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SF Playhouse’s staging of ‘Clue’ is a real whodunnit

Charles Lewis III - March 24, 2023

Our critic finds the play's talented cast and director working with a proverbial dead body.

Stage Review

In ‘Mondragola,’ a young radical faces down—Machiavelli?

Charles Lewis III - March 22, 2023

Central Works’ season opener lampoons theatre itself, just as much as politics.

Dance

With joy and uplift, COLORFORMS leaps from screen to stage at SF Ballet

Emily Wilson - March 13, 2023

COVID forced choreographer Myles Thatcher to film his new dance at arts institutions; now it debuts live

Stage Review

Monk ado about belief and destiny in Luis Alfaro’s ‘The Travelers’

Charles Lewis III - March 10, 2023

The playwright's recent work at Magic Theater followed a monastery suffering a crisis of faith and funds.

Stage Review

‘Cambodian Rock Band’ faces down terrors of genocide with zingers and jams

Charles Lewis III - March 9, 2023

Lauren Yee's musical at the Berkeley Rep interrogates a terrible history with song.

Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay Editors’ Pick: Stage Werx

Charles Lewis III - March 8, 2023

A mighty little venue that embodies the spirit of independent theater in the Bay Area

Stage Review

Fizzy and full of song: You’ll get a kick out of ‘Anything Goes’

Charles Lewis III - March 6, 2023

42nd Street Moon's production of the Noel Coward chestnut boasts a game cast and plenty of familiar tunes.

Stage Review

‘Getting There’ wove Ugly American tropes into Parisian storylines of love and loss

Charles Lewis III - March 1, 2023

Dipika Guha’s world premiere one-act at New Conservatory entertained as it lampooned.

Performance

Radio play ‘The Forever Wave’ imagines a climate-drowned SF of 2070

Marke B. - March 1, 2023

Writer Nicole Gluckstern and a diverse cast take to the airwaves to ask, What will emerge when our systems collapse?

Onstage

Erin Merritt stirs domestic terrorism, violent rhetoric—and humor!—into ‘Tea Party’

Emily Wilson - February 28, 2023

The director, weathering ALS, fulfills a decade-long dream to stage Gordon Dahlquist's scabrous satire.

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SF Playhouse’s staging of ‘Clue’ is a real whodunnit

In ‘Mondragola,’ a young radical faces down—Machiavelli?

With joy and uplift, COLORFORMS leaps from screen to stage at SF Ballet

Monk ado about belief and destiny in Luis Alfaro’s ‘The Travelers’

‘Cambodian Rock Band’ faces down terrors of genocide with zingers and jams

Best of the Bay Editors’ Pick: Stage Werx

Fizzy and full of song: You’ll get a kick out of ‘Anything Goes’

‘Getting There’ wove Ugly American tropes into Parisian storylines of love and loss

Radio play ‘The Forever Wave’ imagines a climate-drowned SF of 2070

Erin Merritt stirs domestic terrorism, violent rhetoric—and humor!—into ‘Tea Party’

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