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Rue McClanahan tribute at Castro canceled

Quick links to the best of SFGate | Still can't find it? see Site Index Bay Area impresario Marc Huestis has announced that the forthcoming tribute to "Golden Girls" co-star Rue McClanahan, scheduled for Nov. 14 at the Castro Theatre, has been canceled. ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Rue McClanahan

Music review: Foot injury can't stop Mika

Toward the end of the 17-song set, the lanky Londoner was visibly limping, his mop of curls flattened against his forehead by sweat, and the slash of garish red makeup on his cheekbone long melted away. And while he may not have jumped quite as high as ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Mika (musician),  Grace Kelly,  Freddie Mercury,  Dr. John (musician)

TV review: 'Endgame' and the fall of apartheid

Truth is not only stranger than fiction, but, at times, edgier as well, as evidenced by the behind-the-scenes drama that led to the end of apartheid in South Africa. Based on Robert Harvey's book "The Fall of Apartheid," "Endgame," airing on ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jonny Lee Miller,  Robert Harvey,  William Hurt,  Nelson Mandela,  African National Congress

CD: Blood and Candle Smoke

Tom Russell, set to play the Little Fox Theatre in Redwood City on Dec. 10 and Freight and Salvage on Dec. 11, has survived for decades in the music business by being his own man and defying categorization and predictability. Yet, no matter how ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  18 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Tom Russell (musician),  Johnny Cash,  Merle Haggard,  Nina Simone,  Mother Jones

CD: The Beth Custer Ensemble

Beth Custer doesn't make it easy for music critics, who are by nature prone to convenient categorization. But for listeners, especially those as adventurous as the composer-vocalist-clarinetist herself, there's no need for categorization with her ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  11 Oct 2009

Theater review: Touring 'Rent' pays off

It's a rare thing when the touring version of any Broadway show is as thrilling as the original, but when the show is going on 14 years old, it's almost a miracle. Well, there are miracles aplenty onstage at the Curran Theatre, where a national tour of ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  8 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jonathan Larson,  Anthony Rapp,  Adam Pascal,  Green Day

DVD Reviews / Murphy's Law: Series 1

Sometimes a series works because its creators are able to squeeze something new out of a proven genre. Other times, a series works in spite of the fact it doesn't even try to break new ground. That's the case with "Murphy's Law," a completely watchable ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  4 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Tommy Murphy,  James Nesbitt,  Robbie Coltrane

Date Lines: News from the Bay Area arts scene

The winners have been announced in 15 categories for the San Francisco Fringe Festival's annual Best of the Fringe awards and four Bests have been selected for encore performances this weekend. "A (Bearded) Lady," featuring best actress-winner Larissa ...

From ROBERT HURWITT, DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Jean-Paul Sartre,  Robert Redford

Murder ... in a set

"Midsomer Murders" remains as comfortable as a broken-in pair of shoes, but that's also the problem with the four mysteries in the 13th set from Acorn Media. All are pleasant enough, and there are some terrific guest stars and wonderful performances, ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  27 Sep 2009

Related Topics: John Nettles (actor),  Ben Jones

The diary of a nobody

As George Bernard Shaw famously put it (although Oscar Wilde made a similar observation), England and the United States are two nations separated by a common language. And to that we can sometimes add, "not to mention sense of humor." Much of the time, ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  20 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Oscar Wilde,  Benny Hill,  Hugh Bonneville

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