When San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie stepped from behind the red curtain onstage at the Great Star Theater, he received polite applause. But he can read a room.
“I’m not the Daniel you’ve been waiting for,” he joked, “but I’m here nonetheless.”
Lurie was referring to Hollywood actor and East Bay native Daniel Wu , a guest of honor during the 100th anniversary celebration of the 410-seat theater — the only active theater in any Chinatown in the United States — that was nearly filled to capacity on Saturday, April 5…