by MSN San Francisco Chronicle | Dec 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
“A year and a half ago, when I wrote a critical review of a show by (a) small company, a theater colleague asked me why I’d persisted with the project. … Whom does such a review serve, especially for a show that draws such small audiences?” Lily Janiak offers an...
by MSN San Francisco Chronicle | Dec 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
In roughly two years, there’ve been Tár, Maestro, Chevalier (a biopic of Black composer Joseph Bologne), the documentary American Symphony, and upcoming Callas biopic Maria. “Hollywood doesn’t usually give this much attention to the world of classical music. … The...
by MSN San Francisco Chronicle | Dec 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
“The six-movement work, written for Kronos Quartet and the San Francisco Girls Chorus, was conceived as a wordless celebration free of any connection to specific religious traditions. … (Its) title translates from Latin as ‘Mass Above Words.’” – MSN (San...
by MSN San Francisco Chronicle | Dec 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
In August, the Bay Area’s third-largest theater company announced that it needed to raise $3 million by November or it would have to cancel the rest of this season. As November came to an end, TheatreWorks had raised $4 million and can exit crisis mode. – MSN (San...