Richard Ciccarone

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Richard is a local producer, director, and playwright.

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Posted Forcefully Stated: Do It Live's Henry VI to Culture/Entertainment
I imagine starting a theater company in San Francisco is like becoming a priest or nun. In a world where you can do almost...
Posted Sober And Stunning: Joe Goode Performance Group's The Rambler to Culture/Entertainment
In Joe Goode's latest piece, The Rambler, the choreographer explores the theme of an American icon in the personae of the loner and all...
Posted Appealing Events: The De Young's Friday Program to Culture/Entertainment
San Francisco is a wonderful city because there are so many hidden surprises tucked away in every neighborhood. From Specs in North Beach to Gallery...
Posted Changing The World In A Pair Of Tights: Joe Goode to Culture/Entertainment
Joe Goode, one of the premier choreographers in the nation, has forged his well-earned reputation with groundbreaking productions in the Bay Area. His latest...
Posted Just Theater's "1001" A Timely Take On The Arab-Israel Conflict to Culture/Entertainment
The major component to the Arab-Israel conflict can be traced to one thing: history. But this historical context may serve not just as the...
Posted Appealing Events: A Stacked Deck At Climate Theater to Culture/Entertainment
Like a good card trick, you don't see the surprise coming. If the magician is skilled enough, you'll lose your money and maybe a little...
Posted Climate Theater Loses Home, Latest Victim Of SF Real Estate's Rat Race to Culture/Entertainment
Although not official yet, it appears that 25-year-old Climate Theater will be leaving its 9th and Folsom Street location at the end of the month....
Posted The Bright River Flows in the Right Direction to Culture/Entertainment
The phrase "the medium is the message" is one of the most potent aphorisms regarding communication in the last fifty years and it covers...
Posted Appealing Theatre: She Stoops to Greatness to Culture/Entertainment
The San Francisco Playhouse which opened their 7th Season did so with an intelligent, creative and highly enjoyable West Coast Premiere of David Greenspan's She...
Posted Appealing Events: Get Mortified This Weekend to Culture/Entertainment
At times a theatrical display can sustain the in-depth examination of its purpose and alignment to the human condition. Other times, as Freud might...
Posted See it! Hear it! The Who's Tommy! to Culture/Entertainment
For anyone to review a production of The Who's Tommy, it is impossible to ignore the only other interpretation of this work ever forged....
Commented on Fleet Week: Our Writers Argue For, Against
I agree somewhat with Jason on the "problematic" nature of my argument, but I would like to point out that San Francisco permits, once a month, an event that "pollutes the business district": Critical Mass. And while I support the...
Posted A Midsummer Night's Dream Come True to Culture/Entertainment
If you are a regular patron of live theatre or have friends who are actors, there is no way you have escaped at least...
Commented on See Spot Write: Only Glowing Things To Say About Val Diamond
I too used to work at Beach Blanket Babylon as their Assistant Stage Manager. Although my tenure there was brief, about 8 months, it was an experience I shall always remember. During my training Val was on vacation and my...
Posted The Z Space, Lisa Steindler, And The Future Of San Francisco Theater to Culture/Entertainment
All photos by Richard Ciccarone Lisa Steindler, the Executive Artistic Director of the Z Space, sits comfortably at her desk bathed in the afternoon sun...
Posted Portrait of the American Soul -- August: Osage County to Culture/Entertainment
When I began writing theater reviews for SF Appeal, I had a deal with my editor Eve. We both felt the needs of the...
Posted Beach Blanket Bizarro: Aaron Trotter and the Incident at Bikini Beach to Culture/Entertainment
As someone who reviews all different types of performance, it can be difficult to separate one's own personal, subjective feelings about a genre and...
Posted Joe Goode's Traveling Light: An Embarrass-Mint Of Riches to Culture/Entertainment
Experiencing Traveling Light, Joe Goode's latest work, is best described as walking through a museum with a very subtle line connecting one beautiful work...
Posted The Foundation of Theatre to Culture/Entertainment
The Playwright's Foundation opened their 32nd annual season this weekend with the Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2009. Comprised of five new full-length plays and two...
Posted Appealing Events: Cirque Noir at DanceGround Keriac to Culture/Entertainment
Cirque Noir, headed by Alayna Stroud, returns with one of their most popular shows this weekend at DanceGround Keriac. We reviewed it back in...
Posted Cirque in the City to Culture/Entertainment
Four female friends, each with their unique personalities, live and love while negotiating the complexities of shoe shopping, brunches, and, of course, men. Now,...
Posted Appealing Events: The SF International Arts Festival to Culture/Entertainment
If you can't afford an $80 ticket to see Wicked but the summer's blockbuster body count in movie theaters is not to your palate, try...
Posted Is That An Opera In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Glad To See Me? to Culture/Entertainment
Donald Pippin, a librettist, pianist, and translator, has created one of the most accessible and enjoyable treats for anyone who has wavered on the...
Posted TheatreFIRST's gOld Times to Culture/Entertainment
Seeing a Harold Pinter play can be best described as a blind date. You don't usually hear stories of people who go on blind...
Posted The Dancers Upstairs: Cirque Noir at DanceGround Keriac to Culture/Entertainment
Cirque Noir, headed by Alayna Stroud, opened their newest performance piece last night at DanceGround Keriac to the hoots and cat calls of their most...
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Posted Heeeeeeere's Gilkey! to Culture/Entertainment
John Gilkey, clown emeritus of Cirque Du Soleil, is taking root at the Climate Theater to host his own talk show Monday nights. He sticks...
Posted Brava's Bravery in Machinal to Culture/Entertainment
Never in my life have I seen the wheels and cogs of our government and financial infrastructures so exposed. While the parade of bank C.E.O.s...
Posted The Dating Game: Live! to Culture/Entertainment
Having trouble meeting that special someone? If you don't mind that they might be a touch insane and willing to appear on stage in front...

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LibertyHiller commented on Fleet Week: Our Writers Argue For, Against
I'm generally pro-Navy and I'm happy that we host Fleet Week, despite the Navy's decisions to close its shipyards and other facilities in the area. I object only to the Blue Angels stunting over land; the safety issue is an important one, or am I the only person who remembers what happened at a little airshow in Ramstein? Yes, the Angels are serious about safety, but all it takes is one slipup and we could have a tragedy that makes that the casualty list from 1988 look like a walk in the park....
Jason Bentley commented on Fleet Week: Our Writers Argue For, Against
Oh don't get me started on Critical Mass. :-)...
Charles Hanes commented on Fleet Week: Our Writers Argue For, Against
Though I have enjoyed this show in the past, I have changed my mind on its importance. It is time for this annual glorification of the military industrial complex to end. Defending our country is an important goal, but doing that is not the same thing as our current practice of spending billions upon billions of dollars on ever-more-expensive weapon systems. In fact, one can argue that all this spending is making us less secure, not more....
jmkelly commented on Fleet Week: Our Writers Argue For, Against
I get it! These articles were each written by a representative of the extreme opposing viewpoint as preposterous caricatures of their nemesis. How else, for instance, could someone who claims to love this city's irreverence use the Blue Angels as an excuse to make it sound like Rush Limbaugh's lamest stereotype of "a constant freakshow of absurd parades and protests, ad retardum" where "we traipse down Market Street, traffic be damned, on our roller skates with our dicks dangling out of our tutus, celebrating, protesting, cavorting..."? Really? That's what's happening here on the regular? If that were the extent of...
HDPerkeo commented on Fleet Week: Our Writers Argue For, Against
How much does it cost to fly those jets? How would you like to be a 9- year old kid who only know those planes as the ones that bomb? How about and air show w\o fighter jets? Would you even know the difference if non military planes were painted blue and yellow? Would you miss them if they didnt come next year? How many recruits actually see the cockpit of a fighter?...

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