Although the production at ACT is part of just a two-city share with San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre, it comes with most of the Broadway creative staff intact.
S is for summer. It is also for stab, slash, and slice. In the season when lighter fare has traditionally been the default setting, three indie productions are challenging that notion just as summer kicks into high gear.
"This is not a show for beginners," she said recently from New York. "When tourists come into town and they have the choice between seeing Mamma Mia! or The Scottsboro Boys, well, we’re not going to win that battle."
At the opera’s conclusion, General Director David Gockley honored Chorus Master Ian Robertson’s 25 years of service with San Francisco Opera’s coveted Gold Medal. Need I say that the chorus sang superbly?
Artistic Director Tom Ross offered Jackson a commission to write a new play, they quickly agreed on the Maud Allan scandal as its basis. The result, Salomania, begins performances this week at the Berkeley theater.
