BWW Review: STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW at SF Playhouse
Re-starting theatre after the pandemic shutdown is a bit of a challenge; theatregoers are still wary of live performances and seating is limited.
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BWW Review: Transcendence Theatre's 'Broadway Under the Stars' Celebrates 10 Years with a 'Road-Trip!'
There’s something truly extraordinary that happens when you step onto the grounds of Jack London State Historic Park.
BWW Review: TALES OF THE RESISTANCE : VOLUME 2 PERSISTANCE at SF Mime Troupe
As I reported last year, SF Mime Troupe has revived the good old days of episodic radio serials, a perfect genre for shelter in place entertainment.
BWW Review: DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL: DC & PETER'S GLORIOUS ROMP THROUGH THE GOLDEN AGE OF TV THEME SONGS at 42nd Street Moon Delivers a Fizzy Celebration of Pop Culture
42nd Street Moon is concluding its online Moonbeams series on a rather deliciously demented high note with Don’t Touch That Dial: DC & Peter’s Glorious Romp through the Golden Age of TV Theme Songs.
BWW Review: HOLD THESE TRUTHS at SF Playhouse
The story of Gordon Hirabayashi's five-decade struggle for justice for the forced detention of Japanese-Americans during WWII is powerfully recreated in Jeanne Sakata's lovingly researched historical drama buoyed by a stellar performance by Jomar Tagatac.
BWW Review: SWAN LAKE at San Francisco Ballet Offers a Welcome Opportunity to Revisit an All-Time Classic
San Francisco Ballet brings its extremely successful 2021 Digital Season to a close by revisiting that all-time classic, Swan Lake, in a production choreographed by Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson back in 2009, and captured on video in 2016.
BWW Review: ROMEO & JULIET at San Francisco Ballet Delivers a Beautiful Production of the Timeless Romantic Tragedy
San Francisco Ballet's revisiting of Helgi Tomasson's 'Romeo & Juliet' is, in a word, gorgeous.
BWW Review: SHOOT ME WHEN at SF Playhouse
I can't remember how many times I've joked 'Shoot Me if.
BWW Review: PROGRAM 05 at San Francisco Ballet Highlights the Talents of Its Superb Dancers
The latest offering of San Francisco Ballet's 2021 Digital Season shows off the wondrous artistry of the company's dancing more than anything.
BWW Review: LOVE AND SECRETS, A DOMESTIC TRILOGY Now Streaming to Computers Everywhere
On April 15, 2021, Opera San Jose premiered its digital stream of Love and Secrets: A Domestic Trilogy: Il Segreto di Susanna (The Secret of Susanna), Four Dialogues, and The Husbands.
BWW Review: San Francisco Playhouse Streams Julia Brothers' I WAS RIGHT HERE
Minutes into the train trip that propels the play I WAS RIGHT HERE, author/actor Julia Brothers reflects on the reflection of an across-the aisle passenger: “It’s like I’m watching a movie of his heartbreak.
BWW Review: JEWELS at San Francisco Ballet Offers a Treasure Trove of Spectacular Dancing
The latest program in San Francisco Ballet’s 2021 digital season is the glorious return of George Balanchine’s Jewels.
BWW Review: San Francisco Opera's Stream of GÖTTERDÄMERUNG
On March 27, 2021, San Francisco Opera presented an online stream of its 2017-2018 production of Götterdämerung, the fourth opera of Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle.
BWW Review: Merola Opera Program: ANYTHING FOR LOVE AND HONOR
On Sunday, March 21, 2021, tenor Issachah Savage and collaborative pianist Laurie Rogers gave a half-hour recital called Anything for Love and Honor for the Merola Opera Program.
BWW Review: San Francisco Opera Streams SIEGFRIED
On March 20, 2021, San Francisco Opera presented a free stream of Richard Wagner’s opera Siegfried as part of Francesca Zambello’s 2017-2018 American Ring.
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BWW Review: [HIEROGLYPH] at SF Playhouse
BWW Review: [HIEROGLYPH] at SF Playhouse
BWW Review: San Francisco Opera Presents Virtual DIE WALKUERE
On the weekend of March 13 and 14, San Francisco Opera streamed its 2018 production of Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre to opera lovers around the world.
BWW Review: INTERLUDE at New Conservatory Theatre Center
It's the dark ugly days of August 2020 and COVID isolation and the specter of a 2nd Trump election loom large over writer Jesse Howard who's hunkered down at his childhood home in Manhattan, Kansas with his conservative Christian parents.
BWW Review: PROGRAM 03 at San Francisco Ballet Delivers Terrific Performances in Some Striking Ballets
There is a lot to love in San Francisco Ballet’s recently unveiled Program 03 of mixed repertoire, even if it takes a bit of a dip in the middle.
BWW Review: DAS RHEINGOLD at Home Computer Screens
On Saturday, March 6, 2021, San Francisco Opera did a wonderful thing.
BWW Review: PROGRAM 02 at San Francisco Ballet Shows How Thrilling Contemporary Dance Can Be
San Francisco Ballet just released the second program of its 2021 digital season and it’s a knockout.
BWW Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at San Francisco Ballet Enchants & Delights
We may be in the doldrums of winter right now – with nippy temperatures, dark skies and some much-needed rain – but January also means that San Francisco Ballet (SFB) is back in season for the next several months and, to me, that signifies all’s right with the world.
BWW Review: A Red Carol at SF Mime Troupe
Ah the simple holiday joys of benevolent capitalism! Probably the most popular of the Xmas productions, Dicken's novella A Christmas Carol has been praised by socialists for its anti-capitalist sentiments.
BWW Review: NUTCRACKER ONLINE at San Francisco Ballet Delivers Some Much-Needed Holiday Cheer
If your spirits could use an extra little lift, and frankly whose couldn’t these days(?!), San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker Online may be just the tonic you need.
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The Madness of Lady Bright Venue: iMPACt Center for Art & Dance (10/16-10/25) |
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Gutenberg! The Musical! Hillbarn Theatre (10/08-11/01) |
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Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors Lesher Center for the Arts (10/25-11/15) |
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“HOME” San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Bowes Center (4/09-4/09) |
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Come From Away Revival Hall (11/13-12/06) |
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Hello, Dolly! Hillbarn Theatre (4/15-5/09) |
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The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show Golden Gate Theatre (12/27-12/27) |
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Liberation Berkeley Repertory Theatre (10/23-11/29) |
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Knockoff Broadway: The Improvised Musical All Out Comedy Theater (7/25-12/26) |
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Monday Night PlayGround-SF: AMERICA 250 - The Dreamers, The Builders, & The Leaders The Ashby Stage (10/19-10/19) |
