Sondheim’s wrenching “Sunday” at SF Playhouse
This musical creeps up on you.
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What’s Happening: The Ring at San Francisco Opera is bold, modern, and a must-see (VIDEO)
In case you missed it, Wagner’s Ring is in town. San Francisco Opera is staging the German composer’s epic work, The Ring of the Nibelung,…
The progressive dream of ‘Soft Power’
On November 29, 2015, the “most famous American Chinese playwright” was stabbed in the neck. That’s David Henry Hwang the real, award-winning playwright, and also…
36th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival in Full Swing: Tuck & Patti (Review)
The repertoire of Tuck and Patti deftly illustrates the purpose of this venue — bring people together across the Americas to celebrate music, love and…
Inside The Ring: Backstage at San Francisco Opera’s production of ‘Ring of the Nibelung’ (Video)
Power. Love. Destruction.
In Photos: René Magritte ‘The Fifth Season’ at SFMOMA
A Stark Insider photo review of René Magritte: The Fifth Season at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). #thisisnotahashtag And what a savvy way…
Tap and Tomfoolery: Me and My Girl
It’s funny how two people can discover the same thing at once. Calculus. Oxygen. A neglected musical. Me and My Girl, hardly a household name…
Star power makes The Color Purple bright
The women of The Color Purple have unimaginably hard lives. They’re subject to an unrelenting series of rape, abuse, and racism. The musical (currently on…
‘Tully’ Film Review: Charlize Theron delivers moving portrayal of overwhelmed mother
The San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFilm) continues to impress as it celebrates 56 years of presenting innovative documentaries and extraordinary films over a two-week…
Searching for freedom with Father Comes Home from the Wars
Midway through Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3, at A.C.T.’s Geary Theater in San Francisco), a Confederate colonel sets his…