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\u2018The Unfinished Work of Camille Claudel\u2019<\/p>\n
The People\u2019s Circus Theatre deploys physical theater and dance in tribute to a French Impressionist sculptor whose works scandalized the public. Written and directed by Felicity Hesed, this circus-inflected piece about an artist swimming against the mainstream gets a June 4-6 run at ODC Theater.<\/p>\n
Elim Chan at San Francisco Symphony<\/p>\n
San Francisco Symphony\u2019s newly announced music director, Elim Chan, may not be starting her gig till 2027, but locals can get an early taste with her June 5-6 program. The Hong Kong-born conductor will lead works by Mendelssohn, Wagner and Debussy, as well as Berlioz\u2019s song cycle \u201cLes Nuits d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9\u201d (\u201cSummer Nights\u201d) with the glorious mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke as soloist.<\/p>\n
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\u2018Elektra\u2019<\/p>\n
Richard Strauss\u2019 \u201cElektra,\u201d a tale of bloody intergenerational violence, returns to San Francisco Opera on June 7-27 in Keith Warner\u2019s thrilling night-at-the-museum production. Company Music Director Eun Sun Kim leads a promising cast at the War Memorial Opera House. Pro tip: Keep an eye on the videos playing before the opera starts.<\/p>\n
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Pink Floyd\u2019s \u2018The Dark Side of the Moon\u2019<\/p>\n
listening session One of the best-sounding recordings ever meets a top-shelf local listening room as Envelop presents Pink Floyd\u2019s \u201cThe Dark Side of the Moon\u201d twice on June 16. Audience members take off their shoes and sit quietly on the floor in a circle as the 1973 masterpiece is expertly mixed in a dark room and played over 32 surround-sound speakers.<\/p>\n
\u2018Arab Spring\u2019<\/p>\n
Siblings Dina and Yusef haven\u2019t seen each other in five years and their father for longer. Now that he\u2019s dead, they\u2019re supposed to go through his house and arrange an Islamic funeral for someone who\u2019s basically a stranger. In Golden Thread Productions and San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company\u2019s world premiere of Denmo Ibrahim\u2019s play, running June 19-July 12 at the Potrero Stage, a brother and sister finally hash it all out: inherited trauma, staying home versus leaving, as they piece together who their father was from coffee pots, rusty silverware and tape recordings.<\/p>\n
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\u2018Absolutely Science Fiction\u2019<\/p>\n
One aspect of the genius of authors Kurt Vonnegut and Ray Bradbury is their prescience. In the double bill, presented by Z Space\u2019s \u201cWord for Word,\u201d Vonnegut\u2019s highly irreverent \u201cThe Big Space F*ck\u201d sends potential humanity elsewhere to ensure its survival, while Bradbury\u2019s warning about relying too much on technology encompasses \u201cThe Veldt.\u201d Both stories, running at Z Below June 24-July 29, will assuredly guarantee intense dialogue long after the final bow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018Dracula\u2019<\/p>\n
Go goth July 1-8 when an internationally touring company brings this dance adaptation of Bram Stoker\u2019s vampiric tale to the Orpheum Theatre. Trailers promise a dynamic, Lloyd Webber-esque production, with stage pyrotechnics and a modern score that taps Bach, Rachmaninoff, Mussorgsky and more.<\/p>\n
\u2018Macbeth\u2019<\/p>\n
With the 2024 closure of California Shakespeare Theater, Santa Cruz Shakespeare \u2014 with its outdoor amphitheater nestled in a fog-draped eucalyptus grove \u2014 has become an even worthier destination for Bay Area Shakespeare fans. This summer, Paige Lindsey White, who triumphed equally as a comic Polonius and a heroic Pericles at the company in recent years, returns to the Grove at DeLaveaga Park from July 12-Aug. 30 as one of Shakespeare\u2019s most ruthless leading ladies. \u00a0<\/p>\n
George Brooks\u2019 70th birthday celebration<\/p>\n
Saxophonist George Brooks recently posted a picture of himself performing Terry Riley\u2019s \u201cIn C\u201d at The Freight as part of an all-star ensemble. Now the Bay Area Indo-jazz pioneer will headline his own birthday party on the same stage on July 17. The event reunites the Summit band with guitarist Fareed Haque and bassist Kai Eckhardt, of Garaj Mahal fame, and drummer Steve Smith, formerly of Journey, as well as percussionist Selvaganesh Vinayakram performing in place of the late Zakir Hussain.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Judgment of Paris\u2019<\/p>\n
San Francisco composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer\u2019s new opera is a comic reimagining of the classical-era incident that started the Trojan War. They reframe it through the lens of the historic 1976 Paris blind tasting that decisively proved Napa Valley wines equaled French wines. Commissioned by Festival Napa Valley, there\u2019s one performance only, at Charles Krug in St. Helena, on July 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n
An Evening with Sutton Foster & Kelli O\u2019Hara<\/p>\n
Between them, Broadway stars Sutton Foster and Kelli O\u2019Hara have three Tony Awards and countless accolades. The former has portrayed everyone from Marion \u201cThe Librarian\u201d Paroo in \u201cThe Music Man\u201d to Princess Fiona in \u201cShrek the Musical,\u201d while the latter has played Eliza Doolittle in \u201cMy Fair Lady\u201d and Anna in \u201cThe King and I.\u201d Their show on July 18 with the San Francisco Symphony will be an homage to a performance Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett did for CBS in 1962 and will draw on Broadway\u2019s songbook and more.<\/p>\n
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Ballet 22 will present its \u201cSummer Season\u201d program from July 25-26 at Fort Mason\u2019s\u00a0Cowell Theater in San Francisco.<\/p>\n
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Every summer this pickup company brings together male-identifying and nonbinary performers who dance on pointe, giving them a space outside conventional companies\u2019 gender norms to build technique and expand the ballet repertoire. This year\u2019s program, running July 25-26 at \u00a0Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture\u2019s Cowell Theater, includes a world premiere by former Lines Ballet member Keelan Whitmore, a selection of variations from the delightful and technically challenging 19th century ballet \u201cCoppelia,\u201d and a work by Miami-based Durante Verzola, whose inspired musicality recently landed him on Dance Magazine\u2019s coveted \u201c25 to Watch\u201d list.<\/p>\n
\u2018ODC Summer Sampler\u2019<\/p>\n
Whatever the weather, summer always reaches a peak at the esteemed company\u2019s annual showcase of new work. This year, ODC stalwart KT Nelson\u2019s \u201cNothing\u2019s Gonna Make Sense (Reflections on Grief)\u201d figures to touch some deeply embedded nerves. It shares the July 30-Aug. 2 bill with Co-Artistic Director Mia J. Chong\u2019s world premiere, a collaboration with her socially engaged company, EIGHT\/MOVES.<\/p>\n
\u2018A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u2019 outdoor staged reading<\/p>\n
Any visit to Filoli, the National Trust for Historic Preservation site in Woodside, is a rewarding one. But add one of Shakespeare\u2019s greatest comedies to the trip, and it\u2019s a must-see for even casual theater fans. Shakespeare Silicon Valley will present a staged reading of \u201cA Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u201d beneath Filoli\u2019s redwood trees on Aug. 12, placing the classic rom-com in an idyllic setting.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paige Lindsey White in the title role, front, and\u00a0Allie Pratt as Marina, from back left, Mike Ryan as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[329,331,2241,1472,101827,330,101,103,102,104,106,105,1058],"class_list":["post-331500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco","tag-arts-and-entertainment","tag-classical","tag-comedy","tag-dance","tag-datebook-guide","tag-music","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-headlines","tag-san-francisco-news","tag-sf","tag-sf-headlines","tag-sf-news","tag-theater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}