At BroadwaySF, Marianne Elliott’s take on George Furth and Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 musical about singledom versus marriage bursts with ripe, juicy fruits. Britney Coleman as Bobbie, Matthew Christian ...

Chronicle film critic emeritus Mick LaSalle also answers questions about the movies he has seen most often and catching your dad kissing someone else. “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” starring Noémie ...

A critic hated this box office smash, back after seven years. A ballet dancer loved it. As soon as the curtain fell, they discussed. Frances Chung, top, and Wei Wang in Liam Scarlett’s “Frankenstein.” ...

American inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) examining motion picture film threaded through one of his film projectors. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Thomas Edison’s experiments with moving ...

British filmmaker Steve McQueen, director of the Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave,” at Vesuvio Cafe in San Francisco on Dec. 4. His newest film, “Blitz,” set during World War II London, is streaming on ...

Halsey is treating San Francisco fans to a one-off intimate concert next month. But there’s a catch. The Grammy-nominated singer is putting on a special show exclusively for Wells Fargo Autograph ...

Nicki Minaj already kicked off her “Pink Friday 2” world tour in Oakland, but the rapper isn’t done with the Bay Area just yet. The “Starships” singer plans to take over San Francisco’s Chase Center ...

“Tenderness” is the word that keeps coming to mind while watching Alex Ketley’s “An Approximation of Resilience.” The dance is unfailingly, unflaggingly, extraordinarily tender. This is surprising, ...

For the past few days, I’ve been doing everything with Al Pacino. I’ve had him along on car rides, washed dishes with him, gone for walks, and I’ve enjoyed every minute. Thanks to his memoir, “Sonny ...

Mark Cousins’ documentary on Hitchcock’s craft lays out what makes the “master of suspense” one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. Alfred Hitchcock during his younger years in a still used in the ...

If you want to assess the career of Liza Minnelli, you have to look at her from four angles — as a singer, as a dancer, as a movie star and as Liza Minnelli, public personality. As a singer, she was ...

TheatreWorks’ production of Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon’s “Pride and Prejudice” sequel combines holiday confection, spicy debate and sumptuous visuals. The surprise arrival of Anne (Maggie ...