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A live cinema event to ‘Remember Los Siete’ in the Mission

Caitlin Donohue - April 24, 2019

On May 1,1969, a pair of cops stopped a group of Latino activists on the Mission District's Alvarado Street. In the ensuring altercation, one...

Please Do Not Fight reunion collects a scattered scene

Daniel Bromfield - April 22, 2019

ALL EARS Pursuing music often begins with a simple realization: that it could be you up on that stage. And before he started the Redwood...

Movies

SFFILM Fest opens with stars and ‘Tales’

Marke B. - April 11, 2019

Opening night of the SFFilm Festival filled the Castro Theatre with basically anyone you could imagine on Wednesday evening, as Netflix premiered the first...

Onstage

Reviews: News of the real world in ‘The Jungle’ and ‘N—aroo’

Marke B. - April 8, 2019

ONSTAGE "Theater brings news," an old saw goes. That can be interpreted any number of ways, but The Jungle (through May 19 at the Curran) brings...

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Review: Wild highs and lows in ‘Falsettos’

Marke B. - March 30, 2019

ONSTAGE The first act of revered musical Falsettos—the touring 2016 Broadway revival stops at Golden Gate Theatre through April 14—is a fascinating study in nostalgia....

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Review: Tuskegee Airmen take flight again in ‘Black Eagles’

Elaine Elinson - March 20, 2019

ONSTAGE Black Eagles (through March 31 at Marines' Memorial Theatre), now being staged by the African-American Shakespeare Company and directed by L. Peter Callender, illuminates...

Dance

Reviews: Gender under the microscope in ‘Queent’ and ‘Boys in Trouble’

Marke B. - March 18, 2019

DANCE What happens when drag gestures are codified as dance? What happens if drag struggles are brought to the dance arena? And how can...

Onstage

Tracking the human condition through a Nigerian family epic

Emily Wilson - March 15, 2019

ONSTAGE While writing the nine plays of the Ufot Family Cycle, which follows several generations of a family of Nigerians in America, Mfoniso Udofia...

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In ‘La Ronde,’ a merry-go-round of trysts—with a twist

Emily Wilson - March 13, 2019

ONSTAGE La Ronde, a turn of the century play by Arthur Schnitzler, has 10 scenes for 10 actors. In the Cutting Ball Theater’s upcoming production...

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Exploring consent—and its conversations—in ‘Actually’

Emily Wilson - March 12, 2019

ONSTAGE In the first grade, Michael A. Curry had a role in “The Wiz.” He loved being on stage, and he never really considered another...

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A live cinema event to ‘Remember Los Siete’ in the Mission

Please Do Not Fight reunion collects a scattered scene

SFFILM Fest opens with stars and ‘Tales’

Reviews: News of the real world in ‘The Jungle’ and ‘N—aroo’

Review: Wild highs and lows in ‘Falsettos’

Review: Tuskegee Airmen take flight again in ‘Black Eagles’

Reviews: Gender under the microscope in ‘Queent’ and ‘Boys in Trouble’

Tracking the human condition through a Nigerian family epic

In ‘La Ronde,’ a merry-go-round of trysts—with a twist

Exploring consent—and its conversations—in ‘Actually’

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