Posts Tagged ‘singing’
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Actually, Harvey is Tevye the Dairyman, but you know what I mean. Now let’s say that you have $30 – maybe you worked for it, or you just got your unemployment check, or that trust fund came through - it doesn’t matter. I’d have no qualms about directing you to use that dough to go see old-school Fiddler on the Roof at SHN’s bustling Golden Gate Theatre before the show ships out on February 21st.
Might take you a few moments to adjust to his famous voice, so there you go. No matter, Harvey is hilarious, he raises the roof, he’s the real deal.
Our Golden Gate single handedly puts the theatre into the Theatre District. The roomy seats give the big-boned and long-femured of us plenty of kneeroom compared what they have at the nearby Orpheum:
And if you see the show tonight, you’ll also get to see elements of the Westboro Baptist Church in some sort of protest out front as you’re walking in. Bonus.
See you there!
[UPDATE: And now, you can go there two hours before the show to try to get nonresellable $30 rush tickets, which I'm guessing would be for better-than-average seats. Anyway, the deets on that, after the jump.]
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Tags: 1, 2010, 6th, address, broadway, Dance, February, fiddler, fiddler on the roof, ggt, golden gate, golden gate theatre, harvey fierstein, harvey firestein, harvey firestien, january, jones, market, play, roof, San Francisco, shn, show, singing, song, street, tevye, theater, tickets
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
Oh man, the scalpers on craigslist are already at full speed, but I just now found out that Harvey Fierstein will star in Fiddler on the Roof from January 27th to February 21st at SHN’s grand, stylish and palatial Golden Gate Theatre.
It’s going to be mega.
What’s that, you have a few concerns about Harvey as Tevye? Well then read on, below.
Here’s interviewer Boris Kachka’s recent Q&A with the feisty Fierstein:
Q. Some people have been asking, “Can Harvey actually sing in a serious role like this?” You were playing Hairspray’s Edna for comedy, after all.
A. If I had played Edna for laughs, I don’t think I would have gotten the Tony. So that’s people’s prejudice, and to me that’s just stupid.
Q. What about when people say you’re too raspy?
A. You know, Boris, you’re asking me questions that are really pissing me off. What a stupid thing to say. It’s like saying Shelley Winters is too fat to play—that’s who I am.
O.K. then.
It’s his dream role, after all.
Will spending your $30 to see Fiddler from the side balcony be a better investment than the $15 it’ll take to go see headache-inducing Avatar in 3D?
Yes, probably.
See you there at the GGT!
Tags: 1, 2010, 6th, address, broadway, Dance, February, fiddler, fiddler on the roof, ggt, golden gate, golden gate theatre, harvey fierstein, harvey firestein, harvey firestien, january, jones, market, play, roof, San Francisco, shn, show, singing, song, street, tevye, theater, tickets
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
This was the scene last night on Sutter and Hyde in San Francisco’s Tenderloin (aka Tender Nob, aka “Theatre”) District last night just after the New York Yankees won the World Series. With all the boisterousness, passersby could tell that some kind of mayhem was afoot even from a block away.
And then when the crowd started belting out “New York, New York,” well, you started to suspect that Yelp-rated Ace’s Bar just might have a New York theme.
“Welcome to the Bronx Zoo” juxtaposed with “Quiet Please“ - Click to expand:
Neon signs celebrating both the Yankees and the Mets:
Owners Scott and Barbi beseech you to “Get your ass to Ace’s”
“With inexpensive prices and the cleanest bathrooms in the city, Aces brings the unique vibe of NY to the laid back streets of San Francisco.”
So, when you pine for Fair Gotham, Get Your Ass to Ace’s post-haste.
It’ll soon become your little piece of 10001 in the 94109.
Tags: 10001, 94102, 94109, 998, 998 sutter, aces, bar, california, celebration, Championship, crowd, game, hyde, mets, new york, pennsylvania, Philadelphia, phillies, San Francisco, singing, sports, street, sutter, tenderloin, TV, world series, yankees
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Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Remember South Pacific? You know, the play at the Golden Gate Theatre that just opened up last month? Well the tour is blowing town in three short weeks. So get your tickets now to this sensational production, one that earned Editor’s Pick and WILD APPLAUSE (that’s what the San Francisco Chronicle titles the icon of the freshly updated Little Man when he excitedly hops up on his seat to give a standing ovation) in the Review from Chronicle Theatre Critic Robert Hurwitt.
Now usually when I’m at one of the SHN: Broadway in San Francisco theatres, I’m the uncouth east end boy escorting a West End Girl to something very girly like Legally Blonde: The Musical. But Bartlett Sher’s South Pacific is something-for-everybody old-school, so that was new to me. It’s a fantastic show, can’t see how you wouldn’t like it.
With rush tickets priced at $25, SP can be cheaper than admission to this weekend’s Oktoberfest By the Bay.
And check it, San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar is a fan. Bonus.
And let’s hear it for the 25-piece orchestra playing the original score:
Apparently, Yelp doesn’t do plays yet, so the happy fun slander SFGate commenters will have to pinch hit. And here’s a review from Jay Barmann at SFist.
All right, see you there!
Tags: 1, 2, 2009, fleet week, golden gate theatre, nurse, october 25th, party, play, San Francisco, shn, singing, song, south pacific, theatre, there is nothing like a dame, tickets
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Friday, September 25th, 2009
This was the scene last night at the Fleet Week 2009 Fundraising Cruise and Celebration on Pier 3’s California Hornblower right after comedian and Sunset District resident Will Durst introduced castmembers from the Golden Gate Theatre’s Tony Award-winning smash hit South Pacific.
After this, partygoers went for a cruise on San Francisco Bay, leaving the Death of Fun crowd back on dry land. All to raise money for the upcoming Fleet Week 2009 coming to town next month. Click to expand:
Just look at all these mens singing There is Nothing Like a Dame (Hello Nurse! at 3:10).
Other personalities on hand included George Michalski, David Nail, Madame Molotova, Paul Hayward, David Nail, and Ron Bunn.
Will this fundraising cruise and party become an annual event?
Stay tuned…
Tags: 2009, boat, cruise, David Nail, fleet week, George Michalski, Madame Molotova, nurse, party, Paul Hayward, pier 3, Ron Bunn, San Francisco, singing, song, south pacific, there is nothing like a dame, will durst
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Thursday, June 4th, 2009
Election night for the race to follow Supervisor Chris Daly in San Francisco’s District 6 is only 500-something days away, so it’s time for campaigns to get starting. This was the scene last night, when Debra Walker hosted a Karaoke Night (pronounce that “Carry Okie” or “Kara Okay” – your choice, that’s your right as an American) at the Cat Club in the SoMA.
Read all about it, with accounts from Linda Post and Luke Thomas
With Supervisor David Campos:
When: June 3, 2009 – Wednesday
6 to 9 p.m.
Where: Cat Club, 1190 Folsom Street, San Francisco, Ca.
What: Support Debra Walker for Supervisor in District Six by singing your heart out!. Come to karaoke fundraiser and help Debra Walker meet her goals!. The first 100 people to donate $50. or more will get a handmade ceramic Debra Walker button made by San Francisco artist Karen Koltonnow. Event hosted by Jaynry Mak
Fashion touches included white ceramic buttons and belt buckle flair.
Good luck, Debra!
Tags: 1190, board, cat club, club, dccc, debra Walker, district 6, election, folsom, fundraiser, karaoke, kat, party, singing, soma, south of market, south of the slot, Supervisor, tenderloin, treasure island
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Friday, January 30th, 2009
ABC7 KGO TV”s I-Team, featuring chief investigative reporter Dan Noyes, brings news of a settlement in San Francisco’s Baker’s Dozen / News Year’s Bash / Gleegate incident from a couple years back. The question at the time was “what’s up with Ken Garcia“?
That was a reference to this column from January 2007: Ken Garcia: Politics bubble beneath Yale Baker’s Dozen case, which provided justification for what happened to the Baker’s Dozen. The trouble with this is today’s news of the statements from San Francisco locals Richard Aicardi and Brian Dwyer, who both go:
“There is no justification for what happened to the Baker’s Dozen.“
Yale’s Baker’s Dozen, during happier times:
So that’s the danger when you set up a straw man argument, one involving “singing saints” and “Catholic school thugs” – you might not be able to knock it down.
Lesson learned.
Tags: 2006, 2007, 2009, a cappella, aicardi, bakers dozen, Brian Dwyer, california, cathedral, catholic, catholic shool thugs, club, dick, dwyer, glee, high school, ken garcia, new years eve, Richard Aicardi, richmond, Sacred Heart, saint ignatius, San Francisco, Sharyar Aziz, singing, St. Ignatius, university, yale
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