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PerformanceStage Review

Stage Review

Stage Review

‘Il Trovatore’ offers vengeful bloodlust, mystic kidnappers, and a sprint to the finish

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SF Opera's new production of Verdi's overstuffed, time-jumping, ethnically problematic opera goes for the entertainment factor
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Boxing with parenthood and prejudice, plus puppet, in ‘Wolf Play’

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In a perfect world, the ability to choose one’s own family would be on par with the acknowledgement of your biological kin. The excuse...
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Taylor Mac’s audacious ‘Gary’ adds excess to a Shakespeare gore-fest

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A sequel to 'Titus Andronicus'? You better go big, and Oakland Theater Project makes a valiant effort with minimal means.
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Speculative Shakespeare, and a cocky Kit Marlowe, in Aurora’s ‘Born with Teeth’

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Two giants of literature bicker literately in Liz Duffy Adams' entertainingly tinfoil-hat take on the Bard
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Despite funky promise, ‘Hippest Trip’ plays like Black history written by ChatGPT

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'Soul Train' tribute at ACT jumps the rails when it comes to representation, power, and even music
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An excellent ‘Odyssey’ of surprises at Marin Theatre Company

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Lisa Peterson puts the Western classic in the hands of four refugee women, who bring it to deeply resonant life
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All hail the meat sacks! It’s Killing My Lobster’s ‘The Skin We’re In’

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The troupe mines laughs from the human body's unpredictable horrors and triumphs at CounterPulse
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‘Sylvester, the Mighty Real’ chases SF’s soul through city streets

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Marvin K. White and Eye Zen's dramatic walking tour beatifies the queer singer, but dances around a central conflict
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World’s longest poem gets a speedy, sassy retelling in ‘Mahābhārata’

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At Z Space, J Jha shines as production's sole interpreter of boundless Indian mythology.
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Just like a real family get-together, ‘Josephine’s Feast’ is both cringe and sweet

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All-Black cast at Magic Theatre navigates generation gaps and gender roles around the table in Star Finch's latest

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