I liked Carey Perloff’s “Higher” at ACT (or in this case the former Zeum at Yerba Buena) but was disappointed with the music supervision. In the past Carey has over-achieved with commissions and performances by the likes of Tracy Chapman and Madigan Shive, and Kitka. But in this case, for a play that takes place in the U.S. and Israel, I thought the music by Will McCandless (an SF Mime Troupe contributor) was paint by numbers. There was a cue drop for “Tzena Tzena” when the principal goes to Israel — isn’t that a 1950s song?
Not that I am an expert, but I asked Raya Zion of KZSU and Tribal Blues Band to forward me that fun, poppy current Israeli song she used to spin. I also posted previously about a Hebrew remake of Cake’s “I Bombed Korea” (general, not necessarily for “Higher”)
Plastic Alto with Mark Weiss 
chad jones summarizes and expands my point about the standards for music in ACT:
http://www.theaterdogs.net/2008/05/15/making-theater-music/
palo alto council member and architectural admin gail price saw and liked “higher”
but i also wonder if nyc version of offbroadway “blood knot” which i stupidly called “blood lines” by athol fugard if the production is related to the ACT version and or uses Tracy Chapman song? was on hold for five minutes with NY after hours to not progress with that
i didn’t realize this group was in town tonight to play for jewish music festival by ellen shapiro
http://www.thenewparish.com/event/93155/