Chanticleer, 12 High School Choirs at Davies Hall

Preparing the next generation The Bay Area’s beloved Chanticleer, a vocal powerhouse and National Treasure, proved their mettle with their ambitious new educational program. Inviting 12 choirs from across the country, including the Piedmont High School A Cappella Choir, they held four days of intensive workshops that culminated in a joint concert at Davies Symphony Hall. The concert was a thing of swooning beauty. But the heart lay in the grit of the...

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‘The Little Mermaid’ at SF Ballet

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="468"] Yuan Yuan Tan and Lloyd Riggins in The Little Mermaid, photo by Eric Tomasson[/caption] The blue world of unrequited love “The Little Mermaid” has been adapted many times in many...

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Ain’t Misbehavin” at San Jose Rep

Fun and naughty from a by-gone era ... When Christopher Morgan appears suspended above the sets of the San Jose Repertory’s current production of Ain’t Misbehavin’, he’s shirtless, his pants held up (just) by a pair...

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