JOHNNY MORENO, JEFF KIM & especially MICHELLE TALGAROW are excellent in Bill English's beautifully directed San Francisco Playhouse production running through June 29th.
Have no Valentine’s Day plans? Check out a show, concert, party or reading on Thursday: András Schiff: The pianist and conductor appears with the San Francisco Symphony and guests s…
In chronological order, these were the year's most notable moments in the arts, from this editor's highly personal perspective. "Vietgone" at American Conservatory Theater (March) The wild 1…
In "Kaleidoscope," the new Circus Bella show under a big tent on Treasure Island, clown Sara Moore balances a broom on her hand and has an amusing bit chasing the » The post Circus Bell…
San Francisco Opera's revised production of Jake Heggie's opera "It's a Wonderful Life" in its West Coast premiere is a feel-good holiday-themed piece, even as it could add some "fixins" …
After years, sometimes decades, of steady leadership, major Bay Area arts organizations are undergoing big changes. San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas, 73, is steppi…
Fresh mixed-media effects and a strong cast set the stage for San Francisco Opera's engaging revival of Francesca Zambello's 2011 production of Wagner's "Ring" cycle at Tuesday's first perfo…
Opera fans from around the world, especially Richard Wagner aficionados, will flock to the War Memorial Opera House June 12-July 1 as San Francisco Opera presents three cycles of the » …
Since 2003, the San Francisco International Arts Festival has presented artists from across the world with innovative projects dedicated to increasing human awareness and understanding ̵…
It's time for the 2018 Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, and that means free outdoor entertainment in The City from spring through fall. The festival's 18th season begins at 1 p.m. » The po…
Bay Area doctors told touching stories about love on Tuesday at Brava theater in The City in a live version of The Nocturnists, a San Francisco-based podcast dedicated to bringing » The…
On opening night of the Drag Kings' wacky and wonderful parody of "Turnabout Intruder" " the final episode of the original "Star Trek" TV series from 1969 " the audience » The post 'Sta…
Someone in the audience at Thursday night's San Francisco Symphony performance of "Candide" could probably tell you how many times it changed moods, styles, tempo and locale. I admit I »…
San Francisco Opera will present a chronological, comprehensive selection of nine operas " from Handel's rarely performed Baroque classic "Orlando" to Jake Heggie's contemporary "It's a Wond…
San Francisco Opera brought back Massenet's opera “Manon” after a 19-year absence Saturday evening in Vincent Boussard's new production, which raised questions over its setting, …
Maestro Michael Wirgler's fondest memories of making music in Golden Gate Park for decades have been of families listening to the concerts together and children dancing in the front row. …
Although San Francisco Opera didn't break new ground Saturday night opening its sixth revival of John Copley's production of Verdi's "La Traviata," strong company debuts from soprano Aurelia…
Paris in February can be a city as chilly as it is costly, as it is in Puccini's "La Bohème." But San Francisco Opera's strong cast of bohemians breathed warmth » The post Artistry and…
Mozart's masterpiece "Don Giovanni" makes it quite clear it's a man's world. And two powerhouse bass-baritones, Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (in the title role) and Erwin Schrott (as his servant) …
San Francisco Opera's announcement that bass-baritone Erwin Schrott would replace the ailing Marco Vinco as Leporello in "Don Giovanni" is a win-win: The opera lands a renowned Mozart interp…
Early on in "Rigoletto," a curse befalls the title character that will dog him throughout the tale. But San Francisco Opera's re-staging of the Verdi favorite, which opened Wednesday, is …
San Francisco composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer are embarking on what seems like an impossible mission: writing a two-act opera based on Julien Green's 1947 Faustian fantasy, "…
The Foo Fighters, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Maroon 5 were announced Tuesday as the headlining acts for the fifth-annual BottleRock Napa Valley festival taking place in Napa in &…
Director Francesca Zambello's new San Francisco Opera production of "Aida" — boasting bold, contemporary designs by Los Angeles street artist RETNA — meets the challenges of moun…
There are many parts of Al Letson's one-man show that are truly moving. One is when he, a black man, offers to shake the hand of a white cop who » The post Poet Al Letson has a moving '…