http://calitreview.com An arts and culture magazine. Thu, 24 May 2012 17:23:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://calitreview.com/25902 http://calitreview.com/25902#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 17:04:58 +0000 Ethan Kanfer http://calitreview.com/?p=25902 http://calitreview.com/25902/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/26086 http://calitreview.com/26086#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:35:06 +0000 Toba Singer http://calitreview.com/?p=26086 corrida if they find neither rhyme, reason, nor much musical innovation in Don Quixote: It is still that sampler of delicacies which, done right, can end the dance season on a crescendo, and on April 27, San Francisco Ballet surpassed all expectations! The fun begins when your companion of the evening points out querulously that there is a horse trailer parked at the stage door. You explain, “For the donkey.”]]> http://calitreview.com/26086/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/25584 http://calitreview.com/25584#comments Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:16:56 +0000 Toba Singer http://calitreview.com/?p=25584 The Four Temperaments, to music by Paul Hindemith. Daniel Deivison-Oliveira and Kristina Lind open the work, each offering an unfolding hand to the other. As she recreates the off-balance pas de deux, Lind carries the very texture of the Balanchine line—long-limbed, with generous extensions—inviting comparisons to Patricia Neary.]]> http://calitreview.com/25584/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/25259 http://calitreview.com/25259#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:32:51 +0000 Ethan Kanfer http://calitreview.com/?p=25259 The Book of Mormon taking irreverence to new heights and shows like American Idiot cranking up the power chords, any production of Superstar will have to rely on the score’s intrinsic qualities in order to compete for the attention of younger theatergoers. The good news is that the show’s construction holds up well.]]> http://calitreview.com/25259/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/25051 http://calitreview.com/25051#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:49:32 +0000 Geri Jeter http://calitreview.com/?p=25051 Raymonda Act III, the company re-stakes its claim as a classical company to be reckoned with.]]> http://calitreview.com/25051/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/24999 http://calitreview.com/24999#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:03:02 +0000 Lucy Butcher http://calitreview.com/?p=24999 http://calitreview.com/24999/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/24893 http://calitreview.com/24893#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:46:49 +0000 Toba Singer http://calitreview.com/?p=24893 http://calitreview.com/24893/feed 1 http://calitreview.com/24057 http://calitreview.com/24057#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:40:59 +0000 Geri Jeter http://calitreview.com/?p=24057 Beaux, set to Martinu's Concerto for Harpsichord (1935), is a gentle work created for the company men. In contrast to the usual bravura leaps and beats normally used to showcase talented male dancers, Beaux explores different territory. In a Peter-Pan-and-the-Lost-Boys manner, Morris has the men create a visual picture of the hidden, light-hearted youth inside, and the sunny, patterned costumes and backdrop by designer Isaac Mizrahi underpin Morris’s intent. The dancers were equally matched, equally wonderful.]]> http://calitreview.com/24057/feed 1 http://calitreview.com/23911 http://calitreview.com/23911#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:48:48 +0000 Hanna Oldsman http://calitreview.com/?p=23911 DGV seems to me largely dependent on how irritating one finds Michael Nyman's driving minimalist score. The piece (MGV: Musique à Grande Vitesse) was composed at the request of a European railroad company; and if Nyman's music may at first express the ratcheting excitement of being propelled forward at high-speeds, it soon comes to convey instead the tedium of a long train ride. ]]> http://calitreview.com/23911/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/23558 http://calitreview.com/23558#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:29 +0000 Geri Jeter http://calitreview.com/?p=23558 http://calitreview.com/23558/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/23295 http://calitreview.com/23295#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:25:33 +0000 K. W. Jeter http://calitreview.com/?p=23295 http://calitreview.com/23295/feed 1 http://calitreview.com/22216 http://calitreview.com/22216#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:52:25 +0000 Ethan Kanfer http://calitreview.com/?p=22216 http://calitreview.com/22216/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/22407 http://calitreview.com/22407#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 03:07:42 +0000 Geri Jeter http://calitreview.com/?p=22407 http://calitreview.com/22407/feed 2 http://calitreview.com/21884 http://calitreview.com/21884#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:56:22 +0000 Ethan Kanfer http://calitreview.com/?p=21884 Private Lives. Cattrall and Gross, who both sport impressive theatrical résumés in addition to their IMDB credits, are perfectly at home with Coward’s pacing, elegance and theatricality. At the same time, they wisely steer clear of old school stiffness or stock deliveries of the play’s well known zingers.]]> http://calitreview.com/21884/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/21678 http://calitreview.com/21678#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:40:41 +0000 Ethan Kanfer http://calitreview.com/?p=21678 http://calitreview.com/21678/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/21585 http://calitreview.com/21585#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:16:49 +0000 Ethan Kanfer http://calitreview.com/?p=21585 Beautiful City, in which Christ speaks not of a kingdom of heaven awaiting us after death, but of faith in the possibility of a better world here on earth. The pained relationship between Jesus and Judas Iscariot is played with moving delicacy by Parrish and Smith. The crucifixion scene, which could easily have been cringeworthy, is instead cathartic and powerful, thanks in part to the way David Weiner lights its Rembrandt-like tableau.]]> http://calitreview.com/21585/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/21406 http://calitreview.com/21406#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:00:25 +0000 Andi Stover http://calitreview.com/?p=21406 Chinglish, the new biting comedy of manners that depicts the gulf between Chinese and American cultures through the misadventures of language in translation.]]> http://calitreview.com/21406/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/21344 http://calitreview.com/21344#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:32:25 +0000 Lucy Butcher http://calitreview.com/?p=21344 Star Wars, one of the most well-known compositions in the modern music repertoire. There were a couple of encores, including the theme from Indiana Jones and the “Imperial March,” or Darth Vadar’s theme, from Star Wars, which drew cheers from fans and a standing ovation.]]> http://calitreview.com/21344/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/21058 http://calitreview.com/21058#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:45:01 +0000 Ethan Kanfer http://calitreview.com/?p=21058 Honeymoon Motel, young bride Nina Roth (Ari Graynor) enters a gaudy roadside inn with not-so-young novelist Jerry Spector (Steve Guttenberg). They’re excited to get away from all the wedding hoopla and take pleasure in simple joys like pizza and tacky furniture. Obviously, this is no typical pair of newlyweds. In fact, as it is soon revealed, they aren’t a couple at all. Nina was betrothed to Jerry’s stepson, but has run off with Jerry in an impulsive moment.]]> http://calitreview.com/21058/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/20869 http://calitreview.com/20869#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:20:51 +0000 Lucy Butcher http://calitreview.com/?p=20869 http://calitreview.com/20869/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/20566 http://calitreview.com/20566#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:20:54 +0000 Hanna Oldsman http://calitreview.com/?p=20566 http://calitreview.com/20566/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/20479 http://calitreview.com/20479#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:35:44 +0000 Hanna Oldsman http://calitreview.com/?p=20479 Ocean's Kingdom joins a growing pile of choreographic train wrecks (a drab revival of Seven Deadly Sins and the vapid For the Love of Duke were last years' attempts to bring in new audiences), it seems NYCB is more concerned with ticket sales than artistic integrity. There are certainly many composers and choreographers, young and established, who are doing exciting work, and looking for work. Why not give them, and the audience, a chance?]]> http://calitreview.com/20479/feed 1 http://calitreview.com/20242 http://calitreview.com/20242#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:21:52 +0000 Hanna Oldsman http://calitreview.com/?p=20242 http://calitreview.com/20242/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/19945 http://calitreview.com/19945#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:46:55 +0000 Andi Stover http://calitreview.com/?p=19945 Follies, however, the Broadway revival creates the perfect situation to reflect on the musical's themes of regret, nostalgia, and getting older. With a book by James Goldman and music and lyrics by Sondheim, song and story intertwine to reveal that a show-stopping musical number is the only way these characters can express who they really are.]]> http://calitreview.com/19945/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/19971 http://calitreview.com/19971#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:52:12 +0000 Geri Jeter http://calitreview.com/?p=19971 Heart of a Soldier at San Francisco Opera, the creators chose to concentrate on the personal story of Morgan Stanley's security head Rick Rescorla, whose actions led over 2,700 World Trade Center South Tower workers to safety, only to lose his own life when he reentered the building to search for stragglers. The opera focuses on his journey from childhood in Cornwall, England, to his role in the tragic events on 9/11. An exploration of a life that culminated in those heroic actions is a story worth examining. Unfortunately, it was poorly told.]]> http://calitreview.com/19971/feed 3 http://calitreview.com/17903 http://calitreview.com/17903#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:02:28 +0000 Hanna Oldsman http://calitreview.com/?p=17903 La Sylphide and the third act of Napoli. ]]> http://calitreview.com/17903/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/17851 http://calitreview.com/17851#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:27:33 +0000 Hanna Oldsman http://calitreview.com/?p=17851 http://calitreview.com/17851/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/17679 http://calitreview.com/17679#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:12:19 +0000 Hanna Oldsman http://calitreview.com/?p=17679 http://calitreview.com/17679/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/16278 http://calitreview.com/16278#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 10:33:29 +0000 Hanna Oldsman http://calitreview.com/?p=16278 http://calitreview.com/16278/feed 0 http://calitreview.com/15735 http://calitreview.com/15735#comments Sat, 07 May 2011 02:16:56 +0000 Geri Jeter http://calitreview.com/?p=15735 http://calitreview.com/15735/feed 1