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Georgia Rowe
Review: ‘Ideal Husband’ is ideal Wilde
- Recent headlines aside, political scandal is nothing new. The Larry Craigs and Eliot Spitzers of the world may provide juicy copy for today’s news, but no one wrote about the divide between public morality and private conduct with the wit, style and insight of Oscar Wilde, whose “An Ideal Husband” opened Saturday at the California Shakespeare Theater.
- Recent headlines aside, political scandal is nothing new. The Larry Craigs and Eliot Spitzers of the world may provide juicy copy for today’s news, but no one wrote about the divide between public morality and private conduct with the wit, style and insight of Oscar Wilde, whose “An Ideal Husband” opened Saturday at the California Shakespeare Theater.
Right time for ‘Red State’
- The San Francisco Mime Troupe has been producing original plays on national themes for nearly five decades, but its new production, “Red State,” is especially timely.
Sizzling seasonal classics
- It has been a busy year for James Gaffigan. Between his duties as the San Francisco Symphony’s associate conductor and a packed schedule of guest appearances around the U.S. — he just returned from the Aspen Music Festival — he barely had time to fly back east for a wedding (his own, in June).
- It has been a busy year for James Gaffigan. Between his duties as the San Francisco Symphony’s associate conductor and a packed schedule of guest appearances around the U.S. — he just returned from the Aspen Music Festival — he barely had time to fly back east for a wedding (his own, in June).
Review: ‘Busy World’ ripe for discussion
- Theater companies usually plan their seasons months in advance, which makes the Aurora Theatre’s “The Busy World is Hushed” a fine example of foresight. With gay marriage and the churches’ role therein making recent headlines across the state, Keith Bunin’s 2006 drama was a timely choice for the award-winning Berkeley group.
- Theater companies usually plan their seasons months in advance, which makes the Aurora Theatre’s “The Busy World is Hushed” a fine example of foresight. With gay marriage and the churches’ role therein making recent headlines across the state, Keith Bunin’s 2006 drama was a timely choice for the award-winning Berkeley group.
Review: A musical trip down Mission Road
- Throughout its 30-year history, Chanticleer has performed many concerts in The City’s own Mission Dolores. But the award-winning male chorus has seldom sounded so vibrant — or so at home — as it did there Monday evening, performing a program of 18th-century works specifically composed for events in and around California missions.
‘Bug’ creeps into the S.F. Playhouse
- Tracy Letts couldn’t be hotter right now. The Chicago-based playwright, acclaimed for theater works including “Killer Joe” and “Man from Nebraska,” recently won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for his drama, “August: Osage County.”
- Tracy Letts couldn’t be hotter right now. The Chicago-based playwright, acclaimed for theater works including “Killer Joe” and “Man from Nebraska,” recently won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for his drama, “August: Osage County.”
Review: Crime pays off in ‘Coronado’
- Moviegoers who have enjoyed Dennis Lehane’s writing in films such as “Mystic River” and “Gone Baby Gone” are advised to head for the new San Francisco Playhouse production of “Coronado” as quickly as possible. With this contemporary noir thriller, which opened Saturday night in its West Coast premiere, Lehane adds “playwright” to his list of credits.
- Moviegoers who have enjoyed Dennis Lehane’s writing in films such as “Mystic River” and “Gone Baby Gone” are advised to head for the new San Francisco Playhouse production of “Coronado” as quickly as possible. With this contemporary noir thriller, which opened Saturday night in its West Coast premiere, Lehane adds “playwright” to his list of credits.
Taking the ‘Path of Beauty’
- For Chen Yi, a trip to San Francisco is always a homecoming. The celebrated Chinese-American composer spent 1993 through 1996 in The City, as a composer-in-residence with the award-winning chorus Chanticleer.
- For Chen Yi, a trip to San Francisco is always a homecoming. The celebrated Chinese-American composer spent 1993 through 1996 in The City, as a composer-in-residence with the award-winning chorus Chanticleer.
Singing ‘Sonny’s Blues’
- With its haunting strains of jazz music and mournful depictions of urban despair and drug addiction, “Sonny’s Blues” might have been written last week.
- With its haunting strains of jazz music and mournful depictions of urban despair and drug addiction, “Sonny’s Blues” might have been written last week.
Theater Review: Fine way to make ‘The Scene’
- It’s only a little over a month old, but 2008 already has been a good year in The City for plays about show business. Even as David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow” was getting its last performances at American Conservatory Theater over the weekend, Theresa Rebeck’s “The Scene” opened Saturday night in a winning West Coast premiere at San Francisco Playhouse.
- It’s only a little over a month old, but 2008 already has been a good year in The City for plays about show business. Even as David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow” was getting its last performances at American Conservatory Theater over the weekend, Theresa Rebeck’s “The Scene” opened Saturday night in a winning West Coast premiere at San Francisco Playhouse.
Review: A fine 'Carol' from A.C.T.
- If there’s a sure bet on the San Francisco theater scene, it’s “A Christmas Carol” at American Conservatory Theater. The company has been staging Charles Dickens’ evergreen classic for over 30 years, and its productions have become the gold standard for theater groups around the Bay.
- If there’s a sure bet on the San Francisco theater scene, it’s “A Christmas Carol” at American Conservatory Theater. The company has been staging Charles Dickens’ evergreen classic for over 30 years, and its productions have become the gold standard for theater groups around the Bay.
Spinning off Dickens’ classic
- If literature ever produced a likely candidate for anti-depressants, it’s Mrs. Bob Cratchit. The long-suffering wife in “A Christmas Carol” has plenty to be down in the dumps about: She’s poor and female in early 19th-century London, her kids are starving and her husband works for the original Scrooge.
- If literature ever produced a likely candidate for anti-depressants, it’s Mrs. Bob Cratchit. The long-suffering wife in “A Christmas Carol” has plenty to be down in the dumps about: She’s poor and female in early 19th-century London, her kids are starving and her husband works for the original Scrooge.
