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SF Sketchfest recs for every taste and persuasion
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Stage Review
Cal Shakes returns with a sparkling cast for ‘As You Like It’
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September 23, 2024
The rescued company's new production dazzles, but sudden tonal shifts can leave one lost in the forest of Arden.
Onstage
When it comes to telling Black womens’ stories, Lisa B. Thompson goes big
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September 23, 2024
Latest play 'The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body' at Lorraine Hansberry Theatre embraces the universal.
Best of the Bay
Welcome to Best of the Bay 2024: The New Classics!
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September 21, 2024
Our 50th annual Readers' Poll celebrates everything that's Best about the Bay Area—from the people who live here.
Stage Review
Death is a vivid handshake in beguiling ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’
Charles Lewis III
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September 21, 2024
SF Opera's Verdi is taut and athletic under conductor Eun Sun Kim, with a game cast and striking costumes.
Dance
20 years in, Sean Dorsey Dance Company embodies ‘joyous, righteous resistance’
Mary Carbonara
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September 20, 2024
'Our existence is under attack,' says trailblazing trans choreographer, whose troupe celebrates two decades of essential art.
Stage Review
In ‘Paradise,’ Puerto Rico’s colonial struggles reflected in everyday life
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September 17, 2024
Tere MartÃnez's bright, brief play at Brava shows how imperialism becomes the norm by pitting folks against one another.
Comedy
Her mom became her comedy partner in her 90s. Now, she pays tribute.
Joshua Rotter
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September 15, 2024
Longtime local performer Lisa Geduldig's COVID-era 'Lockdown Comedy' found a surprise guest star—her mother Arline.
Stage Review
In peppy ‘Legally Blonde,’ institutional sexism in pink and white
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September 10, 2024
Ray of Light Theatre casting a Black lead in beloved story adds much-needed diversity, but also some confusion.
Best of the Bay
Best of the Bay 2024 Editor’s Pick: Sean Dorsey Dance Company
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September 9, 2024
Led by Dorsey's ever-expansive vision for trans-queer liberation, the 20-year-old company invites everyone to see themselves on stage.
Stage Review
SF-born ‘Wicked’ celebrates its 20th anniversary
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September 2, 2024
Why fix that witch ain't broken?
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