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Onstage

Live Shots: Dickens Fair 2025 takes the plum cake—just watch for the squirrel

Vast annual Christmas extravaganza at Cow Palace recreates Victorian London, and comes with some furry friends.
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Drama Masks: A ‘Monkey King’ whose lessons match its lavishness

Plus: 'Mother of Exiles' at Berkeley Rep, Shotgun's 'Sunday in the Park with George'—and can 'Cabaret' get too punk?
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MOMIX dives down the rabbit hole in fantastical ‘Alice’

'Lewis Carroll's nonsense made perfect sense to me,' says legendary dance company's choreographer Moses Pendleton.
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Drama Masks: Facing—and acing—a Herculean task

A great warrior for COVID safety left us, and a Greek warrior-god graced the stage after 300 years.
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Comedy

SF Sketchfest lineup is bonkers: Here’s a first look and our top 5 picks

Tamara Palmer -
Women of SNL, Joel Kim Booster, Wet Hot American Summer, Alex Bennett tribute... annual fest mines comedy gold.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: ‘Hills of California’ sings, ‘Woman in Black’ thrills

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As our leaders take the wrong lesson from 'The Crucible,' two shows transport us far away with music and mystery.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Could the tide be turning?

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What Pandora's box really held. Plus: youthful (and not so youthful) hijinks in SF Opera's 'Parsifal' and 'Dada Teen Musical'
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: ‘Suffs’ brings the fervor, ‘Spanish Stew’ heats up old school SF

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Plus: Fascinating 'Pilgrimage' follows four Muslim women on their Hajj to Mecca. A trio of new play reviews
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Onstage

‘Hills of California’ aims to sing with real-life family harmony—and discord

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Director Loretta Greco brings decades-hopping story of four sisters and their ambitious mother to Berkeley Rep.
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A ‘Tempest’ toss’d on Point Montara, in sandy Shakespeare show

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Berkeley Shakespeare Company production offers sleepaway 'theater camp' experience—cliffs, waves, island spirits, and all.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: A gloriously naughty ‘Rocky Horror,’ just when we need it

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D'Arcy Drollinger and cast go over the top—yes, it's possible—with the beloved 50-year-old musical at Oasis.
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Drama Masks: ‘Hot Wing King’ pours on subversive tang

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Plus: At Terror Vault's 'Hexed,' search for the magic crystal to fight the Coven of Three in the Himalayas!
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: ‘Kim’s Convenience’ bags the laughs with intriguing drama

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Ins Choi’s sitcom-adjacent play at ACT tells the story of a Canadian shopkeeper's family facing the future.
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Onstage

Fall into theater: 11 shows to catch this season

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From Arthurian opera and deportation reenactment to D.I.R.T. Fest and 'Spanish Stew'—our critic's picks for best stage bets.
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Dance

Spirit of Compton’s Cafeteria Riot soars again in new Flyaway work

Aimée Ts'ao -
Inspired by 1966 LGBTQ uprising in the Tenderloin, 'Down on the Corner' showcases local talent and legacy of resistance.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: SF Opera and Shotgun Players ask, What price life?

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'Dead Man Walking' and 'The Motion' investigate the value we place on existence, in very different ways.
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Arts + Culture

Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Z Space

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A blessedly versatile former can factory has become a well-established gem of a stage complex—and party place.
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Drama Masks: At Z Space, a flashback to the day that was much too much

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'The Day the Sky Turned Orange,' plus 'The Reservoir''s ensemble work, and femmes rise in 'Indecent.'
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Drama Masks: Latest Neo-Futurists’ sandy pastiche performance invites all to dig in

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'HOLE' sees your angst—and counsels excavation.
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