For Immediate Release MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS CONDUCTS CHEYENNE JACKSON, ALEXANDRA SILBER AND THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY AND CHORUS IN THE FIRST-EVER COMPLETE CONCERT PERFORMANCES OF BERNSTEIN’S  WEST SIDE STORY JUNE 27-30 & JULY 2, 2013 Performances to be recorded for future release on SFS Media in 2014 SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, 2013 – Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) and the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) will be the first orchestra to perform Leonard Bernstein’s complete music for the musical West Side Story live in concert in five performances June 27-30 and July 2 at Davies Symphony Hall. These complete concert performances...

For Immediate Release   MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS, THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY AND THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUS RELEASE RECORDING OF BEETHOVEN’S SYMPHONY NO. 9 ON APRIL 9, 2013   Recording features soloists Erin Wall, soprano; Kendall Gladen, mezzo-soprano; William Burden, tenor; and Nathan Berg, bass April 2, 2013 - On Tuesday, April 9, 2013, Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT), the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus will release a hybrid SACD recording of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on SFS Media, the Orchestra’s in-house label.  The recording is part of MTT & the SFS’ multi-season multi-year focus on performing...

For Immediate Release MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS AND THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY WIN 2013 GRAMMY AWARD Recording of music by Bay Area composer John Adams wins for Best Orchestral Performance SAN FRANCISCO, February 10 – Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) and the San Francisco Symphony’s (SFS) live concert recording of works by Bay Area composer and longtime collaborator John Adams has won a 2013 Grammy® Award today in the category of Best Orchestral Performance. The recording of Harmonielehre and Short Ride in a Fast Machine was released in March 2012 in conjunction with the Orchestra’s month-long American Mavericks festival and...

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY AND MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS ANNOUNCE 2013-14 SEASON CONCERT PROGRAMS, EVENTS, AND RECORDINGS   ·         Season highlights include a four-week celebration of the Benjamin Britten centenary, including MTT leading semi-staged performances of Peter Grimes and Four Sea Interludes with original co-commissioned video, and anniversary performances of War Requiem   ·         Tilson Thomas conducts three weeks of programs pairing the music of Beethoven with Project San Francisco composer Mason Bates, to be recorded for SFS Media   ·         Pianist Yuja Wang and composer Mason Bates are Project San Francisco artists   ·         Pablo Heras-Casado leads two-week festival pairing music by Thomas Adès and Mendelssohn   ·         SFS launches series of new music experiences with...

For Immediate Release MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS & THE SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY’S EAST COAST TOUR FEATURES PERFORMANCES AT CARNEGIE HALL, KENNEDY CENTER & NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, MARCH 20-23 Concert programs include Mahler’s Symphony No. 9, Brahms’s Symphony No. 1, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with Yuja Wang, and the New York premiere of Samuel Carl Adams’s SF Symphony co-commission Drift and Providence New York, NY (February 5) – Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) and the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) will perform four concerts on their 2013 East Coast tour from March 20 to 23, with performances in New York...

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA PRESENTS SUMMER 2013 SEASON JUNE 5 TO JULY 7, WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE   New production of Offenbach’s Les Contes d'Hoffmann starring Matthew Polenzani and Natalie Dessay opens the Summer Season June 5   Mozart’s Così fan tutte, conducted by Music Director Nicola Luisotti, opens June 9   World Premiere of Mark Adamo’s The Gospel of Mary Magdalene starring Sasha Cooke and Nathan Gunn opens June 19   For tickets, call (415) 864-3330 or visit sfopera.com     SAN FRANCISCO, CA (January 25, 2013)—San Francisco Opera’s Summer 2013 Season opens June 5 with the San Francisco debut of a dynamic new co-production of Jacques...

  Review: 12/23/12 The Best of Enemies written by Mark St. Germain is now at the Florida Studio Theater. It is based on a true 1971 story and book by Osha Gray Davis about two diametrically opposed antagonists, C. P. Ellis, exalted cyclops of the Ku Klux Klan and Ann Atwater, African-American civil rights activist. They are brought together by Bill Riddick, a Federal Mediator sent by the Department of Education,to oversee a community discussion group for the purpose of calming the community and making a smoother path toward desegregation of schools. Under the direction of Richard Hopkins, the actors and...

The Velveteen Rabbit produced by Enchantment Theater Company performed at the Brooklyn Center for Performing Arts at Brooklyn College November 11, 2012 is based on Margery Williams classic story about a stuffed toy rabbit who is loved by a young boy and evolves into a real rabbit. "When a child loves you for a long, long time,...then you become real" says the wise Skin Horse in the boy's play room. The story comes to life with an innovative production that includes an original musical score by Don Sebesky and lyrics by Gloria Nissonson. The adaptation is a faithful telling of the...

Shalom Dammit! An Evening with Rabbi Sol Solomon at the Roy Arias Theater Center, NYC. August 2nd Rabbi Sol rants, rages, sings and dances to present his opinions on Jewishness, World Religions, the Middle East, and bodily functions with high energy, versatility, and humor. Conceived, co-written and directed by Dave Lefkowitz, Rabbi Solomon along with piano accompanist Richard Shore keeps the audience laughing as he kvetches through his passionate sermon about what it means to be a Jew. Such songs as "Yeshiva Boy", "I Know What Goys Like" and "You Wanna Be a Jew" are clever and funny. His satire and...