Reviews

Lisa Hirsch - December 5, 2017

In a marathon performance feat, the consummate musician performed 21 commissioned works over the course of six hours.

Janos Gereben - December 5, 2017

The 2009 Broadway musical by the songwriting team behind La La Land gets a terrific production at San Francisco Playhouse.

Steve Osborn - December 5, 2017

Pianist Stewart Goodyear dazzles in Ravel’s Piano Concerto.

David Bratman - December 4, 2017

The remarkable 12-year-old prodigy performs her own violin concerto with aplomb.

Ilana Walder-Biesanz - December 4, 2017

Strong performances lift an often-charming opera from sinking in its own syrup.

Andrew Gilbert - December 4, 2017

The jazz diva’s playful concert of SFJAZZ is just what you wished for this season.

Janice Berman - December 1, 2017

Not really ready to retire, the iconic ballerina trades in her toe shoes for a remarkable duet with choreographer Brian Brooks.

Janice Berman - November 27, 2017

The first American to join the Bolshoi Ballet relates the story of his rise, fall, and hard-won comeback.

Lisa Hirsch - November 23, 2017

Stellar performances and flashes of musical brilliance aren’t enough to lift an opera that tells too much and shows too little.

Richard S. Ginell - November 21, 2017

The show at the Valley Performing Arts Center in L.A. featured the New West Symphony and a lot of lesser-known musical highlights.