Tag: San Francisco

Bernal Heights Players San Francisco

Review: Bernal Heights Players at the SF Community Music Center

The words “community” and “music” are not misplaced in the name of the school that hides behind a verdant garden just off Mission St. This felt like coming home to a place where music was homegrown in the neighborhood.
Indulgences

Review: Indulgences in the Louisville Harem

Like Violet and Florence, they’re a pair of opposites with Robbilet (who looks like Pablo Escobar played by Groucho Marx) being silent and Davis being irrepressibly loquacious.
Yuja Wang

Review: Yuja Wang and San Francisco Symphony electrify

Every classical lover I know has more computer memory devoted to music than we imagined conceivable five years ago. However, none of this compares to the world class versions performed live.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Announces New Programming for 2011-2012

San Francisco: YBCA announces new 2011-12 programming

Programming covers contemporary visual, performing arts and film/video with outstanding innovative works from around the globe including Congo, India, France and Argentina as well the sixth edition of its signature triennial, Bay Area Now.
Assassins ensemble

Theatre Review: ‘Assassins’ – Inspired lunacy

With this production, Ray of Light Theatre has once again proven itself to be a force to be reckoned with in Bay Area musical theatre.
Totem - Roller Skates

San Francisco: Cirque du Soleil returns to Bay Area with ‘Totem’

Somewhere between science and legend Totem explores the ties that bind Man to other species, his dreams and his infinite potential.
Up for Bid at 42nd Street Moon's Auction: Autographed Copy of Gloria Swanson's Autobiography

42nd St. Moon auction features unusual ‘Broadway Kissing Booth’

The theater's first online auction begins June 6 and culminates with a silent auction at the Alcazar Theatre June 20.
SF Playhouse

San Francisco: SF Playhouse announces 2011-12 season

Opening the ninth season is the west coast premiere of Honey Brown Eyes by Stefanie Zadravec, a heart crushing encounter during the Bosnian War reminding us of the fine line between friend and foe.
Connie Bradshaw (Julie Reiber, center, purple dress) gives newcomer Mary Ann Singleton (Betsy Wolfe, center, blue shirt) a taste of the big city in a disco. Photo by Kevin Berne.

Theater Review: ‘Tales of the City’ – It was worth the wait

This is a wonderfully edgy, quintessential San Francisco experience, embracing its eccentricity with a singular charm and an irrepressible, incandescent spirit.
Indulgences in the Louisville Harem - Off Broadway West Theatre

San Francisco: Orlock’s ‘Indulgences’ comes to Off Broadway West

A bizarre courtship ensues and the sisters are thrilled that science and romance have each taken hold in their isolated lives. But Fate intervenes in this tender adventure to bring confusion, confessions, and tears in the night.