Friday, May 3, 2024

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That’s a ‘Bitch Slap!’ D’Arcy Drollinger’s top 5 over-the-top TV moments

Marke B. -
Her Oasis drag show lampoons the catfights and hysterics of nighttime soaps—and it's rooted in deep genre love.
Stage Review

‘A Strange Loop’ takes too much glee in the trauma of its Black queer lead

Charles Lewis III -
Despite talented cast, catchy tunes, and a show-stopping number, Broadway sensation comes off as torture porn.
Onstage

Unmasking a modern predator through dance in ‘The Soul Catcher’

Joshua Rotter -
Annika B. Lewis and Kassandra Production dissect a violent relationship at SF International Arts Fest
Onstage

‘¡Golondrina!’ flies on the wings of Latinx California music history

Lou Fancher -
Liliana Herrera's 'funkloric' play at Brava views migration, and its criminalization, through a sonic kaleidoscope.
Stage Review

In ‘Forever Plaid,’ a bit of light entertainment in the afterlife

Charles Lewis III -
A dead classic pop quartet has the pipes, if not the complex backstory, in 42nd Moon's family-friendly production.
Onstage

Nothing’s gonna rain on ‘Funny Girl’ Katerina McCrimmon’s SF parade

Joshua Rotter -
“I've always been fighting to make it this far," says the dynamo Fanny Brice with Miami roots and plenty of chutzpah.
Onstage

After ‘painful’ preparation, ‘Blue Door’ opens onto Black men’s complex life in US

Lou Fancher -
Director Darryl V. Jones on creating the soundtrack of generational haunting at Aurora Theatre Company.
Stage Review

Unbearable tension of ghosts past and present in ‘Returning to Haifa’

Charles Lewis III -
Palestinians come back home in the shadow of the Six-Day War, in Golden Thread's latest on Potrero Stage.
Stage Review

Revisiting the violent time when drag was illegal in ‘The Pride of Lions’

Charles Lewis III -
Risking it all in the 1920s to perform onstage and live authentically in Theatre Rhino's latest, by Roger Mason.
Stage Review

Hilarious performances whisk you up a shaky ’39 Steps’

Charles Lewis III -
San Francisco Playhouse lampoons a ripe Hitchcock—but you may want to binge your noir beforehand.

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