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Janos Gereben
Review: Playing with Shakespeare
- A one-man show about two worlds in a three-ring circus: that’s Roger Rees’ “What You Will,” a 90-minute whirlwind from, about and over Shakespeare. The show is onstage at the American Conservatory Theater through Aug. 9.
A trio of unusual exhibits
- Randy Shull's “Crossing Boundaries,” now at the San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design, is a rich retrospective for an artist whose work ranges from bright, original furniture to small but powerful objects fashioned of wood and building material.
Merolini to sing for you
- They come from Korea, Russia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico and from coast to coast in the United States to sing in San Francisco, to train for a career in opera and to provide low-cost performances for opera fans otherwise starved between seasons. (Think of culinary-academy fare for music fans.)
- They come from Korea, Russia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico and from coast to coast in the United States to sing in San Francisco, to train for a career in opera and to provide low-cost performances for opera fans otherwise starved between seasons. (Think of culinary-academy fare for music fans.)
China’s vivid subconscious
- Startling, bizarre, funny, awkward, shocking, beautiful, provocative — “Half-Life of a Dream: Contemporary Chinese Art from the Logan Collection” now at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, is like no other exhibit.
Summertime is time for the festivals
- Here, in chronological order, are some of the more important summer classical music festivals in The City.
- Here, in chronological order, are some of the more important summer classical music festivals in The City.
Ming — so much more than vases
- The “Ming” banners and posters around The City herald the arrival of a huge, important and well-timed exhibit at the Asian Art Museum, opening Friday and running through Sept. 21. Known officially as “Power & Glory: Court Arts of China’s Ming Dynasty,” the $1.3 million show is a first in several ways.
- The “Ming” banners and posters around The City herald the arrival of a huge, important and well-timed exhibit at the Asian Art Museum, opening Friday and running through Sept. 21. Known officially as “Power & Glory: Court Arts of China’s Ming Dynasty,” the $1.3 million show is a first in several ways.
‘Women Impressionists’ finally shown together
- It wasn’t easy being a female American artist in the 19th century, but Mary Stevenson Cassatt did succeed in making her mark in the art capital of the world at the time.
- It wasn’t easy being a female American artist in the 19th century, but Mary Stevenson Cassatt did succeed in making her mark in the art capital of the world at the time.
Review: Perloff’s passionate ‘Pity’ play
- Even almost 400 years after its first performance, there is a problem with the title of John Ford’s play. American Conservatory Theater Artistic Director Carey Perloff, whose production of it opened Wednesday, took a direct approach. On signs and in the program, “WHORE” in capital letters is preceded by a smaller “’Tis Pity She’s a...”
- Even almost 400 years after its first performance, there is a problem with the title of John Ford’s play. American Conservatory Theater Artistic Director Carey Perloff, whose production of it opened Wednesday, took a direct approach. On signs and in the program, “WHORE” in capital letters is preceded by a smaller “’Tis Pity She’s a...”
Review: Jacobean sex and revenge, plus a punk cellist
- Even after almost 400 years after its first performance, there is a problem with the title of John Ford's play. American Conservatory Theater Artistic Director Carey Perloff, whose production of it opened Wednesday, took a direct approach. On signs and in the program, "WHORE" in capital letters is preceded by a smaller "'Tis Pity She's a..."
- Even after almost 400 years after its first performance, there is a problem with the title of John Ford's play. American Conservatory Theater Artistic Director Carey Perloff, whose production of it opened Wednesday, took a direct approach. On signs and in the program, "WHORE" in capital letters is preceded by a smaller "'Tis Pity She's a..."
Growing old on the wings of songs
- Just months before he died at age 32 in 1982, the great Oakland Symphony conductor Calvin Simmons said about his work, “I am here because of Madi.”
- Just months before he died at age 32 in 1982, the great Oakland Symphony conductor Calvin Simmons said about his work, “I am here because of Madi.”
Review: Opera under spell of ‘Ring’
- The ring of Richard Wagner’s four-opera, 15-hour “Der Ring des Nibelungen” is an instrument of pure evil, corrupting and ruining its owners, be they dwarfs, giants, heroes, gods — and at the end, destroying the world itself.
- The ring of Richard Wagner’s four-opera, 15-hour “Der Ring des Nibelungen” is an instrument of pure evil, corrupting and ruining its owners, be they dwarfs, giants, heroes, gods — and at the end, destroying the world itself.
Start your view at the huge blue cube
- From Genesis to Shrek to music for the Hebrew alphabet, the first exhibits in the Contemporary Jewish Museum’s new building are unusual, imaginative and noteworthy: “In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis,” “From the New Yorker to Shrek: The Art of William Steig” and John Zorn’s “Aleph-Bet Sound Project” will be on view Sunday when the 24-year-old institution celebrates the grand opening of its new facility with special programs and free admission.
- From Genesis to Shrek to music for the Hebrew alphabet, the first exhibits in the Contemporary Jewish Museum’s new building are unusual, imaginative and noteworthy: “In the Beginning: Artists Respond to Genesis,” “From the New Yorker to Shrek: The Art of William Steig” and John Zorn’s “Aleph-Bet Sound Project” will be on view Sunday when the 24-year-old institution celebrates the grand opening of its new facility with special programs and free admission.
Global dance extravaganza
- As “Jeopardy” would put it: Answer — “Depends on who is doing the dancing.” Question — “What’s the difference between ethnic and folk dancing?”
- As “Jeopardy” would put it: Answer — “Depends on who is doing the dancing.” Question — “What’s the difference between ethnic and folk dancing?”
