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Performance

Stage Review

‘Guys and Dolls’ gambles and wins, shining up tarnished material

Charles Lewis III -
SF Playhouse brings warmth, dedication to gangster musical most might only remember from high school.
Onstage

Do you hear what Kiki & Herb hear?

Joshua Rotter -
The raucous, Tony-nommed cabaret duo are back for a holiday fling, and they've got some Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish in their sack.
Stage Review

No genocidal conflicts resolved, but electrifying dancing and much backstory in ‘Tell’

Charles Lewis III -
At Dance Mission Theater, Sarah Crowell and Keith Hennessy led a troupe intent on reaching deep inside themselves
Movies

Bringing classic ‘Jewish Frankenstein’ film ‘The Golem’ to musical life

Daniel Bromfield -
Guitarist Gary Lucas plays his eerie live score for 1920 German Expressionist landmark at the JCCSF
Onstage

Dressing the dancing elephants (and the anthill) in ‘The Lion King’

Lou Fancher -
Costuming wiz Quinto Ott lets us peek into the riotous jungle of puppets, masks, and intricate outfits of the touring production.
Onstage

Alaska Thunderfuck’s holiday cabaret delightfully promises ‘as little Christmas music as possible’

Joshua Rotter -
SF-bound performer recalls the 'scary and hairy' queens of Heklina's Tr*nnyshack inspiring her own career.
Stage Review

Billy Crudup lands the grift in Berkeley Rep’s ‘Harry Clarke’

Charles Lewis III -
Solo show is funny, well-produced, stars an award-winning actor—does that explain its wild popularity?
Dance

Historical photos of queer relationships inspire tender moves of RAWdance’s ‘LOVING STILL’

Joshua Rotter -
"Romance has been as much a part of our history as struggle," reminds company co-founder Wendy Rein.
Stage Review

Big Brotherly love? Finally, a Bay Area premiere for Michael Gene Sullivan’s ‘1984’

Charles Lewis III -
(Un)fortunately, this adaptation of Orville's famed surveillance story is evergreen.
Performance

Việt Lê embodies the divine of ‘MOTHER | GODDESS’ with Southeast Asian ‘spiritual drag’

Joshua Rotter -
Drawing on ceremony practiced in one of the oldest Indigenous Vietnamese religions, event looks to support audience's own intuition.

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