Subject: Musicals

• Theater Festival: SF Weekly Takes notes on the 4th Annual San Francisco Event

  July 25, 2007

• Starbucks the Great Satan?

  August 9, 2007

• Aisle Seat

  April 10, 1996

• Also Playing

  Our critics weigh in on local theater

  September 17, 2008

• Larceny Makes the World Go 'Round

  Bill English pilfers from Sam Mendes, with mixed results.

  September 3, 2008

• Also Playing

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  September 3, 2008

• Drowsy Chaperone is funny, but not filling

  August 6, 2008

• "Sweetie" Tanya Musical's Many Chefs Concoct Potent Dessert

  What if Sweeney Todd was a barista?

  January 16, 2008

• Director's Cut

  Tim Burton's gorgeously gruesome Sweeney Todd

  December 19, 2007

• Romance & Cigarettes

  November 21, 2007

• Also Playing

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  November 21, 2007

• The Color Purple Musical Colors Chloe Veltman Confused

  October 31, 2007

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  October 10, 2007

• Jane Sings

  Musical version of Jane Austen classic is mostly sweet, empty-calorie fare

  September 5, 2007

• The Big Voice: God or Merman?

  August 8, 2007

• Ho Humalong

  Comic musical delivers songs to remember, but goes on too long

  August 8, 2007

• Sondheim Kills Me

  June 27, 2007

• Face the Music

  Cabaret provides lots of energy, but not much story

  April 4, 2007

• Various Artists

  Company (2006 Broadway Revival Cast) (Nonesuch Records)

  March 7, 2007

• Pink Power

  This musical stage adaptation of the movie, like, totally rocks

  February 14, 2007

• The Wayback Machine

  Two Broadway blockbusters offer more than just nostalgia

  August 23, 2006

• Putting It Together

  Lean on plot, but full of the work of one of musical theater's greatest lyricists

  August 2, 2006

• Our critics weigh in on local theater

  July 5, 2006

• Spell Me

  The bee may be just a game, but in Putnam County we see a dark side, too

  March 29, 2006

• Defanged

  Like Anne Rice's novels, Lestat employs metaphysical chest-beating at the expense of storytelling

  January 18, 2006

• We Like the Night Life

  Bringing terror back to the Cabaret

  January 4, 2006

• My Life Is a Musical

  Infiltrator turns San Francisco into the backdrop of his very own Broadway production!

  October 12, 2005

• Encore

  Our critics weigh in on local theater

  June 15, 2005

• Rhythm Nation

  The passionate beat and sultry scene of Mambo overcome a weak script

  June 8, 2005

• Best Musical Revivals

  May 11, 2005

• Lemmon

  Canonizing John Lennon on Broadway undermines everything the artist stood for

  May 4, 2005

• Falsettoland

  A dark musical comedy about growing up in the 1980s

  April 20, 2005

• Brothers in Charms

  Minnie's Boys is worth reviving, despite its original flop

  April 13, 2005

• Sweet Sounds

  The music of Caroline, or Change may tell more of the story than its words do

  January 26, 2005

• The Opposite of Sex

  Despite attitude and humor, it's just another bland musical

  October 20, 2004

• Seen and Heard

  Translating Twain's tale into a musical even the deaf can enjoy

  June 23, 2004

• Encore

  Our critics weigh in on local theatre

  May 12, 2004

• Encore

  Our critics weigh in on local theatre

  May 5, 2004

• Encore

  Our critics weigh in on local theatre

  April 28, 2004

• Give Me Hed

  Before you head home for the holidays, join the other freaks for "A Hed-Wigged Out Xmas"

  December 17, 2003

• Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut

  No rhythm? Look lousy in a tutu? Fit right in at the Dance-Along Nutcracker

  December 4, 2002

• Contact

  This fusion of dance and musical theater is less innovative than its hype and more expensive than it needs to be

  June 6, 2001

• Just a Bowl Full of Sugar

  Whether you love or hate the original, Sing-A-Long Sound of Music has found its proper home

  February 7, 2001

• A Star Is Björk

  Lars von Trier delivers the Icelandic pop icon as a simple and tragic Dancer in the Dark

  October 4, 2000

• Bring in 'Da Bucks

  November 25, 1998

• Stage

  June 17, 1998

• Siamese Dream

  Now playing on the Great White Way: The King and I, Bring in 'da Noise ..., A Delicate Balance

  July 10, 1996

• Familiarity with Monty Python's movies doesn't breed fondness for Spamalot

  June 24, 2009

• Encore

  October 3, 2007

• Spanish Harlem Orchestra

  October 14, 2009