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Wednesday, January 15, 2025

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Review: Despite audience connection, ‘Freestyle Love’ not so ‘Supreme’

The upbeat Lin-Manuel Miranda-founded troupe mixes improv with hip-hop—but where's the beef?

With ‘The Kind Ones,’ a gift play for a woman in a Montana shelter

Miranda Rose Hall's new work at Magic Theatre contemplates what happens when systems fail.

Review: ‘Swept Away’—bluegrass shanties on high seas, until a shocking twist

John Logan and the Avett Brothers' new musical at Berkeley Rep is near-perfection—but maybe should come with a warning.

Review: ‘Woman in Black’ gives all the right scares

'London's longest-running ghost story' comes to the Strand—delivering a good kind of terror for our times.

Review: Gay love story ‘Gently Down the Stream’ stirs few ripples

At New Conservatory, a technically well-done play by the author of 'Bent' seems too familiar even for rom-com territory.

Review: SF ballet delivers comforting ‘Nutcracker’ in less-than-plum circumstances

Clara battles giant pests and reaches wonderland—a hopeful contemporary parallel, if only the audience could keep up.

From Cheech & Chong to Asian AF, your SF Sketchfest hit list

Our top picks to catch at the city's world-class comedy festival, celebrating 20 years of hilarity.

Review: Shotgun Players’ ‘Cassandra Sessions’ reminds us we’re not out of the woods yet

Poetically nailing the COVID era in all its claustrophobia, futility, and mansplaining... with Malvina Reynolds' folk songs.

Review: Bright ‘Twelfth Night’ can’t quite wash away outside concerns

At SF Playhouse, Shakespeare's other shipwreck play has great elements—but not enough protocols.

‘Plot Point in Our Sexual Development’ dissects a history of trans love

Definitions of "comfort" are contested as a couple rolls through their sexual triumphs and trials.

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