five and a half hours, is one of the longest in the reperto…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 02:06PMBay Area Musicals! founder and artistic director Matthew McCoy admits that he hasn’t undertaken the sanest endeavor, but he’s quite positive about the future of his new local theater tro…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:00AMFriday, November 13, 2015
It’s the 21st century, and Elizabeth seems to have it all. She’s actually Liz and Beth, and she’s the protagonist of “If/Then,” the pleasant if somewhat perplexing new musical …
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 02:03PMWednesday, November 11, 2015
Ruth Felt, founder of San Francisco Performances, is about to step down after 36 years. The esteemed arts presenter, responsible for local recital debuts of cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinists Anne…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:53PMMonday, November 9, 2015
Elizabeth Irwin’s “My Mañana Comes” brings to light what goes on behind the scenes at a high-class Manhattan eatery. And it ends with a big, effective jolt that clearly illustrates &#…
SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 04:05PMThursday, November 5, 2015
There are hundreds of choruses in the Bay Area, but only one professional group singing a cappella music from all periods of the choral repertoire. That’s the niche Cappella SF »
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SOURCE: The San Francisco Examiner at 03:05AM 
