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Secrets, lies, and a roiling harem in ‘House of Joy’

Elaine Elinson -
ONSTAGE It is the waning days of the Mughal Empire. The Emperor’s rebellious son is leading an uprising. Famine stalks the land. But you would never...
Onstage

Who’s up for some Drunk Drag Dizney Broadway?

Joshua Rotter -
ONSTAGE For the past three and a half years, Drunk Drag Broadway has been bringing its original parodies of memorable Great White Way musicals to SF...
Onstage

Dan Hoyle’s border-crossing art of empathy

Karen Macklin -
ONSTAGE Bay Area writer-performer Dan Hoyle, with his smart and poignant brand of journalistic theater, is at it again with his latest solo show, Border...
Onstage

“What does it mean to be a good person?”

Elaine Elinson -
ONSTAGE Isn’t trampling other people exhausting work? The vein on your forehead bulges from the strain of being greedy. This is the question that Shen Te, a...
Arts + Culture

A ‘Witch Hunt’ that reverberates today

Emily Wilson -
ONSTAGE In 2014, playwright Carol Lashof and director Elizabeth Vega wanted to put on a play, Just Deserts, that Lashof had written.   “We connected because...
Onstage

Bring it on, Bob the Drag Queen

Joshua Rotter -
ONSTAGE Coming in at number eight on “New York Magazine”’s “The Most Powerful Drag Queens in America” list meant next to nothing to Bob the...
Onstage

Wilkommen to the ever-relevant ‘Cabaret’

Elaine Elinson -
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...
Dance

Ethnic Dance Fest transcends borders 41 years in

Emily Wilson -
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....
Onstage

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

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

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

Joshua Rotter -
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...

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