1,373 stories by "Chad Jones"
Mega-superstar and truth teller Dame Edna Everage (aka Barry Humphries) is coming back to San Francisco, her spiritual home, and, if the dame is to be believed, the home of her fashion desig…
Here's an intriguing subtitle: "A found-object puppetry play inside the mind of Albert Einstein." That subtitle is attached to One Stone: Einstein, a work-in-progress from two of the Bay Are…
At The SF Playhouse through June 14 Susi Damilano is Agnes and Gabriel Marin is Peter in Tracy Letts' Bug at the SF Playhouse. Photos by Zabrina Tipton. Â It sure is fun to watch an audie…
Cassie Beck, local actress and co-artistic director of San Francisco's Crowded Fire Theatre Company went off to New York to be in Adam Bock's Drunken City. And what do you know? She won a Th…
American Conservatory Theater's final Koret Visiting Artist Series event is a good one " and it's free! On Sunday, May 18 at 5 p.m. on the ACT stage, the topic is "Notes on Music and Theater…
Tony Award-winning performer Ben Vereen is spending this Saturday night (May 17) in Kanbar Hall at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco with a self-explanatory show called An Intimat…
It's all about us, right? Sure the Tony Awards celebrate NEW YORK theater and Broadway and all that jazz, but what about US? Not a problem. We can even make the Tonys Bay Area-centric. It's …
Cool things happening in San Francisco during the next day or two. Check them out: " The pop opera The Rosenbach Company is at 8 tonight (May 14) at the Jewish Community Center. The piece is…
Tony Award nominations are out today. Here's how it shook out: BEST PLAY: August: Osage County by Tracy Letts Rock 'n' Roll by Tom Stoppard The Seafarer by Conor McPherson The 39 Steps by Pa…
Opened May 12, 2008 on Berkeley Repertory Theatre's Thrust Stage EXTENDED AGAIN THROUGH JUNE 11!!! Nilaja Sun in her dynamic, moving solo show No Child… at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Phot…
The Tony Awards are less than a month away, and it seems sex is already tripping them up. The wonderful musical Passing Strange, which played Berkeley Repertory Theatre before heading to the…
Michael Phillis is one of those young actors who makes you excited you took a chance and saw a young actor. His debut solo show, D*FACE, at the New Conservatory Theatre Center could have bee…
The Magic Theatre, now under the artistic direction of Loretta Greco, has announced its 2008-09 season. Here's the lineup: The K of D, an urban legend by Laura Schellhardt Sept. 20 " Oct. 19…
Set those DVRs. I guess KQED isn't too concerned with the "live" part of "Live from Lincoln Center." The concert production of Camelot that will air at noon this Sunday (May 12) was actually…
Opened May 7, 20008 at the Curran Theatre, San Francisco The cast of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Photos by Tistram Kenton Beautiful, challenging, rewarding " those are three words that immedi…
The cast and crew of SF Playhouse's Bug. Director Jon Tracy is on the right in the hat. Ask Jon Tracy what's bugging him these days, and the answer is easy: Bug. Tracy is directing the Bay A…
CounterPULSE, one of the Bay Area's most unique incubators and presenters of new work from artists of all kinds, has a spiffy Web site and a new blog that you should check out: http://counte…
One more Las Vegas note before moving on: I wish I had known about AccessVegas.com before my trip last week. CEO/Managing Editor Ted Newkirk has built up quite a little online Vegas empire w…
What a party! You expect big things in Las Vegas, and that's what you get. The Palazzo put on quite a show before and after the show as Jersey Boys officially opened on May 3, becoming the f…
Opened May 3 at the Palazzo Las Vegas OK, so technically we're not "live" in Las Vegas anymore (6:05 a.m. flight from LV to SFO " ouch). But given that it feels like I'm still at the opening…
Second night of the Theater Dogs Vegas adventure took us to Blue Man Group at the Venetian next door, and I have to say, I wasn't overly impressed. Can a Vegas show full of so many bells and…
Yes, Theater Dogs is on the road. We're in Las Vegas for the opening of Jersey Boys, one of our favorite shows. So we decided to come a few days early, drink in the wonders of the Palazzo (t…
Opened April 30 at American Conservatory Theater Pamela Reed (left) as Ella, chucks artichokes out of the fridge across a prone Jack Willis as Weston and toward Jud Williford as her son, Wes…
Opened April 29 at Berkeley Repertory Theatre's Roda Theatre Opera, drama create intriguing hybrid in FigaroThree stars Figaro, Figaro, Fi-ga-roooo! Theatre de la Jeune Lune returns to Berke…
Sad news and a call for your support. Morey Goldstein (above left in his Modern Rocketry days), probably best known for playing Richard Carpenter opposite his wife, Katie Guthorn, as Karen C…
