Tag: San Francisco
Theater review: ‘Animals Out of Paper’ unfolds beautifully at SF Playhouse
The best play in the Bay Area is now playing at SF Playhouse. It's called Animals Out of Paper. The most pleasant surprise is how well it works with such obtuse, yet intriguing, subject matter: origami. That's right. This is the first play I've ever seen that is based...
Theater review: Harvey Fierstein milks ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ for every delicious ounce
His name is above the marquee. And just about everywhere else. There is no escaping, Harvey Fierstein is the star of Fiddler on the Roof.
It's reaffirmed the second he saunters onto stage, part Russian Santa, part Fred Flintstone, part Dom DeLuise. Plus, that voice! If you just landed from...
On Location: ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ in San Francisco
Fiddler on the Roof opened this week at the Golden Gate Theatre in San Francisco. The famous Broadway show first opened in 1964 and was the first run of a musical in history to surpass the 3,000 performance mark. It is now the fourteenth longest running show of all-time. Thanks to...
SF Symphony January 27, 2010 – Mozart and Stravinsky
For Mozart's birthday the SF Symphony featured Michael Tilson Thomas, the symphony's music director, playing and conducting Mozart's Piano Concerto Number 23 in A Major, K 488, as well as two not frequently played works by Stravinsky - his Octet (for winds and brasses) and his Pulcinella Suite.
Stravinsky Octet
The...
Inside Cirque du Soleil OVO: Episode #1 Wardrobe
It's a visual feast for the eyes not to be missed. Now join us on a look inside the wardrobe department of OVO, the hot new show by Cirque du Soleil. Our behind the scenes tour of OVO continues, as Loni talks with Head of Wardrobe Steve Armstrong. Lycras, elastics,...
Theater review: ‘Phèdre’ classy and unflinching, Seana McKenna shines
No one can ever accuse Carey Perloff, ACT artistic director, from shying away from a challenge, even if it means staging a tricky, complex French play written in the 17th century. In 2008, she was invited to Canada's Stratford Shakespeare Festival to workshop a new translation of the classic...
Inside The Fillmore, walking with legends at historic San Francisco venue
When you set foot inside The Fillmore, musical history, the brotherhood of legends, gives you a bear hug. You can't help but feel warm and fuzzy, and I'm not talking about the magical air quality index. When I entered the famous landmark recently for a Cake concert to benefit...
On Location: ‘Phèdre’ opening night at A.C.T. San Francisco
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Last night the classic French tragedy, Phèdre, opened at the American Conservatory Theater. The streets of San Francisco were slick from the rain that occasionally pelted down. Considering the material at hand, it was the perfect backdrop for the evening. Carey Perloff, the ACT artistic director and also director...
Tonight: ‘Phèdre’ at A.C.T. San Francisco, ‘Coming Home’ at Berkeley Rep
Two heavyweight openings tonight in the San Francisco Bay Area. Phèdre, starring Seanna McKenna, who according to the National Post "holds the Canadian patent on greek tragedy" opens at the American Conservatory Theatre. While across the Bay Bridge, Coming Home, by South African playwright Athol Fugard opens at the...
Phèdre opens Jan. 20 at A.C.T. starring Seana McKenna who “holds the Canadian patent on Greek tragedy”
Jean Racine's grand tragedy Phèdre opens Wednesday January 20 at American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) in a world premiere translation by Timberlake Wertenbaker (Our Country's Good, A.C.T.'s Antigone and Hecuba). This first-time coproduction with the internationally renowned Stratford Shakespeare Festival gives local theater lovers a rare opportunity to witness exquisite classical...
