Richard Ciccarone

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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...
• Favorited Oscar Grant Thrown Over for Tristan Anderson? on News
• 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...