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Review: Familial dysfunction soars in ‘Cult of Love’ - Datebook
Feb 2, 2024 · Review: Familial dysfunction soars in ‘Cult of Love’ Most families dread the holiday season. The Dahls in Berkeley Repertory’s latest drama, written by “Russian Doll” co-creator Leslye Headland, are no different.
Review: Esa-Pekka Salonen keeps S.F. Symphony on course in
Oct 5, 2024 · With his signature flair for the theatrical, Shostakovich ups the ante in the concerto’s linked third and fourth movements. As Salonen and the Symphony laid the groundwork for the Passacaglia’s variations, Shoji offered a nostalgic glance, both melodically and temperamentally, back toward the Nocturne.
Review: Punching and tearing are aphrodisiacs in ACT’s
Sep 19, 2024 · A Champagne coupe on the veranda. Silken evening gowns and silkier dressing gowns. Droll lines like, “What is so horrible is that one can’t stay happy,” delivered by people so much more glamorous than you that it seems preposterous they can’t just enjoy themselves.
Review: ‘Wicked’ is the best movie musical in years | Datebook
Nov 19, 2024 · You’ll notice “Wicked” does not rely on the quick cuts and digitally enhanced or downplayed vocals of those other movies. “Wicked” shows big groups of people, including the lead actors, dancing in unison while being shot from multiple angles.
Review: ‘The Wild Robot’ may be DreamWorks’ finest ... - Datebook
Sep 25, 2024 · As Roz learns feelings, her look evolves through dings, moss and carbon-based replacement parts into that of a more organic being. Still, this contraption remains a whiz-bang wonder of swirling, detachable appendages and vibrant lights that go into action with such lithe speed, Transformers look like clanking rust buckets by comparison. And it’s not just Roz; every frame is saturated in ...
A sweet celebration of Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, still moving
Jan 24, 2024 · For a guy who’s never stopped moving, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott has put down a vast and world-shaping web of musical roots. A master of folk blues and various fingerstyle and flatpicking guitar idioms, he’s the direct link between American folk singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie, with whom he apprenticed and toured as a teenager in the early 1950s, and the legendary Bob Dylan, whose early sound ...
The hidden struggles behind S.F. Opera’s ‘Tristan and Isolde’
Oct 16, 2024 · Richard Wagner’s “Tristan and Isolde” is well known for the challenges it presents for singers, particularly those in the title roles. In any generation, only a few dramatic sopranos and heldentenors have had the right voice types and sheer stamina for this long and complex opera about doomed lovers.
Review: Rachel Kushner has fun with the spy thriller | Datebook
Oct 11, 2024 · Equipped with U.S.-military-grade night vision binoculars and ears attuned to approaching vehicles, Sadie camps out in the only room in the house that does not leak: a child’s room covered in stickers of “Les Babies,” babies dressed in various professions.
Review: A surprising and riveting fourth novel closes out Southern ...
Oct 18, 2024 · The Southern Reach Trilogy was a huge success for VanderMeer. But it also, and purposefully so, left many questions unanswered. That is where “Absolution” comes in: It acts first and foremost as a stand-alone, but also as a new way to enter the trilogy.