San Francisco Theater

Inner City Rhythms and Blues

George Heymont | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Tristan Cunningham, Tenderloin, Cutting Ball Theatre, Mark Ellinger, David Sinaiko, Michael Uy Kelly, Annie Elias, Rebecca Frank, San Francisco Theater, San Francisco Around Town, Theater Review, Video, Arts News
George Heymont

As the cast of Tenderloin brings the show's characters to life, the nervous energy that is often found outside the theatre starts to seep inside its walls.

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PHOTOS: Art And Theater Coming Soon To Your Lunch Break

Robin Wilkey | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Mid-Market San Francisco Midmarket San Francisco, Central Market Economic Strategy, Summer of Art San Francisco, San Francisco Theater, Central Market, Summer of Art Sf, Central Market San Francisco, San Francisco Around Town, Slideexpand, Summer of Art, San Francisco Art, Market Street San Francisco, San Francisco Dance, Summer of Art Series San Francisco, San Francisco News

No one said the mayor's job was easy. And working through the hurdles of his extensive Central Market Economic Strategy, a tireless effort to revitali...

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Hot Greeks: Campy Entertainment at Its Finest

Vanessa Pinto | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Hypnodrome Theatre, Gender Bending, Hot Greeks, Musical Theatre, Thrillpeddlers, Hot Greeks Hypnodrome Theatre, San Francisco Theater, San Francisco Arts, San Francisco Around Town, Best of San Francisco, San Francisco News
Vanessa Pinto

If you ever wondered what college would be like in the time of the Greeks, the ThrillPeddlers give you a very funny look at it in Hot Greeks at the Hypnodrome Theatre.

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Aurora Repolishes a 19th Century Gem in Schnitzler's Lively Anatol

Leo Stutzin | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Aurora Theatre, Berkeley, Anatol Show, San Francisco Around Town, Schnitzler Anatol, Anatol, San Francisco Theater, Anatol Play, Schnitzler, San Francisco News
Leo Stutzin

Anatol, a play by Arthur Schnitzler, is receiving a lively, whimsical resurrection at Aurora Theatre in Berkeley.

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'Maple and Vine' Offers Breezy Journey to a Less-than-idyllic Time

Leo Stutzin | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Satire, American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, Theater, Act, Maple and Vine, Fantasy, San Francisco Theater, San Francisco Around Town, San Francisco News
Leo Stutzin

If you're sick and tired of today's rat race, just step right back into 1955. In Maple and Vine, the breezy fantasy that's earning loads of laughs, that's more than a dream. It's a possibility.

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Berkeley Rep's Red: A Vivid Portrait of an Artist as an Anguished Genius

Leo Stutzin | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Red, Berkeley Repertory Theater, Mark Rothko, Berkeley Rep, Rothko Play, Red Berkeley Repertory Theater, San Francisco Theater, San Franciso Around Town, Mark Rothko Play, San Francisco Art, San Francisco News
Leo Stutzin

Mark Rothko's biography provides the grist for high drama. He struggled with personal and artistic torments throughout his adult life before committing suicide at the age of 66. Red is the powerful exploration of the mind and methods of the artist.

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Queens for a Day

George Heymont | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Eat Our Shorts 4 Love and Other Disasters, San Francisco Around Town, GuyWriters Theatre Company, San Francisco, San Francisco Gay Theater, San Franciso Arts, San Francisco Theater, Arts News
George Heymont

I recently attended the GuyWriters Theatre Company's production of seven short comedies under the umbrella title Eat Our Shorts 4 -- Love And Other Disasters. It was one of the funniest evenings of gay theater I've seen in years.

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'Genuine Black Man' Brian Copeland Waits For His Gun

Erika Milvy | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Brian Copeland, Waiting Period Performance, Genuine Black Man, San Francisco Theater, Gun Laws Theater, Brian Copeland Theater, Arts News
Erika Milvy

2012-03-06-briancopelandSMALL.jpg Eight years ago, Brian Copeland debuted his one man play, Not a Genuine Black Man at The Marsh Theater in San Francisco. A six-week run became the longest running solo show in the city's history.

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John Fisher's SexRev -- Transforming Biography Into Farce

George Heymont | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Widow Norton, Theatre Rhinoceros, SexRev: The José Sarria Experience, Theater, Jose Sarria, Theater San Francisco, San Francisco Theater, Video, Arts News
George Heymont

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PHOTOS, VIDEO: Haiku Reviews: From Braque To Bach

Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Classical Music, Peter Frank, San Francisco Theater, Beethoven, Opera, Turandot, Lawrence Vittes, Georges Braque, Pacific Standard Time, George Heymont, Bach, Larry Bell, Arts News

HuffPost Arts' Haiku Reviews is a biweekly feature where invited critics review exhibitions and performances in short form. Some will be in the tradit...

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PHOTOS: Haiku Reviews: Shakespeare, Pop Art & Taiwan

Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Speedy Graphito, Mark Rucker, John Pascoe, Sharon Weiner, Vern Blosum, San Francisco Theater, Pop Art, Robert Dowd, Theater, Jow, Adam Bock, David Jang, Op Art, Craig Kauffman, John Pearson, Video, Audra Weaser, Taming of the Shrew, Theatre, Shakespeare, San Francisco, Heather Orth, Shana Cooper, Arts News

HuffPost Arts' Haiku Reviews is a weekly feature where invited critics review exhibitions and performances in short form. Some will be in the traditio...

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Aaron Sankin

PHOTOS: East Bay Theater Company Revolutionizes Creation Of Plays

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Berkeley Repertory Theater, The Ground Floor, Berkeley Rep's the Ground Floor, Berkeley Rep New Plays, Bay Area Theater, San Francisco Theater, Ground Floor, Berkeley New Plays, Ground Floor Berkeley Rep, Berkeley Rep, San Francisco News

The world-famous the Berkeley Repertory Theater was tired of telling people they were sorry. (SCROLL DOWN FOR IMAGES) For years, talented theat...

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Acting in the Tenderloin

Carey Perloff | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Theater, Mid-Market SF, Tenderloin, American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco Theater, Arts News
Carey Perloff

In response to burgeoning interest in revitalizing the Mid-Market section of SF and out of a desire to showcase the process of developing young artists, A.C.T. has decided to create a new performance venue in the front room of our costume shop.

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A.C.T. Unveils a New Musical: Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City

George Heymont | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City, Tales of the City Review, Tales of the City San Francisco, San Francisco Theater, Arts News
George Heymont

For many young LGBT men and women, Tales of the City opened up a window onto a whole new world of possibilities for them to consider. If Mary Ann Singleton could leave Cleveland and reinvent herself in San Francisco, so could they.

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Get Them to the Greeks

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jon Tracy, San Francisco Plays, Greek Theater, San Francisco Theater, Greek Mythology, Arts News
George Heymont

Jon Tracy's imagination is so rich and so clearly articulated that he makes Homer's epic understandable to a modern audience that, like the ancient Greeks, has grown tired of constantly being at war.

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Dan Hoyle's Play, The Real Americans, Is a Must-See

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Real Americans, Stereotypes, Marsh Theater, Mission District, San Francisco Theater, Small Town America, Dan Hoyle, San Francisco, Arts News
Dr. Jim Taylor

Last night, I saw Dan Hoyle's one-man play, The Real Americans, at the Marsh Theater in the Mission district of San Francisco. It was nothing short of brilliant: unsettling, poignant and hilarious.

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