Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened May 18, 2011
Closed Jul 31, 2011
Opened May 18, 2011
Closed Jul 31, 2011
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Three decades after Armistead Maupin mesmerized millions with his daily column in the city's newspapers, detailing the lives and (multiple) loves of Mary Ann, Mouse, Mona, Brian, and their beloved but mysterious landlady, Mrs. Madrigal, his iconic San Francisco saga comes home as a momentous new musical from the Tony Award-winning creators of Avenue Q (librettist Jeff Whitty and director Jason Moore) and the musical minds behind the glam-rock phenomenon Scissor Sisters (composers Jake Shears and John Garden).
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
A work in progress with a future
As part of my theater bender in SF, saw this, too. A lot of professionals have said a lot of things better than I can. I will add that this definitely has a future. Obviously from strong source material, with a strong team behind it, this can probably trim down to a serious Broadway contender.
Reviewed by davidhillman
on Friday, Jun 24th, 2011
RE:I'm on a San Francisco theater bender
OK, this is a work-in-progress. But, really, how can you go wrong with the talent behind this production? "Dear Mama" is a real tear-jerker. ACT should be congratulated on keeping some energy in the world of new musicals.
Reviewed by JDoherty366
on Thursday, Jun 23rd, 2011
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San Francisco continues its love affair with the denizens of 28 Barbary Lane in
Tales of the City, the new musical adaptation of Armistead Maupin's novels, now debuting at the American Conservatory Theater.
As a stage work, Tales mostly succeeds in standing on its own rather than simply riding slavishly on the coattails of the popular miniseries. However, the show's creative team, led by director Jason Moore, still needs to iron out some bumps for the work to be an unqualified triumph.
The biggest challenge they face is simply the enormous amount of story to tell. Maupin wrote densely plotted, multi-character stories, and librettist Jeff Whitty gamely tries to fit them all in to his thre[...]