The Composer Lives On: Berkeley Rep adds performances of popular Snicket show
Lemony Snicket’s The Composer is Dead features text by bestselling author Lemony Snicket and a score by (living) composer Nathaniel Stookey.
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SF Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Screening Room: ‘Ne change rien’ Jan 20 & 23
With pitch blacks and shimmering whites, it documents recording sessions and performances by singer Jeanne Balibar
Review: Chanticleer comes home for Christmas to St. Ignatius
The name “Chanticleer” comes from the “clear singing” rooster that appears in Chaucer’s The Nun’s Priest’s Tale.
San Jose Rep hands check for $16,000 to VMC Sobrato Cancer Center
The funds will help provide low income members of the community access to cancer screenings.
Review: The Rockettes sparkle in Radio City Christmas Spectacular
"New York at Christmas" in particular was a stunning visual and aural spectacle (Hello, GAP?).
Review: Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker
Moscow Ballet performed The Great Russian Nutcracker at the Flint Center yesterday. I had the good fortune to talk to Cristina Terentiev, who played Masha…
Aurora Theatre invites a ‘Collapse’
Hannah tries desperately to hold the façade of her perfect life together, even as her husband mysteriously calls in sick to work day after day.
Radio City Rockettes bring Christmas Spectacular to Bay Area (video)
Look, I admit, during this segment I had a ZZ Top song or two running through my head more than once.
Cirque du Soleil to present Quidam in San Francisco and San Jose
Quidam had its world premiere in Montreal under the Big Top in 1996.
Review: Ballet San Jose Nutcracker
Part of what kept this performance so vital is that the dancers rehearse for three or four roles and casting varies throughout the run.