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A frequently humorous if talky slice of nothing set in the trickle-down Reagan-era, Kenneth Lonergan's "This is Our Youth" marks the opening of a new season for Custom Made Theatre »
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udging by the new short plays comprising the first segment of its 2015 ReOrient Festival, Bay Area theater troupe Golden Thread Productions is clearly fulfilling its mission to offer compell…
Ever since Soundgarden/Audioslave shriekmeister Chris Cornell moved from Paris " where he owns and operates a bistro, Black Calavados " to Miami, where he purchased a studio, friends keep as…
Smuin Ballet has begun its 22nd season with a joyful, contemporary yet classic program including ready-to-watch again world premieres. Among them is choreographer-in-residence Amy Seiwert's …
Captain Picard is beaming up Frasier Crane to open the San Francisco Symphony season! Well, actually Kelsey Grammer has agreed to step into the 2015 gala concert this week because »
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Some songwriters couch their personal travails or beliefs in metaphors, never giving listeners a glimpse of anything personal. Then there's Best Coast anchor Bethany Cosentino, who can't hel…
Adhering closely, plotwise, to the popular 2001 French film "Amélie," the almost-entirely-sung-through romantic comedy "Amélie, A New Musical" transfers well to the stage, at least in the …
Circa Waves frontman Kieran Shudall admits that the secret to his Liverpool outfit's chart-topping overseas success isn't arcane or complicated. It's simply failure. "I think you have to fai…
San Francisco city officials and veterans gathered on Wednesday to celebrate and rededicate the War Memorial Veterans Building, the Civic Center's historic 1932 Beaux Arts structure newly gl…
On Saturday, a thoroughly bloody affair supplanted Friday's tragic affair at San Francisco Opera's first production of "Sweeney Todd." Unlike the relatively pale staging of the previous even…
If the new American Conservatory Theater production of "Between Riverside and Crazy" is any indication, it's going to be a very good season for The City's flagship theater company. Bracingly…
Judging solely by big screen appearances two decades apart, Minnie Driver's talents as a singer might be rated really awful ("Goldeneye" in 1995) or unexpectedly classical (2004's "The Phant…
Running Friday through Sept. 26, the 24th annual San Francisco Fringe Festival, a celebration of independent theater, includes dozens of offerings. Tickets are $10-$15 and performances are a…
It's not all friendly skies for the women of "Mud Blue Sky." Marisa Wegrzyn's comedy, making its Bay Area debut in a wistful, wryly funny Aurora Theatre Company production, reveals »
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With a starring role as Cinna in the dystopian-future film series "The Hunger Games" and the 2014 record "Strut" issued on his own Roxie Records, Lenny Kravitz has been experiencing »
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San Francisco baritone Brian Mulligan has conquered many of the world's opera houses, but there's one place in The City where he finds a quiet respite. "I live in Pacific »
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Nathan Williams, a San Diego punk-popper who used to subscribe to the DIY mindset as virtual one-man band Wavves, has expanded his horizons for his latest fifth album, "V." He »
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Parodies and adaptations of, and homages to, turn-of-the-century Russian playwright Anton Chekhov abound, and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies ("Dinner with Friends") count…
The title of lesbian comic Karen Ripley's solo show "Oh No There's Men On The Land" comes from her remembrances of attending the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival decades ago. It »
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Bay area stages will be filled with performing artists of local, national and international acclaim — dance, sing and play on! Chick Corea: SFJAZZ opens its season with the piano »…
The Bay Area's ultra rich theater community presents old favorites, Broadway hits, world premieres, comedies, musicals and more. Amélie: Samantha Banks (of "Les Miserables" fame) stars in t…
The upcoming concert season mixes road-dog veterans, cutting-edge picked-to-click newbies, plus everything in between. {Tickets are available at Live Nation or Ticketmaster unless noted.) Ci…
Toronto pop star Allie X has already made a name for herself with the addictive single "Catch," which Katy Perry recently raved about to her 50,000-plus Twitter followers. It's on »
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Three years ago, Eliot Sumner unexpectedly found herself at a creative crossroads. Named for poet T.S. Eliot by her renowned parents — musician Sting and actress-producer Trudie Styler…
NEW YORK " Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the first African-American and youngest person to ever play the role of Jean Valjean in “Les Misérables” on Broadway has died after falling from a…
