Summer festival season continues in Marin with ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
The scent of hibiscus and twang of ukuleles will permeate Shakespeare's story of "lunatics, lovers and poets."
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Review: Heartbreak of ‘The Scottsboro Boys’ paves way for celebration
This may very well be the most talented cast recently assembled at A.C.T. Each actor is a triple threat, bringing deft skill in song, dance,…
Will ‘Raging Bull II’ be a contender? (photos)
The original, of course, is a Martin Scorsese classic, with blistering, raw performances by Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci.
San Francisco: Humanities West 2012-13 season explores history and culture
2012-13 season programming includes 'Paris: 'American Expatriate Genius', 'Charles II: Phoenix of Restoration London' , and Bernini’s Rome: Art & Architecture of the Baroque'.
Les Misérables coming to San Francisco
Opening in Broadway in 1987, the original run closed sixteen years later after 6,680 performances.
The bloody life and times of a Rock ‘n Roll President
Following in the footsteps of American Idiot and, before that, Rock of Ages and Spring Awakening, here the rock musical meets History Channel.
Marin Shakespeare Company opens summer festival with ‘King John’
Against a backdrop of shifting fortunes, politics and family dynamics, Shakespeare reveals human complexity and fallibility in this compression of history.
Quintessentially American: ‘Nixon in China’ at San Francisco Opera
Soprano Hye June Lee’s coloratura aria "I am the Wife of Chairman Mao," left the audience breathless with its ferocity. For all the vocal pyrotechnics…
A New Kind of Tension: ‘American Idiot’ at the Orpheum
American Idiot is by far the most compelling performance I’ve ever seen at the Orpheum here in San Francisco.
Greek Austerity and Dionysus Festival
The modern Western technocrat of today is hardly a political visionary and the economic solutions provided are highly instable, even flammable.