Book of Mormon, Looking, Need for Speed, Techies vs. Mission

Theater - Conrad Susa, versatile composer, dies at 78 Mr. Susa was the first composer to be commissioned by the late Lotfi Mansouri to write a new work for the San Francisco Opera.
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SF Theater Lore - ...The goat cart that carries disabled Porgy in the original version of "Porgy and Bess" is nowhere to be seen or used in "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" showing at the Golden Gate Theatre. Porgy is still disabled, but uses a cane and has a very severe limp. 
Perhaps one reason for this change is the history of Porgy's goat in San Francisco. Garrett Graham recalls the 1954 run of "Porgy and Bess," at the Curran. Graham was then a student at Lowell High School, and prone - with a close pal - to practical joking. When the show opened here, "we cased the Curran, and every night, the goat was kept in the west side alley. The night we struck, we gave the goat a huge chunk of Ex-Lax. And right on cue, when the goat goes onstage, wonderful results occurred. They had to stop for five minutes to clean up the stage." - Leah Garchik, SF Chronicle

Movies/TV - The State of Film Production in San Francisco for 2014 - "...Things are definitely on the upswing. We are issuing more and more permits and have more and more shooting days every month," said Ms.(Susannah Greason) Robbins. Indeed, the number of shooting days in San Francisco has risen by 25% in the third quarter of this year alone, according recent San Francisco Film Commission statistics. Nine large budget productions have shot here over the past year and a half — like MTV's "The Real World," Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine," and most recently, HBO's "Looking," and have brought a total of $2 million to the city in direct spending…." - fwd labs.com


VIDEO: Behind-the-Scenes of HBO's LOOKING, Starring Jonathan Groff - www.broadwayworld.com

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- Cinematographer of HBO's "Looking"






Need For Speed – Trailer

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Tech - Google tries pop-up stores

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