Saturday, January 4, 2025

Shows

I haven't written about the shows since 2021... ! There are too many so I've only included ones I loved and remember... 

Candlelight Open Air: Vivaldi's Four Seasons and More - quite beautiful once we were able to find it
Lu Rodriguez @ the Treehouse - magical night, strange and fun performance 
Rodrigo & Gabriela @ Mountain View Winery - lovely and impressive as always 
Glen Hansard @ Gundlach Bundschu Winery - emotional and perfect 
Nation of Language @ Independent - unexpected and fun! First show back in a venue
Dear San Francisco - first of many times I would see this show because it's EXCELLENT
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - OMG, the MAGIC!!! 
Berber dinner and show - very cool and intimate circus / belly dancing show
Anais Mitchell & Samantha Crain @ Chapel - sweet and memorable 
Dear San Francisco - take 2, excellent
Melancholy Play - this show was so fun, and the fight I built is a favorite for all time
Con Brio @ SF Jazz - love love love this iteration 
LoTR/Peripatetic Players - brilliant as always!! 
Aerial Arts Festival - excellent silks act to Enemy/Imagine Dragons 
Mask Monday - unexpected, so creative 
Man of God - great, and the fight work was great to see (not mine) 
Flower Pianos - lovely as always 
Cats @ SJ - delightful and beautifully performed 
Dear San Francisco - take 3, excellent 
Lykke Li @ Warfield - really beautifully staged 
Passengers @ ACT - really cool physical show 
Zach and Siah - great to work on, fight looked awesome, show was well done and provocative 
Harold Ray @ Stork - packed, always fun 
Superorganism @ August - great energy, youthful 
Cat Daddies - I don't usually include movies in this list, but ... this one 😻
MAX @ Filmore - so boy-band-eriffic
Bono @ Orpheum - I wasn't a Bono fan until this night, this show was so special and such a gift
Kid Koala Presents Storyville Mosquito - creative, touching, delightful, unique
Dear San Francisco - take 4, excellent 
Skegss - awesome surf rock band! 
Headlands @ ACT - captivating, enjoyable 
SIX @ Orpheum - beautifully performed
Poor Yella Rednecks - loved 
Car, the Garden - Korean, cute 
Absinthe @ Caesar's Palace - raunchy, so entertaining
Iluminate @ Strat - cute, fun, could use some stronger storytelling 
The Beatles Love @ Mirage - beautiful tribute, magic of cirque 
Sons of Moody - awesome! 
Peter Cat Recording Co - loooooved! moody, dreamy
Chinglish @ SF Playhouse - great, this theatre does consistently great work 
A Soldier's Play - fights looked great, performances were excellent 
Down in the Valley Music Festival - small and sweeet 
Tyler's band (can't remember the name) @ Eli's - I was craving this...Tyler back on drums 
Dear San Francisco - take 5, excellent
Mavericks' music festival - great music and surfing videos 
P!nk: Trustfall Tour - soul filling, incredible
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive - delightful
Dear San Francisco - take 6, excellent 
Devo! - SO FUN
Ms. Lauryn Hill & Fugees - !!awesome!! 
SFIHHDF - always great 
MJ @ Orpheum - loved, great tribute 
Bees & Honey - this show was really special
Big Data - wow! So thought provoking 
Cirque du Soleil: Kooza - excellent! the clowning, the wheel of death... ! 
39 Steps - really fun and wonderfully performed 
Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord - impactful journey back through covid 
Dear San Francisco - take 7, excellent
Best Available - I loved this show so much! The performances were delightful 
Macbeth - loved working with this group, the fights and performances were great
Magic Flute - the glitter! MZ is always so creative 
Thirty Six - fantastic! out of the box! 
Circus Center Showcase - inspiring! 

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

2024

I'm so grateful for the people who seem to make it through everything with me, for the opportunity to be creative, for the ability to travel, for a sweet and special man in my life, for Google -- that I'm still there and for how it keeps me on my toes, for the ability to move through some very hard situations and emotions with great support, for how much I've learned and grown, for the opportunity to see some great art, for some great time with family and friends, and that I was able to experience some truly spiritual and magical moments this year. Oh, and for those lovely people that make me smile and laugh for days 😂