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A timely, unrelenting family drama unfolds at Magic Theatre

Elaine Elinson -
ONSTAGE When Annie (Martha Brigham) opens the front door of her family home at the beginning of Magic Theatre's "The Resting Place" (through November 4),...
Dance

Post-human radical inclusivity, center-stage in ‘Beyond Gravity’

Emily Wilson -
DANCE Choreographer Jess Curtis grew up in Chico and studied dance and English at Cal State there. Then he came to San Francisco, which changed...
Onstage

From uproarious meme to poignant play (with salad)

Emily Wilson -
ONSTAGE Sheila Callaghan appreciates a good meme. Several friends, knowing this, sent her the notorious one of "Women Laughing Alone with Salad,” after the blog...
Onstage

Pucks to plays: Former hockey pro brings drama to Magic Theatre

Emily Wilson -
ONSTAGE Ashlin Halfnight sees a lot of parallels between his former career as a professional hockey player and his current one as a playwright.  “It seems...
Onstage

Chekhov, with some curveballs, in Cutting Ball’s ‘Uncle Vanya’

Emily Wilson -
ONSTAGE George Saulnier plays the title role in Anton Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, which opens the Cutting Ball Theater’s 20th anniversary season (through October 21). Saulnier...
Onstage

ACT’s ‘Sweat’ asks: When does class solidarity end and racism begin?

Elaine Elinson -
ONSTAGE  The tavern setting is a familiar trope for American theater and television—think Langston Hughes’ Simple series, Casablanca, The Iceman Cometh, or Friends. It offers both an intimate...
Onstage

25 cheers for the Kinsey Sicks!

Marke B. -
ONSTAGE Creamy voices, sharp tongues, bright dresses, and a whole lot of hairspray have been the calling cards of "dragapella" performance quartet the Kinsey Sicks...
Onstage

Power, corruption, and lust: A timely ‘Tosca’ at SF Opera

Emily Wilson -
Shawna Lucey has strong feeling about Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, which she directs for the San Francisco Opera October 3-30.  “It’s the perfect opera,” she said. “It’s...
Onstage

Review: ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ has powerhouse vocals, timely resonance

Elaine Elinson -
ONSTAGE When Quasimodo (Alex Rodriguez) and Esmeralda (Alysia Noelle Beltran) sit perched on a railing in the bell tower of Notre Dame looking down...
Onstage

An Asian American twist on the bourgeoisie, white wine included

Emily Wilson -
ONSTAGE A couple years ago Leah Nanako Winkler and her colleagues at Youngblood, a collective of playwrights under 30, were looking at the season...

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