Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 to be a highlight of in-person offerings
Lily Janiak February 3, 2021Updated: February 3, 2021, 7:50 pm
Shotgun Players Artistic Director Patrick Dooley. Photo: Kimberly Dooley, Shotgun Players
As theaters across the country toggle between planning an in-person season for someday and plotting digital content for now, Shotgun Players is going both ways at once for its 30th season, announced Wednesday, Feb. 3.
A Bridge Series begins in April with the aim of moving gradually from digital to in-person content; a main stage season, highlighted by “Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812,” follows “only when we can safely operate at full capacity,” according to a statement.
Bay Briefing: They have earned an F : S.F. will sue its own school district
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Isaac Conde, 14 (left), and Joshua Conde, 16, walk toward Thurgood Marshall Academic High in San Francisco.Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle
Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Feb. 3, and some S.F. streets might never be going back to their pre-pandemic traffic. Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
11 months and counting
The fight over reopening San Francisco’s public schools will take a dramatic, heated turn as the city becomes the first in the state to sue its own school district to force classroom doors open.
S.F. considers turning three Slow Streets into permanent closures to through traffic
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A bicyclist cruises down the Great Highway during the coronavirus pandemic in San Francisco, Calif. on Friday, March 20, 2020. The Great Highway has been closed to cars, although it’s not one of the three proposed for permanent closure.Paul Chinn / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Janice Li bikes on 41st Avenue in the Sunset, a slow streets way for bicycles, walkers and local traffic.Paul Chinn / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency is working on making three Slow Streets closed to through traffic during the pandemic permanent: Page, Shotwell and Sanchez streets.
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When you can t gossip in venues lobbies, here s who can help you keep up with local theater chatter.
Lily Janiak February 2, 2021Updated: February 7, 2021, 11:28 am
Cat Brooks, the co-founder of the Anti-Police Terror Project, poses in front of a Breonna Taylor mural in Oakland. Photo: Yalonda M. James, The Chronicle 2020
For many of us theater lifers, the show onstage is only part of the draw. We also relish the preshow picnic tables at Cal Shakes, the cafe at the Exit Theatre, the bar and restaurant at PianoFight or even the BART ride home afterward, where we might eye someone else carrying the same playbill.
Joshua Kosman February 1, 2021Updated: February 2, 2021, 9:02 am
Singer Tony Bennett with San Francisco Supervisor Aaron Peskin and the city’s chief of protocol, Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, at an event on Nob Hill marking the naming of a Mason Street block Tony Bennett Way on June 2, 2018. Photo: Brian Feulner / Special to The Chronicle 2018
Tony Bennett, the sweet-voiced crooner who famously left his heart in San Francisco, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
On Monday, Feb. 1, his family revealed in an interview with AARP Magazine that the 94-year-old singer has been grappling with the disease since 2016. Yet Bennett has remained active and visible throughout the entire period, including frequent performances and the release of two Grammy-winning albums. Bennett has also recorded a second album with Lady Gaga, a follow-up to their Grammy-winning 2015 collaboration, “Cheek to Cheek,” according to AARP.