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During our current stretch of more than 300-consecutive dark nights at most of the world s brick-and-mortar venues, one of the few silver linings for both theatergoers and producers has been the internet s erasure of geographic distance.
Willing audiences have regularly been able to experience productions mounted far from their homes. In almost every interview I ve conducted for the
Bay Area Reporter over the past ten months, theater professionals have expressed gratitude for opportunities to have far-flung friends, family, and stage-craving aficionados catch their shows often live, in real time over Zoom and other streaming platforms.
San Franciscans have had rare opportunities to catch exciting new shows performed in London and New York without traveling, extravagant ticket prices or sold-out performance schedules. And local companies, including Theater Rhinoceros and Shotgun Players, have sometimes seen attendance at individual online performances exceed the limited capacity
Chronicle Staff January 18, 2021Updated: February 24, 2021, 7:19 am
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James Monroe Iglehart and Taylor Iman Jones join Ray of Light for ‘Lizzie’ rebroadcast
For two decades, Ray of Light Theatre has rebelled against the notion that musical theater is a light, fluffy diversion, a mission made clear in its motto: “Blood. Sweat. Musicals.”
The “blood” bailiwick was especially well served by the company’s 2015 take on “Lizzie,” the Tim Maner, Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer and Alan Stevens Hewitt rock musical about Lizzie Borden, who was tried for a double ax murder in 1892. The show imagines one of American history’s most gruesome crimes with both humor (song titles include “40 Whacks” and “What the F ”) and poignancy: “In the house of Borden there’s a lock on every door; in every room, a prisoner of a long, silent war.”
Cinnabar Theatre to host Lecesne play premiere
It will star actor Michael Pavone in his Cinnabar Theater debut. Nathan Cummings will direct.
The performance will be virtually broadcast beginning at 7 p.m. Friday and continuing with on-demand streaming through Jan. 31.
When openly gay, fun-loving 14-year-old Pelkey goes missing from a small New Jersey shore town, the secrets of the townspeople are brought to light and everyone is forced to examine the effect of one boy’s life on a fractured community.
It’s adapted from Lecesne’s novel by the same name.
“ ‘The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey’ embraces the spirit and power of a single performer on stage telling an extremely heartfelt, captivating, funny and dramatic story of how we all are better off when we connect with each other and celebrate our differences,” Cummings said in a press release. “This play reminds us that we still have a long way to go when it comes to acceptance but more importantly, it cel
A year later, ‘Beach Blanket Babylon’ actors reflect candidly on loss I recognize that I had a death in my life. I was in a relationship for 26½ years.
Lily Janiak December 30, 2020Updated: December 31, 2020, 7:29 am
Renée Lubin and JM Appleby take the stage at the start of the final night of “Beach Blanket Babylon” at Club Fugazi. Photo: Scott Strazzante, The Chronicle 2019
On Dec. 31, 2019, “Beach Blanket Babylon” gave its last performance, ending a 45-year run as the world’s longest-running musical revue. The next day, its cast and crew, many of whom had worked with the iconic North Beach show for decades, were unemployed.