by Jordan R. Young | Aug 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Ryan Imhoff and Grace Morrison in New Swan’s “Taming of the Shrew.” August. Time to swelter in the city. And brush up your Shakespeare. Those who love the Bard’s comedies—as well as those who tend to avert their eyes and ears for fear they won’t understand it—are in...
by Jordan R. Young | Jul 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
Nicoletta Manni and Claudio Coviello in Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company’s Giselle. Photo by Marco Brescia & Rudy Amisano. If you hurry you can catch Teatro alla Scala Ballet’s “Giselle” at Segerstrom Center for the Arts today before they leave town. This is a...
by Jordan R. Young | Jul 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
Lou Sabini’s “Sex in the Cinema: The ‘Pre-Code’ Years (1929-1934)” is a solid, well-researched introduction to the films of that brief period between the end of silent movies and the enforcement of Hollywood’s prudish Production Code. Leading ladies with loose morals,...
by Jordan R. Young | Jun 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
Eifman Ballet in “Red Giselle.” Photo by Evgeny Matveev. The Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company’s “Giselle” at Segerstrom Center for the Arts July 28-30 is certain to be a must-see event—especially with Misty Copeland in the title role on opening night. But Eifman...
by Jordan R. Young | May 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
Danny Scheie and Annie Abrams in “The Monster Builder.” Photo by Debora Robinson/SCR. A two-act play with a gangbuster first act has a built-in problem—proceeding with a worthy follow-up which meets the heightened expectations of the audience. That’s the problem in a...
by Jordan R. Young | May 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
“Get Your Man” (1927) with Clara Bow and Buddy Rogers. The San Francisco Silent Film Festival gets under way June 1 at the city’s treasured silent-era movie palace, The Castro. Harold Lloyd’s popular “The Freshman” (1925), featuring a climactic football game filmed at...
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