Jane Lynch’s characters are often hard-edged, overbearing and even a little scary, but Lynch herself is known for showing up early, working hard and being nice to everybody—not exactly the reputation you would expect from Glee’s Sue Sylvester or Steve Carell’s icky boss in The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
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‘WICKED’ A SHARP FAIRYTALECAMPY, SATISFYING MUSICAL SERVES AS PREAMBLE TO CLASSIC ‘WIZARD OF OZ’
When the audience cheers for the landing helicopter in ”Miss Saigon” or the careening chandelier in ”Phantom of the Opera,” it’s applauding eye candy. When the awkward, bookish schoolgirl Elphaba mounts her broom and takes to the sky in ”Wicked,” our rush of emotion is
Nine Black Hermiones, and ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ still won’t talk race
By ERIKA MILVY DEC. 1, 2019 3:54 PM PT When Yanna McIntosh takes the stage Sunday for opening night at the Curran theater in San Francisco, she becomes the eighth black actress to play Hermione Granger in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.” And, as was just
LA Times: ‘Mean Girls’ was a movie before Twitter even existed. How did creators update it to be a modern musical?
ENTERTAINMENT & ARTS ‘Mean Girls’ was a movie before Twitter even existed. How did creators update it to be a modern musical? “Mean Girls” tied for the most Tony nominations with 12. Here Cady (Erika Henningsen) faces the lunch trio of Gretchen (Ashley Park),
Review: Taylor Mac’s “24-Decade History Of Popular Music” is a force to be reckoned with
If history is written by the winners, the songs are sung by the people. This week, performance artist Taylor Mac embarks on a tremendous feat of physical, mental and artistic endurance in a marathon-length show of gargantuan scope. “A 24-Decade History Of Popular Music” is
South Lake Tahoe Makes a Great Escape From Bay Area • We Blog The World
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‘Mean Girls’ was a movie before Twitter even existed. How did creators update it to be a modern musical?
ENTERTAINMENT & ARTS “Mean Girls” tied for the most Tony nominations with 12. Here Cady (Erika Henningsen) faces the lunch trio of Gretchen (Ashley Park), left, Regina (Tony nominee Taylor Louderman) and Karen (Kate Rockwell). (Joan Marcus) BY ERIKA MILVY MAY 2, 2018 5 AM
Adobe Create| A Different Kind of Album
See how Mike Hindle’s illustrations mix analog and digital. While Mike Hindle’s graphic design is clean-lined, his fine art incorporates some spontaneous chaos. It’s a unique blend of the tactile and the digital. He sprays paint or splotches ink onto paper, digitally captures the results,
The Temptations get their own jukebox musical at Berkeley Rep this fall
You know their songs; now learn their backstory. The Temptations get the Jersey Boys treatment this fall with the world premiere of Ain’t Too Proud, a mus Source: The Temptations get their own jukebox musical at Berkeley Rep this fall
OMCA exhibition looks at WWII-era San Francisco through Dorothea Lange’s lens
Dorothea Lange needs no introduction: Her iconic photographs of weary migrants in the Dust Bowl are as familiar to us as the Mona Lisa. But a new exhibit on the artist at Oakland Museum of California sees her turn the lens away from the Midwest and onto the World