Arts & Events
Stoppard, Anouilh, Fugard and More
By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Thursday January 28, 2010 - 08:45:00 AM
The beginning of the winter-spring theater season hit last weekend, more concentrated a downpour than the storm. And a few shows that opened earlier are still running, too, including Oleg Liptsin’s unique, brilliant iPhone-era take on Gogol’s The Nose (which has decamped from Berkeley to the Shelton Studio at Pier 26 in San Francisco), Altarena’s production of Bus Stop, in Alameda, and Shotgun’s acclaimed production of Threepenny Opera, ending its extended run at the Ashby Stage this weekend. A floodtide of theatrical offerings. Here, then, a few highlights, struggling to be an overview: -more-
‘Sylvia’ the Musical at Stagebridge
By Ken Bullock, Special to the Planet
Thursday January 28, 2010 - 08:50:00 AM
Singing cats in a bathtub? With a cigarette-smoking, negative advice col-umnist beneath the bubbles? (Well, “the aging process can be funny ...”) -more-
‘Nikkatsu Noir’ Presents Darker Side of Japanese Cinema
By Justin DeFreitas
Thursday January 28, 2010 - 08:52:00 AM
If you haven’t gotten your fix from this year’s Noir City festival at San Francisco’s Castro Theater, rest assured—a whole world of dark, depraved cinema awaits on DVD. -more-
