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.
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Explore San Francisco and Bay Area culture through theater reviews, film, contemporary art, and creative events. Featuring original artwork by Loni Stark, film reviews by Jeanne Powell, and insights by ATCA member Clinton Stark.
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.
San Francisco: A.C.T. opens 2011-12 season with ‘Once in a Lifetime’
In Once in a Lifetime, a trio of down-on-their-luck vaudevillians head west to pull off the ultimate con: posing as vocal coaches to help Hollywood…
Review: A Streetcar Named Desire opens at the Dragon
Hagedorn gives us a Blanche who is compos enough to know she needs to confabulate – and compelling enough that she has the audience’s sympathies…
Nothing to get hung up about
Loni hangs out in Los Altos.
In Photos: ‘Totem’ by Cirque du Soleil
Somewhere between science and legend Totem explores the ties that bind Man to other species, his dreams and his infinite potential.
Theatre Review: ‘Nine’ – Happiness is being Italian!
At first blush Reynolds does not strike one as quite the lothario type, but he evinces enough of an artist’s ego, passion, and an insouciant,…
Chris Isaak live at Robert Mondavi Winery
Then a bad, bad thing happened. During the famous hit "Baby Did a Bad Thing," a would-be soccer mom and committed oenophile put his creed…
‘Curtains’ – Not a preview review
After close to a half hour following the evacuation, with fire fighters still inside the theatre, the cast of “Curtains” gathered upon the landing, and…