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Onstage

In ‘Rusalka,’ water nymphs, a frog king, and humanity’s destructive nature

Emily Wilson -
ONSTAGE Leah Hausman worked on Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka with Sir David McVicar five years ago for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Now she is directing the...
Onstage

Immersive Jazz Age decadence in ‘The Speakeasy: Age of Scofflaws’

Dennis Harvey -
ONSTAGE One hundred years ago the US Senate bowed to the pressure of temperance activists and passed the National Prohibition Act. It was one...
Onstage

Tracing how Silicon Valley treats women in ‘The Fit’

Emily Wilson -
ONSTAGE Carey Perloff started off as a playwright. Then she was named artistic director of the Classic Stage Company in New York, before coming to...
Onstage

Review: In ‘Oedipus El Rey,’ the wrecks of myth and mass incarceration

Elaine Elinson -
ONSTAGE Ten years after Oedipus El Rey premiered at the Magic Theatre, Luis Alfaro’s drama is being staged there as a legacy revival, again directed by...
Onstage

Review: Herd mentality writ large (and snorting) in ‘Rhinoceros’

Elaine Elinson -
ONSTAGE If you think it unlikely that an absurdist comedy about raging rhinoceroses in a small French town could resonate deeply with the concerns...
Onstage

‘Oedipus’ incarcerated: Esteban Carmona plays imprisoned tragic hero

Emily Wilson -
ONSTAGE When you watch the Greek tragedy of Oedipus, you know how it’s gong to end. Oedipus, suffering from hubris, will kill his father and...
Onstage

‘The Bald Soprano’: A perfect hour of absurdity returns, fire chief and all

Emily Wilson -
ONSTAGE Ten years ago, Rob Melrose, who founded the Tenderloin’s Cutting Ball Theatre with his wife Paige Rogers, translated and directed Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist...
Culture

Call the ‘Please Force’: Wavy Gravy revisits Woodstock in new doc

Joshua Rotter -
Plagued by site issues, limited construction time, a surplus of attendees, heavy traffic delays, inclement weather conditions, a scarcity of food and medical supplies,...
Onstage

Cal Shakes begins new season fostering fresh voices in theater

Emily Wilson -
The people working at California Shakespeare Theater go all in when it comes to equity and inclusion. That means along with its program to expand...

Spin Doctors’ Chris Barron on break ups, break downs, and the group’s new music

Joshua Rotter -
Spin Doctors’ frontman Chris Barron can easily flash back to his first time playing San Francisco. It was 1991 and his neo-hippie jam band was...
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