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Performance

Stage Review

SF Opera dazzles with new ‘La Traviata,’ ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ productions

Charles Lewis III -
Centennial season swings for the fences—and freshens up two traditional classics.
Dance

‘The Lost Art of Dreaming’: Power of queer-trans reverie, now in real life

Marke B. -
'We need expansive imagination, now more than ever' says Sean Dorsey of his dance troupe's latest, finally on stage
Stage Review

A hot splash of Viêt history in ‘Colonialism is Terrible, but Phở is Delicious’

Charles Lewis III -
Dustin H. Chinn's often hilarious, scalding play at Aurora takes on gentrification and cultural erasure
Onstage

All together now: THEYFRIEND Fest makes creative space for nonbinary community

Joshua Rotter -
Four-day gathering spotlights performers expressing 'nuance, joy, and pain of lived nonbinary experience.'
Stage Review

Trans power takes center stage in ‘The Red Shades’ and ‘Pony’

Charles Lewis III -
Cutting Ball's identity-oriented murder mystery and a 'superhero rock opera' at Z Space show why SF's theater scene is unique
Culture

Newly established Oaklash Disability Fund wants to make drag accessible to all

Zack Ruskin -
East Bay performance festival hopes its $1,000 grants will help artists in need of critical support.
Dance

Which witches? Choreographer Liz Lerman’s coven is here to dance

Lou Fancher -
"Wicked Bodies" at YBCA conjures magic from a diverse cast, in reaction to the crude depictions of the past
Stage Review

A love reappraised in ‘Grandma & Me,’ lesbian telenovela drama in ‘Overlooked Latinas’

Charles Lewis III -
At The Marsh SF, solo shows by Brian Copeland and Tina D'Elia gain much from the electric charge of a live audience
Performance

Live Shots: Lewis Black brought spunk—and plenty of F bombs—to Regency Ballroom

Jon Bauer -
The comedian took aim at Fleet Week, California's high-speed rail debacle, Herschel Walker, and COVID loneliness.
Stage Review

Godot, with laughter: Bill Irwin’s ‘On Beckett’ underlines the playwright’s humor, humanity

Marke B. -
At ACT, the Tony-winning clown brilliantly demonstrates his lasting obsession with the imposing Irish genius

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