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Performance

Drama Masks: Drag haven Oasis reopens with a bang—and some questions

Plus: 'Beauty and the Beast' is a tale as old as time, and 'The Prince, Part 1' sets wily classic in motion.
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Live Shots: Circus Bella’s free park romp stokes ‘AH HA!’ moments

Wee ones enraptured by local troupe mused whether their futures lie under the Big Top.
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The ‘AbFab Movie’ at 10: ‘It celebrated the crazy times of loads of money and little sense’

Cast member Helen Lederer, aka Catriona, remembers the uproarious movie and TV show—and a comedy family.
Movies Joshua Rotter -
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Live Shots: ‘Bohémienne’ glows with ribald glamour of Parisian cabaret

Enter the Montmartre underground at Palace Theater, with Le Mime, Le Titan, Pierrot, La Chanteuse, and more
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Who ya gonna call? ‘Scabmuggers’

Charles Lewis III -
As job-stealing AI creeps onto the local theater scene, Yvonne Martinez's new play dives into labor politics.
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Dance

Nodding to tech conformity, ‘Escapement’ charted how relationships transform us

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Tether Dance Project's time-bending, high-energy, first full-length work showed promise of what's to come.
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Dance

Dance feeds the soul—and body—in Julia Adam’s gourmet ‘Lunae’

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For two weekends in Petaluma, dance mavens can taste an al fresco connection between farmed land and celestial bodies.
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Drama Masks: SF Mime Troupe marches forth through country’s ‘Wreckage’

Charles Lewis III -
Religious prurience meets the surveillance state in company's latest free show. Happy Birthday, America!
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Drama Masks: Send in the clowns, they’re already here

Charles Lewis III -
Circus Bella sticks to thrilling formula while adding new tricks, making a statement without flipping into politics.
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Drama Masks: A Golden Thread wending from war to Bard

Charles Lewis III -
Very queer 'As You Like It,' taut and intimate 'Arab Spring,' and protest-minded 'I C U (I See You)' all had one thing in common.
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Drama Masks: Love will literally tear us apart

Charles Lewis III -
Greek classics 'Bacchae' from Bard Theatre and 'Elektra' at SF Opera prove bloody and loud. Plus: Gay Men's Chorus did Dolly.
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Onstage

Fresh Meat Fest serves queer Chinese dance, Puerto Rican disability drag flair

Joshua Rotter -
25th anniversary of queer arts showcase features sterling lineup of talent from all corners of the LGBTQ universe.
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Drama Masks: Aurora Theatre tiptoes back onstage after closure

Charles Lewis III -
... but another East Bay institution bids adieu. Plus: SF Opera's 'The Barber of Seville' lands the slapstick, needs more 'Figaro.'
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Movies

Surely, they must still be joking: ‘Airplane! Live’ lands classic 1980 movie’s gags

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'The more serious we were, the more the comedy worked,' says star Robert Hays, coming to SF with co-star Julie Hagerty.
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Onstage

Live Shots: Fou Fou Ha!’s erotic clownery reminded us that pleasure is resistance

Jon Bauer and Patty Riek -
With 'The Nectar' at Palace Theater, the longtime sexy burlesque troupe offered a voluptuous answer to oppression.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Berkeley Rep’s ‘The Lunchbox’ is a delicious charmer

Charles Lewis III -
Plus: 'Phantom of the Opera' descends on a new haunt, and 'Becoming a Man' faces transition head on.
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Dance

‘Memento Forest’ trembles with communal healing after deep loss

Aimée Ts'ao -
Choreographer Marina Fukushima brings ritual, talismans that bore her up after father's death to Theatre of Yugen.
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Onstage

Drama Masks: Living beyond the shadow of a ‘Doubt’

Charles Lewis III -
Anticipating Opera Parallèle’s latest—as the Pope rails against AI. Plus: SF Opera's upcoming streams, and a new SF Symphony leader.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Taking an inch… and finishing the hat

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'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' at NCTC cranks things up and down. Plus: The colorful drama of SFMOMA's 'Woman in a hat'
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