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December 15 - 21, 2000
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A Strong GameCurtains up for the third annual Festival of American playwrights of Color
The Diego Rivera Theater nestles amongst City College of San Francisco’s squat utility buildings. An impressive mural by the theater’s namesake colors the foyer. The depictions of Inca jewelry makers and Spanish laborers are reminiscent of the long-destroyed masterpiece Rivera painted in the Rockerfeller Building in New York. It is in this surprisingly sophisticated theater that the third annual Festival of Playwrights of Color holds a captive, albeit modest, audience. Without ceremony the lights dim and six plays are presented almost back to back. Stage changes are quick; props are sparse and effective. |
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By Yi Hai Lai
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Versus Keeps Rocking in a Radio-Free World
Baton Dreams:
Chinese American Colin Ogg wins a contest to conduct Handel’s Hallelujah chorus in San Francisco.
Happy Holidays to All. Columnist Carolyn Gan reports on the latest celebrations of the season.
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