Its emphasis on breaking past barriers to discover hope and redemption has made me a fan of Songs for a New World since it first appeared. It's...
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‘The Jewelry Box’: A Note from the Artistic Director
More than ten years ago, our late amazing publicist, Anne Abrams, introduced us to Brian Copeland and got me on his weekly radio show to promote our...
Continue Reading →‘Art’: A Note from the Artistic Director
When Art was first produced on Broadway 22 years ago, it was a brilliant fable about male friendship. An affectionate satire, written by a woman,...
Continue Reading →From the Empathy Gym – August 2020
The Reports of Theatre’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated. Is the theatre really dead? – Paul Simon When Mark Twain wrote his famous...
Continue Reading →From the Empathy Gym – July 2020
Empathy Into Action We hoped the coronavirus pandemic would teach us something. Surely, some good would come from the fact that it has touched all...
Continue Reading →From the Empathy Gym – May 2020
Essential Business We’ve been hearing a lot about essential businesses that have needed to be open during our “shelter in place” period....
Continue Reading →Notes from the Empathy Gym – April 2020
Right about now, I’m sure many of us are feeling pretty small, isolated, many of us alone, feeling defeated by a microscopic single cell...
Continue Reading →Real Women Have Curves: A Note from the Artistic Director
Thirty years ago, in San Francisco at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Real Women Have Curves by Josefina López was given its world...
Continue Reading →From the Empathy Gym – March 2020
A Line in the Sand All around us, the situation seems dire. The fundamental ties that bind us humans together—family, community, shared beliefs,...
Continue Reading →From the Empathy Gym – February 2020
In our January newsletter, we made six resolutions San Francisco Playhouse promises to keep this year. I thought it might be fun to go into a bit...
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