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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

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Drama Masks

Drama Masks: Getting ready for the backwards slide

As the government and major corporations ax DEI initiatives with abandon, will local theatre soon follow suit?

Drama Masks: 2025 kicks off with trans visibility center-stage

Glamorous 'Some Like It Hot' dances up historical inclusion; 'Dragcula' foregrounds the ultimate weapon: joy.

Year on Stage 2024, part 3: Working together is the way forward

More collaborations, more streaming, more bravery, more meaning—several ways local theatre can face what's ahead.

Year on Stage, 2024, part 2: The highs took a bold stand

The best productions of the year faced what was happening in the world directly, offering oases of inspiration.

Year on Stage 2024, part 1: The lows (and some hope)

The Bay Area theatre scene lost a lot—and ignored a lot—this year, when we needed it more than ever. But we're still hanging on.

Drama Masks: Two different ‘Carols’ while the world gets Scrooged

SF Mime Troupe's populist 'A Red Carol' and ACT's new 'A Whynot Christmas Carol' create a curious holiday dichotomy.

Drama Masks: Amid topical twists, SF Ballet delivers another gorgeous ‘Nutcracker’

The annual fairy frolic enchanted an audience all-too-ready to embrace an epic battle against the evil Mouse King.

Drama Masks: Forget those Founding Fathers, the women save this ‘Hamilton’

The ultimate liberal comfort food musical retains its relentless hummability, even as we enter another Trump term.

Drama Masks: Bizet’s score still blazes in SF Opera’s ‘Carmen’

Conductor Benjamin Manis barely lets up. Plus: Shotgun Players' 'Thirty-Six' drags young dating scene into spotlight, apps and all.

Drama Masks: Surround yourself with family, of whatever kind you choose

Our new stage column reviews 'Jaja's African Hair Braiding,' 'Lettere d'Amore,' and Left Coast Theatre Co.'s 'Found Family'

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