It may be an old chestnut, but playwright John Van Druten’s romantic comedy “Bell, Book and Candle,” adapted for a 1958 film starring Kim Novak and Jimmy Stewart, comes to surprisingly luminous life in San Francisco Playhouse’s current staging.
Bored and restless witch Gillian is attracted to a neighbor, Shep, in her Manhattan, N.Y., high-rise. When she discovers he’s engaged to her college nemesis, she can’t resist using her magical powers to seduce him.
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Brian Berrebbi, host of The Onion’s AV Club series “Pop Pilgrims,” is releasing five-minute video profiles of Bay Area cultural spots this week, including Jimmy Stewart’s Lombard Street house from “Vertigo,” City Lights Books and punk-rock venue 924 Gilman St. in Berkeley.
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