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Performance

Onstage

Don’t box Isaac Mizrahi in—or turn off his mic

Joshua Rotter -
The fashion icon steps into his most courageous project yet, bringing his jazzy 'Life is a Cabaret' show to the stage.
Stage Review

Drama Masks: Walking in circles

Charles Lewis III -
Shocking banality of evil in 'Here There Are Blueberries' and an Armenian cry against injustice, with puppets, in 'Azad.'
Dance

It’s a maze, it’s a Minotaur, it’s a metaphor, it’s… ‘boycow’

Marke B. -
At Counterpulse, two dancers charge a labyrinthian trope—each in their own way, simultaneously (milk buckets included).
Stage Review

Drama Masks: Performative politics

Charles Lewis III -
SF Ballet's 'Van Manen' renders the art form accessible and Izzard crunches 'Hamlet,' while 'the boiling' offers a magnetic pandemic tale.
Onstage

Community re-telling of Compton’s Cafeteria riot storms Tenderloin stage

Joshua Rotter -
Co-written by neighborhood's trans leaders, play's meaning expands far past single night.
Dance

Sean Dorsey Dance’s divine work turns 20

Joshua Rotter -
Retrospective program celebrates trans choreography at a time when its "beautiful and juicy" healing is more needed than ever.
Stage Review

Drama Masks: Hypnotic maritime flamenco, messages in a bottle

Charles Lewis III -
Dance tells a yarn in 'Songs from a Sinking Ship.' Plus: How did the city's stages acknowledge Trans Visibility Day?
Art

Queer American Songbook to Ukrainian trans theater, SF International Arts Festival won’t play it straight

Caitlin Donohue -
Venerable fest doubles down at unlikely, if urgent moment for convening global LGBTQ+ creatives.
Stage Review

Drama Masks: Dreamlike delivery of prim-and-proper trans history in ‘I Am My Own Wife’

Charles Lewis III -
Plus: SF Ballet's 'Frankenstein' was a Gothic, if not great, delight and Killing My Lobster's new 'fun run' rips and roars.
Dance

‘A Bridge to Now’ evokes generational complexities of Peruvian Chinese communities

Aimée Ts'ao -
Choreography unfurls against tapestry of modern-day oral testimonies, visual projections—and 400 pounds of rice.

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