A Single Man Where: Embarcadero Center Cinema, 1 Embarcadero Ctr., 415-352-0835 When: All Week Why: An official selection of the Toronto, Tokyo and London film festivals, former fashion designer Tom Ford's directorial debut, about a homosexual English professor contemplating suicide after the death of his lover, gives Colin Firth (BBC's Pride and Prejudice) what he has long deserved: a richly conceived starring role worthy of his talents. (7x7.com)
MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL MARRIAGE Former fashion designer K.M. Jackson closes out her Unconventional Brides series with The Betting Vow. (bookpage.com)
With sets by Adrianne Lobel, costumes by former fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi, and choreography by wild man Mark Morris, this incarnation of Jean - Philippe Rameau's French Baroque opera about a swamp - dwelling nymph with romantic designs on Jupiter assumes lively new dimensions. (travelandleisure.com)