Kerri Brackin, Nicky, Rod, Brent Michael DiRoma in Avenue Q

Theater Review: ‘Avenue Q’ Broadway musical at the Orpheum San Francisco

With a dynamic cast, a great score, a funny script, and a harsh kind of honesty, this show has so much going for it - including that rarity of rarities, a second act that is just as strong as the first. Avenue Q signifies some kind of high water mark that keeps bringing us back to the theatre again and again.
Erin Wilson and Christina Barretti-Sigal paint and distress a set wall in the scene shop at the Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Photographer: Lisa Lázár
Nina Stemme (Brünnhilde), Stacey Tappan (Woglinde), Renee Tatum (Flosshilde), Lauren McNeese (Wellgunde), Melissa Citro (Gutrune) and Ian Storey (Siegfried).

Review: ‘Götterdämmerung’ brings the Ring to a Triumphant End

Physically, both men were perfectly cast, with just enough girth in all the right places to give the naïve Siegfried a dollup of baby fat pudge.
How to Write a New Book for the Bible

Review: ‘How to Write a New Book for the Bible’ at Berkeley Repertory Theatre

And like Fincher's Fight Club--less the neofacisim--there are rules that all must abide to when engaging in a "fight" ... of the intellectual variety, sacraments to the family.
San Francisco Symphony performance review

Simply the Best: Pinchas Zukerman

I first heard Zukerman play in the early 1980’s in Avery Fisher Hall. I no longer remember what he played, but I remember knowing that it changed how I thought about music and what music was capable of.

‘The Full Monty’ – An exposé of male folly

But, as the story progresses, the male ability to adapt and overcome adversity through bonding and team effort is given the recognition it’s due – and even celebrated.

That which was old is new again: ‘A Christmas Carol’ at A.C.T. a smashing good time

A.C.T.'s shockingly powerful production of A Christmas Carol will make you laugh and cry throughout the entire production.

Safiya Martinez at the SF Marsh

With little more than two wigs, a hoodie, a hat and a few minor props, Martinez stuns the audience as she flips through her characters, capturing some unique essence of each one.

The sky’s the limit

Given the general unfamiliarity with Henrietta Leavitt, Cepheid variable stars or the relationship between the period of a Cepheid and its luminosity, Gunderson brings the audience an amazing distance with this relatively complex material.