John Sullivan has been an editor and writer for newspapers, magazines, and websites on both coasts since the 1980s, including the New York Daily News, the San Francisco Chronicle, and an online start-up for the Wall Street Journal. He resides on his ranch in Northern California.
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Television Sometimes a good documentary merely confirms what is generally feared to be true. But as any government official (or journalist) will acknowledge, confirmation is not an easy task. Layers of nuance and obfuscation have to be scrubbed away before the ...
MusicSan Francisco, CA Near the end of Act I of this decidedly comic British production of “Partenope,” in its company premiere at San Francisco Opera, a breeze wafts through an open window, billowing the diaphanous curtain in seductive swirls. That undulating fabric is ...
Television While America frets over a potential Ebola outbreak in Texas, another crisis already plagues the country's health-care system: bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics are cropping up in hospitals nationwide. These superbugs infect more than 2 million patients annually, ...
DanceCA, Choreographers past and present were on display in two recent programs from San Francisco Ballet, and their defining styles (or lack thereof) gave audiences a broad canvas of talent and themes to contemplate. Program 2 (seen Feb. 27) opened ...
Theater Michael Anderson and Krystel Lucas (foreground, left and right) in The Old Globe's "The Merchant of Venice"Photo by Michael Lamont ‘The Merchant of Venice’ By William ShakespeareDirected by Adrian NobleThe Old Globe, San DiegoJune 9 – Sept. ...
Theater Michael McKean in "Yes, Prime Minister" at the Geffen PlayhousePhoto by Michael Lamont ‘Yes, Prime Minister’ By Antony Jay and Jonathan LynnDirected by Jonathan LynnThe Geffen Playhouse, Los AngelesThrough July 14, 2013 Take wine, for example. ...
Theater ‘George Gershwin Alone’ Book by Hershey FelderMusic and lyrics by George and Ira GershwinDirected by Joel ZwickBerkeley Repertory TheatreJune 8-July 7, 2013 It’s short and sweet and like some paradoxical party where everybody has a great ...
Theater From left, Lloyd Pedersen, Evan L. Smith and Bert Emmett in "Someone Who'll Watch Over Me"Photo by Sherry Netherland ‘Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me’ By Frank McGuinnessDirected by Gregg T. DanielProduced by Laura CokerLonny Chapman Theatre, North ...
Theater Pamela J. Gray (left) and Katie MacNichol in "Fallen Angels" at The Pasadena PlayhousePhoto by Jim Cox 'Fallen Angels' By Noel CowardDirected by Art MankeThe Pasadena Playhouse, Pasadena, Calif.Feb. 3-24, 2013 "Fallen Angels," written by Noel Coward in ...
Theater 'The Morini Strad' Written by Willy HoltzmanDirected by Stephanie VlahosThe Colony Theatre Company, Burbank, Calif.Nov. 17 – Dec. 16, 2012 As Mariette Hartley bowed gracefully to a standing ovation at the curtain for “The Morini Strad,” I was ...
