Stage Kiss at SF Playhouse: When the ghost light goes out (Review)
You don’t have to be familiar with yelling, “Where’s the duck tape? Where’s the Stage Manager?” or even have pondered how good actors can have…
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‘Odysseo’ by Cavalia: Magic on horseback (Review)
The daunting power behind even one of these animals galloping across stage leaves you breathless, even before humans engage them in Roman and western trick…
Original Broadway Cast: ‘IF/THEN’ at the Orpheum, San Francisco (Review)
Superficially, the execution appears unremarkable until it hits that your brain has been stolen by the shape of the entire dance, moving on the stage…
New plays at the Olympians festival hold water
30 new plays by 31 local writers make for imaginative evening of theater.
Philharmonia Baroque and Richard Egarr: Lithe, light, friendly
This material highlights how different the historically informed performances of PBO (and the Academy of Ancient Music) are from anything most of us grew up…
Premiering Noel Coward: ‘Sail Away’
Even if you don’t like her acting style, you’ll marvel at her command, her timing, her eyebrows. Watching her makes me start connecting lines back…
San Francisco’s revitalized Strand Theater wins design award (Video)
Congratulations to all involved in the stunning revitalization of the new Strand Theater on Market Street. A.C.T. artistic director Carey Perloff today announced the new…
‘Ah, Wilderness!’ deserves its exclamation point at the ACT
Above photo: Sid Davis (Dan Hiatt, pictured in orange suit) indulges the Miller family with food gags at the dinner table in Eugene O’Neill’s Ah,…
Manresa restaurant earns elusive 3-star Michelin rating (Visual Tour)
Chef David Kinch is at top of his game.
Uplifting ‘Room’ wins over audiences at MVFF (Award Round-Up)
The votes are in. Organizers say Room was named the overall audience favorite at this year’s Mill Valley Film Festival. Directed by Lenny Abrahamson, the film…