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Experience our ongoing series of articles and multi-media features showcasing on-stage and behind-the-scenes stories and events. To keep you directly connected, we go on location to get backstage stories about every SHN show.

 

SHN CHOICE

12/5/2011

Guarantee your seats to 3, 4, 5 or all 6 shows today.

The choice is all yours.

It's simple. Choose any combination of three or more shows from these spectacular productions and save up to 30% off single ticket prices.

 


JOIN THE MOVEMENT AT EPARTY.SHNSF.COM

10/26/2011

Dig this, everyone.

SHN is launching the Hair eParty - a unique interactive experience for theater-goers attending the revival of Hair, opening tonight at San Francisco's Golden Gate Theatre and playing through November 20.

During the show's famous finale, audience members are invited onstage to dance alongside the cast of Hair.

You read that right.
You. On Stage. Dancing. With the Cast.

 


The Hair Tribe

9/7/2011


In this video, three members of the HAIR tribe take a break from the Broadway stage to talk about San Francisco, the sixties and hidden talents.

Click here to watch and enjoy.

 

 


The Curran Chandelier

9/1/2011


Introducing SHN UNSCRIPTED, an original video series that gives you an inside look at the personalities of SHN. From the theatres themselves, to the staff backstage and performers on stage, Unscripted reveals the character of our cast of characters.

First up, the Curran Chandelier.

Click here to watch.

 


Q & A with HAIR Director Diane Paulus

8/9/2011


Acclaimed director Diane Paulus talks about reimagining the theatrical cult classic HAIR  that changed the face of Broadway when in debuted in 1967. Her Tony Award-winning production explodes onto the Curran Theatre stage this Fall.

 


Richard III featuring Kevin Spacey
Special Limited Engagement

8/8/2011


SHN presents The Bridge Project production of RICHARD III by William Shakespeare featuring Kevin Spacey with Sam Mendes directing. The SHN presentation in San Francisco is the only other US city outside New York where RICHARD III will play on its international tour. This special limited engagement runs October 19-29 at the Curran Theatre.

 


FELA! 7th Show
in 2011-2012 Season Announced

8/2/2011


FELA! directed by Bill T. Jones, is a provocative hybrid of dance, theatre and music exploring the extravagant world of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti. The show, an international sensation having been performed in three continents will play the Curran Theatrel Nov. 15 – Dec. 11 as part of th 2011-2012 SHN season.

 


THE MAKING OF A MUSICAL: BILLY SCREEN TO STAGE

7/27/2011


When Elton John saw the movie Billy Elliot, he immediately knew it had to be a musical onstage.  Convincing the film's director, screenwriter and choeographer to join him on this creative journey took some doing, but Elton John prevailed and a musical was born. The creative team talks about taking Billy from screen to stage.

 


Q & A with Brian Henson

7/19/2011


Q & A with Brian Henson, Chairman of The Jim Henson Company and award-winning director, producer, writer and puppeteer talking about STUFFED AND UNSTRUNG playing a limited engagement Aug. 18 - 27 at the Curran Theatre.

 


Stuffed and Unstrung
Limited Engagement

7/13/2011


SHN and SF Sketchfest present STUFFED AND UNSTRUNG, a night of uncensored mayhem when puppets with no limits are set loose live onstage doing comedy improv. Created by award-winning director, producer, writer and performer Brian Henson and featuring The Miskreant Puppets STUFFED AND UNSTRUNG plays a limited engagement of only 10 performances August 18 through 27 at the Curran Theatre.

 


Billy Elliot in the News

6/28/2011


Check out all the stories and rave reviews out there about
BILLY ELLIOT the Musical

 


Billy Elliot: It's Not Just Ballet

6/14/2011


Billy Elliot the Musical
is the story of a young boy's dream to dance ballet.  But choreographer Peter Darling features many diverse forms of dance and movement to tell this story. Billy Elliot The Musical celebrates all forms of dance.

 


Q & A with Bonnie Hughes

6/14/2011


Q & A with Bonnie Hughes, Studio Teacher to the Stars as she joins the company of Billy Elliot the Musical. A certified teacher, Bonnie will oversee all the children in the company during the 3 month San Francisco engagement.

 


Podcast with BILLY ELLIOT Children's Casting Director

6/14/2011

Meet Nora Brennan, the children's casting director for the North American productions of the blockbuster musical BILLY ELLIOT. She explains the audition process and reveals what they look for in a young dancer when they are casting the lead role of Billy.

 


The Insider's Guide to the 2011-2012 SHN Season

5/18/2011


Discover little known, if unknown altogether, facts about the shows in the upcoming 2011-2012 SHN Season. Who knew that Diane Keaton was in the original production of Hair or that there is a Universal Cheerleading Association or that Green Day's American Idiot started as a concept album or that Les Miz has been translated into 21 languages including Estonian or that it takes three puppeteers to operate the war horse. And there's more.

 


Q & A with BILLY ELLIOT Actor Daniel Russell

5/18/2011


Meet Daniel Russell, one of the five multi-talented young dancers who rotate in the starring role of the Tony Award-winning hit musical, Billy Elliot. Life on the road can be grueling but not for this 15-year-old from Australia who is getting a kick out of traveling around the U.S.

 


Listen in to BACKSTAGE


BACKSTAGE is the SHN podcast series. Almost 100 episodes on all the shows we present-from musical introductions to interviews with members of the creative teams to on location backstage visits.

 


Q & A with SHN Artistic Director Carole Shorenstein Hays


For the past 30 years, Carole Shorenstein Hays has been bringing important and dynamic theater to Broadway Bay Area audiences.

 


Show Business to Business


SHN has the lead role in stimulating the local economy when the curtain goes up at the Curran, Orpheum, and Golden Gate theatres.  Area restaurants, bars, hotels, shops, and theatre service businesses all get into the act. 

 


Q & A with Broadway Show Orchestrator William Brohn


How is a composer’s score fleshed out for an entire orchestra? You find out when you meet Tony Award-winning musical arranger and orchestrator Bill Brohn. 

 


Swing Shift

Learn the challenge and thrill of being a "swing". 

 


Very Superstitious


"Good Luck" is bad luck so pinch me instead. Discover theatre superstitions.

 


Q & A with Head Carpenter Joe Crowley



Meet Joe Crowley, Head Carpenter for the Orpheum Theatre.