Performance

Joe Goode Performance Group wants to know: ‘Are You Okay?’

Mainstay Bay Area troupe wields dance to explore coping with a world twisting under our feet.

Dance Aimée Ts'ao - August 14, 2025

Drama Masks: A ping-ponging in the mind—and a tennis match of wits

Candace Johnson's 'Scat-ter Brain: The Music of ADHD' and Golden Thread's 'The Return,' reviewed.

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - August 13, 2025

Drama Masks: Chasing ghosts of SF past in ‘Night Driver’

At The Marsh-SF, Pearl Ong recalls leaving Hong Kong in the 1970s, driving a cab, and discovering her lesbian self.

Stage Review Charles Lewis III - August 6, 2025

Thinking outside (and above and around) the gender box at Fringe Fest

'Box [M]' uses circus arts and dance to tell the story of a Asian American father's relationship with his trans son.

Onstage Marke B. - August 5, 2025

Dance

From polka to ‘Wicked,’ Deaf Dance Fest shows diversity of expression

Mary Carbonara - August 1, 2025

Artistic Director Antoine Hunter talks about bringing global Deaf experience and range to the dance scene.

Stage Review

Drama Masks: We just lost Jerry again

Charles Lewis III - July 30, 2025

Local theater scene suffers another setback—but it's not Dead. Plus: Pushing a real estate scam too far at the Marsh.

Onstage

Celebrating Black Hawaiians with songs of resilience and joy

Maria Hunt - July 28, 2025

New music project and performance 'Pōpoloheno' shines a spotlight on some of the islands' overlooked history.

Music

‘Flowercloud’ of queer power comes to Cabrillo Music Fest

Marke B. - July 28, 2025

Composer Darian Donovan Thomas honors 63rd gathering's founding gay spirits with blooms, chimes, poignant commotion.

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Still searching for those signs of intelligent life…

Charles Lewis III - July 22, 2025

Marga Gomez does a classic her way. Plus: 'Magnolia Ballet' gets so much right about Black toxic masculinity.

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Nightlife

Why beloved drag club Oasis is closing—and how its spirit must live on

Marke B. - July 22, 2025

'I want to see SF continue to have an underground art scene,' says owner D'Arcy Drollinger. 'But this is where we're at, and it's sad.'

Dance

How two friends turned their Lower Haight garage into a line dancing honky-tonk

Dorothy Odonnell - July 22, 2025

Joel Reske and Sean Sullivan have watched their little concrete hoedown blow up into a downtown phenom.

Stage Review

Drama Masks: ‘Les Blancs’ is one of the best shows of the year

Charles Lewis III - July 16, 2025

Oakland Theater Project brings the heat. Plus: Queer dinosaurs run amok with the double entendres in 'Jurassiq Parq.'

Onstage

Dino drag? You bet ‘Jurassiq’ is

Marke B. - July 9, 2025

Very queer musical parody stomps into Oasis with heels, wigs, claws, and plenty of nostalgic '90s hits.

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Despite cutbacks, SF Mime Troupe’s ‘Disruption’ hits home

Charles Lewis III - July 8, 2025

Poignant 66th season show takes on Ice detentions, apolitical hypocrisy, and a 'Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Fire Department'

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Onstage

In ‘Les Blancs,’ a once-silent character finds full voice through eight women players

Lou Fancher - July 8, 2025

Actor Jeunée Simon on OTP's powerful version of Lorraine Hansberry's 1970 play, in which a Black man returns to Africa.

Stage Review

Drama Masks: In ‘Aztlán,’ gripped by intense forces beyond control

Charles Lewis III - July 2, 2025

Magic Theatre melds carceral to mystical. Plus: Enthralling 'The Last Goat' presents Ancient Greek tale that does much with little.

Contest

See a show for free at the awesome Lost Church this month

Marke B. - July 1, 2025

From indie and Americana concerts to sketch comedy and performance art, there's something for everyone. But act fast!

Immigration

Drag performer taken by ICE, morning after Pride Week pageant

Marke B. - June 27, 2025

Hilary Rivers was detained during a scheduled immigration appointment in downtown SF after Miss & Mr. Safe Latino Pageant.

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Finding the comfort zone

Charles Lewis III - June 25, 2025

Queers do the classics in 'Coriolanus,' 'The Blackest Wrench' provides a Juneteenth safe space, more.

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Performance

Joe Goode Performance Group wants to know: ‘Are You Okay?’

Drama Masks: A ping-ponging in the mind—and a tennis match of wits

Drama Masks: Chasing ghosts of SF past in ‘Night Driver’

Thinking outside (and above and around) the gender box at Fringe Fest

From polka to ‘Wicked,’ Deaf Dance Fest shows diversity of expression

Drama Masks: We just lost Jerry again

Celebrating Black Hawaiians with songs of resilience and joy

‘Flowercloud’ of queer power comes to Cabrillo Music Fest

Drama Masks: Still searching for those signs of intelligent life…

Why beloved drag club Oasis is closing—and how its spirit must live on

How two friends turned their Lower Haight garage into a line dancing honky-tonk

Drama Masks: ‘Les Blancs’ is one of the best shows of the year

Dino drag? You bet ‘Jurassiq’ is

Drama Masks: Despite cutbacks, SF Mime Troupe’s ‘Disruption’ hits home

In ‘Les Blancs,’ a once-silent character finds full voice through eight women players

Drama Masks: In ‘Aztlán,’ gripped by intense forces beyond control

See a show for free at the awesome Lost Church this month

Drag performer taken by ICE, morning after Pride Week pageant

Drama Masks: Finding the comfort zone

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