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Bay Area Stage: Mike Tyson, Kurt Bodden at The Marsh, ‘Dead Metaphor’ at A.C.T.

BY MONICA TURNER — 02.28.2013

Bay Area Stage This Week: Mike Tyson Undisputed Truth, Pageant the Musical, Steve Seabrook: Better than You, Intimate Tchaikovsky and Dead Metaphor at A.C.T. in…

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San Jose Rep Defends Financials, Accuses Mercury News of Sensationalism

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.21.2013

This is not the first time the Rep has faced financial crisis, real or otherwise - every few years or so, dire headlines proclaiming its…

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A.C.T. Teases New Season

BY MONICA TURNER — 02.21.2013

Highlights include Tony Award–winning director Frank Galati’s acclaimed new staging of the hit musical '1776' and the Northern California premiere of David Ives’s sexy Broadway…

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Continuing the work for a new generation: Opera Parallèle ‘Ainadamar’

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 02.18.2013

That something extraordinary is afoot is evident even before the curtain opens as ghostly figures of small girls, white dresses matching white pancake, wend their…

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Beijing Olympics Choreographer Shen Wei Coming to San Francisco

BY MONICA TURNER — 02.15.2013

Best known for his stunning choreography of the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics where he synchronized 16,000 performers in the Bird’s Nest stadium,…

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Astonished and Amazed: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra at the Bing

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 02.15.2013

Grabbing a glass of wine and bite of cheese in their café and sitting on one of the long benches, strategically curved so as to…

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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie set to launch own wine label

BY MONICA TURNER — 02.14.2013

The power couple's new rosé called Miraval is made with the help of winemaker Marc Perrin and his family. Organic grapes will reportedly be sourced…

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Magic Theatre takes up residency at A.C.T.

BY MONICA TURNER — 02.14.2013

Schedule features "raw" production of 'Se Llama Cristina', new play readings, and late-night programming.

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San Francisco: World Affairs Conference a hotbed of transition, disruption, innovation

BY JANICE NIEDER — 02.14.2013

You might not have time to get a PHD but who doesn’t have two days to engage in stimulating conversations and inspiring stories?

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Film Review: ‘Solace’ a dialog-driven chiller

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.14.2013

Redemption, it would seem, requires a step-by-step stripping of the artifice that surrounds us.