San Francisco Opera opens 89th season with Puccini’s ‘Turandot’
Puccini’s final opera, Turandot features some of the composer’s most glorious music, including the stirring anthem “Nessun dorma.”
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Palo Alto Players announces 2011-2012 season
Six shows are coming to the Lucie Stern Theater.
Review: ‘The Final Scene’ a fun, soapy version of 30 Rock
Famous events -- JFK's assassination, the Mets winning the World Series, the moon landing, Nixon -- are recalled by marks on the set, and camera…
San Jose: Will Durst brings comedy extravaganza to The Stage
The Big Fat Year End Comedy Show features a night of comedy and politics with a collection of stand-up comedy, skits, quizzes and many other…
Documentary about comic book legend to premiere at Napa Valley Film Festival
The film stars popular graphic novelist, television writer and futurist Warren Ellis,
Theater Review: ‘Inherit the Wind’ – Evolution and creationism meet in the courtroom
Yes, there are the minor lighting miscues and flubbing of lines typical of community theatre, but the undeniable talent in evidence and the timeliness of…
Powerful, Stunning Dance for the New World: Labayen and DanceWright
Taken together, the piece had a ‘60’s feel to it, but in a good way, relieved from the overstated cultural baggage.
Most Fun All Summer: Merola’s ‘Il barbiere di Siviglia’
This was not some pompous Il barbiere whose wit dried shortly after the ink from Rossini’s pen.
The fantasy-reality duality in theatre
Productions of Stephen Sondheim’s “Follies” often employ a similar device in costuming; the present reality is in color, while ghosts of the past are in…
How To: Hang an actor
A behind-the-scenes re-enactment of the hanging that is leaving audiences breathless.