Napa Valley Film Festival Announces Jury Winners, Audience Favorites
NVFF, now in its second year, more than doubled in size.
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Four at the Aurora
Wilder can be very funny, but his humor here is kitschy or weird, instead of revealing. His attempts at profundity, such as the repetitious Christmas…
‘Die Fledermaus’ Review – An Operetta in Grand Style
Although the plot involves infidelity, duplicity and revenge, it’s a frothy romp that waltzes its way onto your funny bone and doesn’t let go until…
Exuberant and Colorful: The SF Symphony Youth Orchestra
Boisset tendered a performance that became more fluid and supple with every passing measure, as he threw off riffs picked up by the orchestra, and…
Lang Lang, Elvis, and the San Francisco Symphony
Any pianist - and any critic who thinks seriously about classical music – has to wrap his or her mind around the phenom that is…
All Things Greek: Review of A.C.T.’s ‘Elektra’
A.C.T. artistic director Carey Perloff remarks that Elektra “shows us what happens to a human being who cannot forget… Forgetting is, in fact, very healthy.…
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Dark in the Swedish Winter: Strindberg at the Cutting Ball
Rob Melrose astutely writes that in many ways, The Pelican is "the modern chamber version of Hamlet and Electra – a father murdered by the…
More than the History of R&B: ‘Memphis’ rocks San Jose
The musical energy in Memphisis everything that you'd expect from a score written by Bon Jovi keyboard player, David Byron, and with lyrics penned by…
SJ Rep Brings Back ‘A Christmas Carol’ for Holiday Season
Artistic director Rick Lombardo says, "I created this adaptation to not only be faithful to Dickens’ vision, but also to celebrate the actor and the…