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Stage Review

Clash of generations in ‘Aunt Jack’ hilariously upends LGBTQ+ cliches

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Nora Brigid Monahan's West Coast premiere at New Conservatory seizes on familiar genre tropes to tell a necessary story
Stage Review

Rousing ‘Indecent’ is a celebration of Judaism and theater

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SF Playhouse production of Paula Vogel's play delves deep in the past to question the political role of art
Stage Review

Naming the wave: Christina Anderson’s ‘the ripple’ dives into deep waters

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World premiere multigenerational drama at Berkeley Rep swims through acts of righteous rebellion
Stage Review

Transporting ‘Passengers’ comforts as it thrills

Marke B. -
Acrobatic fantasia at A.C.T. gets plenty of steam from romantic train imagery and talented 7 Fingers company
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At Cal Shakes, a ‘Lear’ set adrift in Black San Francisco

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Marcus Gardley's play moves Shakespeare's royal tragedy to the Fillmore in 1969, with much pontificating.
Stage Review

‘Man of God’: High school avengers seek to slay for thousand sexist cuts

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Trigger warning: This review and the production it covers address the topics of sexual harassment, sexual assault, incest, and eating disorders. At the traditional pre-show...
Stage Review

Keith Hennessy set the pandemic to dance at CounterPulse with ‘Back’

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The choreographer finds joy—and a fanciful stage wardrobe—in early COVID memories.
Onstage

Live Shots: Oakland Pridefest’s Big Freedia, Crystal Waters, and more shimmered onstage and off

Estefany Gonzalez -
Captures from the fest really "harness" The Town's afternoon energy.
Stage Review

Going hard for the Bard: SF Opera’s jaw-dropping ‘Antony and Cleopatra’

Charles Lewis III -
John Adams' latest transports Shakespeare to 1930s Europe—and set designer Mimi Lien nearly steals the show
Stage Review

Eclectic ‘Evolution’ from Ferocious Lotus runs gamut of Asian American expression

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Supernatural historical epic, time-traveling sci-fi comedy, romantic parody add up to a theatrical sizzle reel

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