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Wednesday, November 27, 2024

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Kung Pao! Jackie Hoffman shoots from the hip before Kosher Comedy

Movies, Chinese food, and volunteering are the three most common go-tos for Jews on Christmas. Twenty-seven years ago, San Francisco comic Lisa Geduldig added a...

For San Francisco, the Gay Men’s Chorus brings the ‘Holigays’ home

The holidays can be particularly challenging for members of the LGBTQ community — especially those who’ve lost loved ones to AIDS or who’ve felt...

Drag star Miz Cracker on ‘Femlins,’ feminism, and overall fabulousness

An idyllic Christmastime setting, a loving family, and the gift that keeps on giving grief. Gremlins, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, has...

From ‘Lock Her Up!’ to ‘Becky Nurse of Salem’

Growing up, MacArthur “Genius” Award winner and Tony nominee Sarah Ruhl read The Witch of Blackbird Pond, about a young woman, Kit Tyler, who...

Review: Toot toot! Beep beep! It’s the Donna Summer musical

On paper, "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical" (through December 29 at Golden Gate Theater) doesn't have much going for it: another jukebox musical in...

Ana Gasteyer adds ‘Sugar & Booze’ to Symphony’s ‘Holiday Gaiety’

Sugar, booze, and music — these are the things that Ana Gasteyer’s holidays are made of. Top on the comedian, actress, and singer’s list of...

Theatre of Yugen stages ‘A Christmas Carol’ with an ancient Japanese spin

There are plenty of ways to experience yūgen or “beauty, with a tinge of sadness,” according to the great 14th- and 15th- century Japanese...

In ‘Mother of the Maid,’ Joan of Arc’s maternal support takes center stage

Jane Anderson wrote her play Mother of the Maid about Joan of Arc’s mother, Isabelle Arc, as a tribute to her own mother. When...

With women at its center, ‘Amaluna’ sparkles and charms

I can’t even count how many times I held my breath or clutched on to my seat.  Or put my palms over my eyes,...

Review: A fiery intellect bound by exoticism in ‘The Chinese Lady’

Even as the audience files in, we are already part of the play, or rather, the exhibition. Atung (Will Dao) sits in front of...

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