Vanity Fair Comes to ACT
American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) has been staging the highly-acclaimed new production of Vanity Fair through May 12. Playwright Kate Hamill’s rollicking new stage adaptation of … Read more
“Maybe This Time”: San Francisco Playhouse Stages Timely Production of Cabaret
As noted in an earlier post, San Francisco Playhouse’s season closes with Cabaret, the Tony Award-winning musical. Susi Damilano’s direction, along with music direction by Dave … Read more
San Francisco Opera’s Orlando: Don’t Forget to Read Program Features
Among the many joys of the San Francisco Opera’s summer season is the appreciation of the Encore Arts Programs, and the outstanding profiles contained in … Read more
Carmen Gets SF Opera’s Summer Season Underway: We Dig the Pony
San Francisco Opera’s 2019 Summer Season opened with Georges Bizet’s Carmen through June 29 at the War Memorial Opera House. Presented in American director Francesca Zambello’s acclaimed … Read more
MTT Delivers Rousing SFS Performance of Mahler’s Ninth Before Hiatus
Michael Tilson Thomas announced some time ago that he is withdrawing from all engagements beginning June 17 until September 3 in order to undergo a … Read more
SFMOMA Screens Scary Movies: Haunted! Gothic Tales By Women
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announces the ninth season of Modern Cinema featuring Haunted! Gothic Tales by Women, a film series exploring … Read more
Amateur Fight Night Comes To San Francisco’s Irish Cultural Center
Irish lads from the hurling clubs of Michael Cusacks & Éire Óg face off at San Francisco’s Irish Cultural Center on Saturday, June 1st at … Read more
San Francisco Playhouse Closes Season with “Cabaret”
San Francisco Playhouse announced casting for Cabaret, the Tony Award-winning musical that will close the company’s 2018/19 Season. Susi Damilano will direct, with music direction by Dave Dobrusky and … Read more
Japan’s 19th-Century Tattoo Culture Featured at Asian Art Museum
A cursory look around at fellow ferry passengers on any given day will reveal that scores of them are rather elaborately “inked” in some fashion … Read more
California Historical Society Examines Railroad’s Legacy of Ambition and Failure
With California’s high speed rail project—a proposed bullet train promising travel between Los Angeles and San Francisco in two hours and 40 minutes—now in jeopardy, … Read more
SFO Summer Season: A Darker “Little Mermaid”
If most ferry riders are able to attend only one performance of San Francisco Opera’s summer season, our pick is Rusalka, which is about a … Read more