Tag: San Francisco

San Francisco General Hospital Foundation will recognize the 2009 heroes who have demonstrated exceptional and inspirational behavior to another individual or the community as a whole at the 5th Annual Heroes & Hearts Award Luncheon. In addition to spotlighting exceptional community heroes, 14 new Hearts in San Francisco artworks...

San Francisco Opera released their FY 2008-2009 results. There is some good news, and not-so-good news. First, the good: the budget is balanced at about $67M, with an operating income of $416,032. Summer season ticket sales were strong, according to the press release. Contributions to the annual fund accounted...

https://vimeo.com/9168351 After seeing Animals Out of Paper (review), a play about an origami protege and the relationships among three fascinating characters, we wondered how such a clever, intriguing story came to be. Fortunately, playwright Rajiv Joseph was on hand to join the cast for a talkback at SF Playhouse. This...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...