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Performance

Drama Masks: Fairy tales set to Britney’s greatest hits. Gimme more or oops?

Plus: A tale of two hapless dads may well be one of the year's best shows.
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SFDanceworks turns nine, still traversing brilliant visions

Behind the scenes while company preps seminal Merce Cunningham works and new twist on Yue Yin two-man piece.
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Kids dive into the wondrous world of dance at ODC’s ‘Family Matters’

The series weaves performance, discussion, and demonstration into a joyful access point for tomorrow's arts patrons.
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Drama Masks: ‘Every Saturday Night’ buzzes with complexities of Black gentrification

SFBATCO's latest punches upwards at sell-out politicos and smug bougie folk, while celebrating Fillmore's jazz legacy.
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Drama Masks: Dark fantasy and darker reality in powerful ‘The Brothers Size’

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Plus: 'Tis the season for 'Sqream' queens at Oasis, and Golden Thread's ReOrient Fest brings laughter and heartbreak
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Dance

60 years of formidable bailaores: Theatre Flamenco’s milestone flourish

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With all-star 'De Ayer a Hoy,' the groundbreaking troupe celebrates more than half a century of dancing to its own rhythm.
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Drama Masks: Horrified by election season? Have we got a slasher for you

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Terror Vault's latest will make you wish you could hide in the booth. Plus, Shotgun's 'Fall Show' is a senior meet-cute treat
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Drama Masks: A queen who brings chills—and a carry-on

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SF Opera's 'Mary, Queen of Scots' packs the puffy jackets, while ACT's 'North by Northwest' flies by the seat of its pants.
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Dance

Flyaway’s latest asks, ‘What if incarcerated voices could animate a library?’

Aimée Ts'ao -
Choreographer Jo Kreiter & co. collab with women in prison and SFPL to create a provocative aerial spectacle.
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Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Six Feet Apart Productions

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Vibrant storytelling organization launched online during the pandemic and has since spread its tales into live spaces and new frontiers.
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Drama Masks: There’s a flesh-eating alien plant inside the queer theater!

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'Little Shop of Horrors' comes to NCTC. Plus: Long live the DNA Lounge parklet, a true and trusty survivor.
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Onstage

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Qu’in de la Noche

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The Dark Siren of San Francisco stuns with burlesque production chops—and ability to render calls for justice undeniably hot.
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Dance

Popping with hip-hop history, Bounce Back looks to the future of the session

Kevin Madrigal -
Inclusivity-minded dance and party crew celebrates its second anniversary, big boom-bap and local culture-bearers in tow.
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Onstage

Drama Masks: The curtain falls at SF Opera

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Plus: A giant cucumber enchants in 'Manning' and 'African Stew' captures Black American and Black African divide.
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Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Golden Thread Productions

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In the shadow of war, the company devoted to staging complex MENA stories once again finds its work all too relevant.
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Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Kevin Blake

Jon Bauer and Patty Riek -
The master illusionist has performed his wry sleight-of-hand show 500-plus times at The Palace Theater, and always delights.
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Stage Review

Drama Masks: Killing My Lobster sinks its claws into ‘Hysterical Historium’

Charles Lewis III -
The saucy veteran sketch troupe finally returns with a full-on Gold Rush era-set show—and kids in the audience?
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Onstage

Fall Stage Preview: Grab a seat (or run for your life) at these 11 great local productions

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Margaret Cho's punch-up, an immersive slasher, giant alien puppets, a bridge-spanning 'Lear,' a burlesque bonanza, much more
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Drama Masks: A message of trans power delivered with operatic oomph

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As SF Opera aims to cut its workers' pay, Opera Parallèle celebrated resistance with 'Revolution is Just the Beginning.'
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