American Conservatory Theater purchases Strand Theater
A.C.T.’s purchase of the Strand follows company’s opening of a small performance space, The Costume Shop, nearby at 1117 Market Street.
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Purely Classical: Alessandrini conducts the SF Symphony (review)
Alessandrini brought the final movement home with an intensity and focus entirely missing from the multiple recordings I’ve listened to. When the first theme recurs…
Devised theatre at the Cutting Ball: ‘Tontlawald’
This extended duration provided the cast with time to ripen into these roles – making the the work like a perfectly ripe fruit, bursting the…
SF Fringe Festival announces shows for 2012
Shows include 25 from the Bay Area and feature companies from – besides San Francisco - Oakland, Berkeley, Pacifica, San Anselmo, Lafayette, Auburn, Fresno, Walnut…
Bay Area Stage: Buried Child, Doctor in Spite of Himself, Scorched, Mamma Mia!, Tontlawald
We have shows in today's edition from San Francisco (A.C.T., SHN, Cutting Ball), down to San Jose (San Jose Stage), and back up the other…
Revisiting Gatsby with Ensemble Parallele
Exquisite costumes, imaginative lighting, and video artistry evidence the incredible work poured into this production. Particularly compelling were the set designs, which were dominated by…
On Location: Heroes & Hearts San Francisco
Executive director Stephanie Bray said that the event continues to grow, and the San Francisco General is "the first hospital in the country to have…
Outtakes from AT&T Park (video)
Over 1,000 people turned out for the Heroes & Hearts annual luncheon. In case you missed the announcement, Winter in San Francisco has been cancelled.…
Apple to launch iPad 3 first week of March (squashing rumor 29?)
Earlier this week the rumor mill was flying. The odds on favorite was a March 29 launch. Some even speculated that February 29 could be…
Grief and design clash in Carey Perloff’s ‘Higher’
The staging is right out of Architectural Digest. Minimalist, with soaring frosted glass flanking an austere hardwood stage, the juxtaposition against sun-soaked scenes in Israel…