Romeo and Juliet
Romeo & Juliet, which opened at the Opera House Saturday night to a tumultuous reception, is a ballet based on Shakespeare's play and set to the great score by Serge Prokofiev, which drives the action and is so powerfully made, so terrifying in its tragic powers and so poignant in its moments of tenderness, that it can lift good dancing to greatness, and can lift great performers to great heights. Last Saturday night was a great evening in the theatre for the whole San Francisco Ballet company, who danced at a very high level indeed, and for two principals: our Juliet (Sarah van Patten) and Mercutio (Pascal Molat), who gave performances that rank with the best I have ever seen.
Director Thomas Kail on the Wonderful life of Washington Heights
One of sweetest accolades tossed toward In the Heights when it opened in New York was a critic's praise of the cast's "uncalculated exuberance." But it's one thing to pull that off early in the run, and especially in the charged circumstances of an opening night, and another to sustain an organic vitality two years into the Broadway run. And then there's the touring company that has been leaping city to city for months. "Uncalculated exuberance," really, still?
Romping through Tchaikovsky - Pianist Stephen Hough
Like many Western pianists with their fingers attached to working brains, refined sensibilities and that elusive thing called taste, gay pianist Stephen Hough steered as clear of Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto as he could for as long as he could.
Feinstein endorses Wiener in D8 race
Senator Dianne Feinstein has endorsed Scott Wiener, a former chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party, in his bid to be the city's next District 8 supervisor, the Bay Area Reporter has learned.
Race for control of SF Democratic Party draws familiar names
The election this year to select members of the San Francisco Democratic Party's governing body has not only drawn some familiar names, it could also determine the outcome of this fall's supervisor races and the 2011 mayoral race.
Not guilty plea entered in trans woman's murder
A San Francisco man has pleaded not guilty in the 2007 rape and murder of Ruby Ordenana, a transgender woman whose body was later found near a local freeway.
Agency reaches out to LGBTs with disabilities
People with developmental disabilities who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning are often hidden within the larger LGBT community, and that's something one local organization wants to change.
McMillen to transfer to another school
Constance McMillen, the out Mississippi high school senior who was thrust into the national media spotlight after she was barred from attending prom with a female date, will finish up the academic year at another school, she told reporters last weekend.
Nate Fallows Won't Grow Up!
In order to play Peter Pan in San Francisco, Nate Fallows had to become a school dropout in England. Fitting, perhaps, for the boy who won't grow up, but Fallows is downright giddy as he leaps into a grown-up acting career without the various nuisances of final exams and rubbishy temp jobs.
World Films That Reward :: 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival, Week 2
The 53rd San Francisco International Film Festival's closing week includes 10 films that take no prisoners but reward the fearless cinema addict.
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