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Thursday, May 9, 2024

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PerformanceStage Review

Stage Review

Spring (and the future) is in the air in Alonzo King’s latest show

The choreographer's two strong revivals and a new piece at YBCA spur the question, 'What comes next?'

Ranger, activist, housewife, centenarian: ‘Sign My Name to Freedom’ traces an extraordinary life

Betty Reid Soskin's continuing journey is set to music—and portrayed by four actors—at Z Space.

Shotgun’s ‘Midsummer’ misfires with broad caricatures, ‘Family Guy’ gags

The chemistry is good, but director William Hodgson buries Shakespeare's classic in "go big" gestures.

In poignant ‘The Far Country,’ immigrants caught in an endless cycle of abuse

Lloyd Suh's Berkeley Rep premiere shows the racist US system's damaging affects on Chinese workers.

Jewelle Gomez’s ‘Unpacking in P’Town’ lights out on 1959 chosen family vacay

Playwright says her latest calls upon real life, but its catty quintet seem oddly divorced from the times.

Everyone needs help in ‘Cost of Living’—but how will they ask for it?

Martyna Majok's play at Oakland Theater Project takes on America's horror of "hand-outs" with fine performances.

Don’t wake up from SF Ballet’s ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ too soon

Costumes by Christian LaCroix and excellent dancing quickly put viewers under Balanchine and Shakespeare's spell.

Lampooning the foibles of amity in ‘Look! We Have Friends!’

Killing My Lobster's latest comic adventure takes aim at Dale Carnegie, Hello Fresh, and the scent of Ben Shapiro.

Eviction breeds guerrillas as the people fight back in ‘Dirty White Teslas Make Me Sad’

Ashley Smiley's world premiere at Magic Theatre presses hot button issues through the lives of Black San Franciscans.

‘Swan Lake,’ again? SF Ballet’s latest dip into classic justifies return

The company has performed the piece three times in four years, but stunning leads and ensemble work keep it fresh

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