"tick, tick.Boom!," is more tickle than gloom. Now charming audiences in an already-extended production at NCTC, this posthumous cobbling of writer-composer Jonathan Larson’s pre-"Rent" music shines a welcome light on his sly humor and jukebox wit.
Point Reyes native Nicole Helfer has worked with San Francisco Playhouse as a choreographer since 2019. But this week, she'll take the stage for the company, playing Cassie in "A Chorus Line."
Seeing "Follies" is like spotting the Bigfoot of Broadway history: It’s the stuff of legend, even when it lumbers a bit. The current San Francisco Playhouse production more than does justice to this rarely revived classic of the Sondheim canon.