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Performance

Drama Masks: ‘Hot Wing King’ pours on subversive tang

Plus: At Terror Vault's 'Hexed,' search for the magic crystal to fight the Coven of Three in the Himalayas!
Stage Review Charles Lewis III -
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Victoria Shen transduces quantum mechanics into Kronos Quartet universe

Her needle-tipped bows, laser-cut vinyl—even acrylic nails—create their own sonic physics with legendary players at Zellerbach Hall.
Music Lou Fancher -
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Drama Masks: ‘Kim’s Convenience’ bags the laughs with intriguing drama

Ins Choi’s sitcom-adjacent play at ACT tells the story of a Canadian shopkeeper's family facing the future.
Stage Review Charles Lewis III -
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Fall into theater: 11 shows to catch this season

From Arthurian opera and deportation reenactment to D.I.R.T. Fest and 'Spanish Stew'—our critic's picks for best stage bets.
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Dance

Spirit of Compton’s Cafeteria Riot soars again in new Flyaway work

Aimée Ts'ao -
Inspired by 1966 LGBTQ uprising in the Tenderloin, 'Down on the Corner' showcases local talent and legacy of resistance.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: SF Opera and Shotgun Players ask, What price life?

Charles Lewis III -
'Dead Man Walking' and 'The Motion' investigate the value we place on existence, in very different ways.
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Arts + Culture

Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Z Space

Charles Lewis III -
A blessedly versatile former can factory has become a well-established gem of a stage complex—and party place.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: At Z Space, a flashback to the day that was much too much

Charles Lewis III -
'The Day the Sky Turned Orange,' plus 'The Reservoir''s ensemble work, and femmes rise in 'Indecent.'
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Dance

World Arts West Dance Festival delivered communal joy, despite brutal NEA cuts

Tom Molanphy -
Trump's generational assault on the arts unsuccessful in dropping curtain on 40-year Bay tradition.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Latest Neo-Futurists’ sandy pastiche performance invites all to dig in

Charles Lewis III -
'HOLE' sees your angst—and counsels excavation.
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Arts + Culture

Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Compton’s Cafeteria Riot

Charles Lewis III -
The city thought it would never see itself done right onstage after 'Beach Blanket Babylon.' Then this long-running show came along.
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Arts + Culture

Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Kina Kantor

Charles Lewis III -
Extolling the virtues of an in-demand theater talent, from turns in Berkeley Rep's 'Uncle Vanya' to Bindlestiff's 'The Love Edition.'
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Killing My Lobster takes a bow with one last (for now) nerdy number

Charles Lewis III -
The company may be folding, but not without sending a reminder of why it's been so beloved with 'Legends & Laughter.'
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Best of the Bay

Best of the Bay 2025 Editors’ Pick: Terror Vault

Charles Lewis III -
We come for the jump scares, but stay for the world-building—and vampire cocktails—at the annual SF Mint fright fest.
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Best of the Bay

VOTE NOW in the 2025 Best of the Bay Readers’ Poll!

Marke B. -
Our 51st installment of the Bay Area classic is 'new and improved' for 2025—and still full of local love.
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Onstage

For dark times, comedian Nori Reed believes in the joy of jokes

Joshua Rotter -
Bay Area stand-up wrote the Disney Channel's first live-action trans character, rejects reductive approaches to identity.
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Dance

As Legion of Honor celebrates 100th, Megan Lowe Dances moves for authenticity

Lucia Verzola -
Looking to institution's future, performers in unprecedented site-specific piece are encouraged 'to be as you as you can possibly be.'
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Dance

Drama Masks: We’re going to be OK, dammit

Charles Lewis III -
Joe Goode's 'Are You Okay?' tells terribly sad tales, yet wisely refuses to give into nihilism.
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Arts + Culture

Comedy troupe Killing My Lobster suspends operations after 25 years

Charles Lewis III -
Beloved sketch stalwarts to call it quits after next show due to NEA and other foundation cuts.
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