11 stories by "Christopher Beale"
MEHVITA Eva Perón is back on stage downtown as San Francisco Playhouse stages the classic Broadway musical Evita. Inspired by a radio documentary about Perón, the first lady of Argenti…
MRS. DOUBTFIRE IN GOOD HANDS WITH ROB McCLURE In Mrs. Doubtfire The Musical, a familiar San Francisco-based plot meets with the Tony-nominated actor Rob McClure, who makes Robin Williams' cl…
EVERYBODY WILL BE TALKING ABOUT RAY OF LIGHT'S EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE Now, it's a legend. First there was the 2011 British television documentary Jamie: Drag Queen at 16, which b…
CIRQUE AND THE CITY During Dear San Francisco at Club Fugazi in North Beach, one could be forgiven for feeling like you'd jumped into a Cirque Du Soleil production, and that's fine as the fo…
A MUSICAL THEATRE EXPLOSION San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center is presenting a musical by the late Broadway composer, lyricist and playwright Jonathan Larson. If you have heard …
FRAGILE GIRL, KOOKY MOM, POSSIBLY QUEER SON, HANDSOME CALLER, STURDY PRODUCTION The Glass Menagerie is likely the reason you've heard the name Tennessee Williams. The Glass Menagerie put Ten…
EXTREME ACTS IS EXTREMELY GOOD A performance artist recounts the greatest moments of her career, from work that got her started, to the performance that almost killed her in the exciting and…
SF SYMPHONY STRIKES BACK When you watch a film in theaters or play a video game at home you simply cannot recreate the power, emotion and feel of a live orchestra. As a result most music get…
BITCH, YOU AGING GOOD In the tradition '80s sitcoms but with elements of telenovela melodrama, Bitch Slap! is a hilarious, over-the-top spoof comedy written and directed by San Francisco's i…
YOU'LL WANT TO GET CAUGHT IN THIS LOOP A Strange Loop, a Pulitzer Prize winning, loosely autobiographical, one-act musical drama by Michael R. Jackson explores a myriad of themes related to …
GLAD PLAID Forever Plaid, an Off-Broadway musical revue written in the late eighties by Stuart Ross, takes place in the in-between, or whatever exists between this life and the next. The Pla…
