Leslie Katz
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Chase Center to open with Metallica, San Francisco Symphony
Chase Center, the Warriors’ new stadium, will get christened with a concert featuring Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony on Sept. 6. Warriors officia → Read More
‘American Hero’ a tasty, if light, look at franchise workers
Delightfully set in a strip mall submarine sandwich shop, Bess Wohl’s “American Hero” takes an amusing look at the plight of low-wage workers. Allie Moss l → Read More
New music and more in MTT’s final SF Symphony season
The San Francisco Symphony season’s 2019-20 season, its final with music director Michael Tilson Thomas, features a range of programming for which the orchestra is known. “This season is very » → Read More
Community Music Center opens doors for big Field Day weekend
On its third anniversary, Community Music Center’s performance-packed fundraiser Field Day has doubled in size, due to popular demand. “We realized we couldn’t fit in everyone in who wanted to » → Read More
‘Beach Blanket’ stage manager John Camajani retires after 40 years
In 1979, when John Camajani got a theater job behind the scenes at “Beach Blanket Babylon,” he had no idea it would turn out to be a career. “Never in my w → Read More
‘Hello, Dolly!’ revival exemplifies classic
Hello, Betty! Classy Broadway staple and TV star Betty Buckley fills the shoes of Dolly Gallagher Levi with joy in the national tour of “Hello, Dolly!” ons → Read More
Black choreographers fest kicks off powerfully
Taking inspiration from James Baldwin, who said, “I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also much more than that. So → Read More
Meet the ‘Hamilton’ cast!
Donald Webber Jr., portraying Aaron Burr in the new San Francisco run of “Hamilton,” took to social media on Friday, thanking first responders after a medi → Read More
Togetherness is everything for Tuck & Patti
After four decades, eclectic Bay Area guitar-and-vocal duo Tuck & Patti have got their act together -- to the point of not planning. “We haven’t made set l → Read More
Artist-friendly label Little Village showcases real roots music
Bay Area alt-country songwriter Maurice Tani wryly understates the man who started Little Village Foundation, the truly unusual record label releasing his → Read More
SF’s Chinese community ushers in Year of the Pig
William Gee, bleachers coordinator and longtime volunteer for San Francisco’s more than 100-year-old Chinatown New Year festivities, calls 2018 a notable y → Read More
Brutalism inspires Kristin Damrow’s choreography
Bay Area choreographer Kristin Damrow has set her new evening-length premiere “Impact” in a near-future dystopia filled with bold Brutalist architecture, a → Read More
Tasty tapas in secret Pawn Shop on Mission
Entry into The Pawn Shop at Mission and Sixth streets in The City requires a bit of effort, but it’s worth it. Visitors must dial in on gold wall phone » → Read More
SF Ballet opens 86th season with dazzling duets
San Francisco Ballet gave its 2019 opening gala performance an appropriate title: At “This Is Passion” on Wednesday at the War Memorial Opera House, the highlights were romantic duets showcasing » → Read More
RAWdance roars into the future
San Francisco contemporary troupe RAWdance is happily marking a momentous anniversary with a big new show and a new collaborator. “It’s a mix. There’s a hu → Read More
Robert Greenberg, Alexander String Quartet cleverly bring classics to the 21st century
Things have changed since the last time Oakland musicologist-composer Robert Greenberg presented his Saturday morning San Francisco Performances concert-lecture series on Dmitri Shostakovich in 2006. “In 2006, we still believed » → Read More
2018: The best in arts
In chronological order, these were the year’s most notable moments in the arts, from this editor’s highly personal perspective. “Vietgone” at American Cons → Read More
At long last, Carol Leifer returns to Kung Pao Kosher Comedy
Southern California comedian Carol Leifer couldn’t more thrilled about returning to San Francisco’s Kung Pao Kosher Comedy, for the third time, after nearly two decades. “I’m happy and grateful to » → Read More
SF Ballet’s 2018 ‘Nutcracker’ underway with good cheer
In Wednesday’s opening of San Francisco Ballet’s 74th year of “Nutcracker” -- the 14th production of artistic director Helgi Tomasson’s 2004 version -- das → Read More
‘Evan Hansen’ boldly takes on digital age disconnection
The turn-off-your-cellphone announcement at the beginning of the national tour of “Dear Evan Hansen” at the Curran theater in San Francisco actually comes from big digital screen set pieces onstage. » → Read More