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Wilkommen to the ever-relevant ‘Cabaret’

ONSTAGE Probably most of us can remember the first time we saw Cabaret (at SF Playhouse through September 14). For many it would have been the...

Ethnic Dance Fest transcends borders 41 years in

Patrick Makuakāne, the founder and director of the Hawaiian dance company Nā Lei Hulu i ka Wēkiu, wants to keep traditions of the dance form intact....

Playing a skinned cat: John William Watkins of MTC’s ‘Wink’

ONSTAGE  John Williams Watkins, who plays the title role of the cat, Wink, in the play premiering at the Marin Theatre Company (through July...

Avast ye, developers! SF Mime Troupe’s ‘Treasure Island’ opens 60th season

Art mirrors Bay Area life in San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT)’s 60th-anniversary show, Treasure Island. Opening in Dolores Park on July 4, the play about...

Matteo Lane gets Clusterfested

ONSTAGE Out New York-based comedian Matteo Lane didn’t dream of a career in comedy, growing up. In fact, the “Moving On” (2015), “Crashing” (2018), and...

In Rotimi Agbabiaka’s ‘Manifesto,’ a call to visionary black, queer ambition

ONSTAGE Waiting after school for his mother to pick him up after a high school French club meeting, Rotimi Agbabiaka—whose new show Manifesto plays at...

Fresh Meat Festival serves up revolutionary trans-queer dance, 17 years on

DANCE You will not find another festival out there like this one, or at least one that has embodied the same ongoing dedication to...

In ‘Rusalka,’ water nymphs, a frog king, and humanity’s destructive nature

ONSTAGE Leah Hausman worked on Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka with Sir David McVicar five years ago for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Now she is directing the...

Immersive Jazz Age decadence in ‘The Speakeasy: Age of Scofflaws’

ONSTAGE One hundred years ago the US Senate bowed to the pressure of temperance activists and passed the National Prohibition Act. It was one...

Tracing how Silicon Valley treats women in ‘The Fit’

ONSTAGE Carey Perloff started off as a playwright. Then she was named artistic director of the Classic Stage Company in New York, before coming to...

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