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Just like a real family get-together, ‘Josephine’s Feast’ is both cringe and sweet

Charles Lewis III - August 15, 2023

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

Stage Review

Mark Anthony Thompson’s ‘The Ni¿¿er Lovers’ boasted a helluva cast, and much to say

Charles Lewis III - June 7, 2023

Latest show at Magic Theater was both too little and a lot, but game players and even-handed direction kept things afloat.

Arts + Culture

Throwing out a rope to creatives: Rainin Fellowship announces 2023 grantees

Lou Fancher - May 17, 2023

"I’ll be able to think about what happens when I’m 85."

Onstage

‘We’re telling our fathers’ stories’: Luis Alfaro’s ‘The Travelers’ comes to Magic Theatre

Emily Wilson - February 14, 2023

Director Catherine Castellanos on new Campo Santo play, which revolves around a Central Valley seminary

Stage Review

Going medieval on queer fantasy in ‘Deal with the Dragon’

Charles Lewis III - August 5, 2022

Fire-breathing co-dependency and a fetching drag Maleficent in Kevin Rolston's solo show at the Magic

Stage Review

As ‘Monument’ shows, having a seat at the table doesn’t mean you have a voice

Charles Lewis III - May 24, 2022

Sam Chanse play at Magic Theatre revolves around four sisters in crisis—and an animated sloth.

Stage Review

After a long wait, we finally glimpse ‘Intimate Apparel’

Charles Lewis III - April 11, 2022

Pandemic-delayed Lorraine Hansberry Theatre production features some strong turns in this Lynn Nottage play at new home

Onstage

Review: Navigating a matriarch’s dementia (with a sitcom air) in ‘Dot’

Charles Lewis III - March 16, 2022

Colman Domingo's warm 2019 play at New Conservatory is headed for TV, but needs to work out some tonal kinks.

Onstage

Review: In ‘Otto Frank,’ an examination of tragedy that transcends historical period

Charles Lewis III - March 15, 2022

Roger Guenveur Smith's solo show at Magic Theatre extends the story of Anne Frank's father into our own time.

Onstage

In ‘Otto Frank,’ Roger Guenveur Smith illuminates the life of Anne Frank’s father

Emily Wilson - March 10, 2022

At Magic Theatre, the veteran playwright and actor's solo show revolves around the Holocaust survivor's life and struggle.

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Just like a real family get-together, ‘Josephine’s Feast’ is both cringe and sweet

Mark Anthony Thompson’s ‘The Ni¿¿er Lovers’ boasted a helluva cast, and much to say

Throwing out a rope to creatives: Rainin Fellowship announces 2023 grantees

‘We’re telling our fathers’ stories’: Luis Alfaro’s ‘The Travelers’ comes to Magic Theatre

Going medieval on queer fantasy in ‘Deal with the Dragon’

As ‘Monument’ shows, having a seat at the table doesn’t mean you have a voice

After a long wait, we finally glimpse ‘Intimate Apparel’

Review: Navigating a matriarch’s dementia (with a sitcom air) in ‘Dot’

Review: In ‘Otto Frank,’ an examination of tragedy that transcends historical period

In ‘Otto Frank,’ Roger Guenveur Smith illuminates the life of Anne Frank’s father

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