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After the mudslides, Kendra McKinley’s musical dispatch from ‘Big Sur Island’

Joanna Ladd - November 30, 2018

ALL EARS In the high season of May to October 2017, Big Sur was ghost town. The Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge was under construction in...

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As a queer POC, El Beh finds joy in playing ‘Mary Poppins’

Emily Wilson - November 30, 2018

ONSTAGE El Beh, who plays the title role in San Francisco Playhouse’s Mary Poppins (through January 12), never would have thought to play the no-nonsense nanny...

Review: Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Volta’ zaps, then entrances

Marke B. - November 28, 2018

The amped-up promo video for Cirque du Soleil's latest big top show Volta (at AT&T Park, through February 3) had me thinking we were...

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A rush of that ol’ razzle dazzle in ‘Crazy For You’

Elaine Elinson - November 18, 2018

ONSTAGE Remember “Someone to Watch Over Me,” “I Got Rhythm,” “They Can’t Take That Away from Me,” and “Embraceable You”? Can you hear these Gershwin tunes...

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‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ as a holiday opera, bumbling angel and all

Emily Wilson - November 13, 2018

ONSTAGE Composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer have not shied away from big topics, San Francisco Opera dramaturg Kip Cranna, pointed out. Heggie worked...

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Holcombe Waller’s timely queer ‘Requiem’ for persecuted LGBTQs

Marke B. - November 13, 2018

ONSTAGE Holcombe Waller does "total theater." The Portland artist-composer approaches music in terms of ritual, history, art, movement, and conceptual ideas, creating a spectacle...

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In ‘Pike St.,’ embodying a caring community in crisis mode

Emily Wilson - November 11, 2018

ONSTAGE Playwright and performer Nilaja Sun thinks maybe one day someone will do research into solo shows and shamanism. “How is it possible for one body...

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No men, no boats, no problem: ACT’s ‘Men on Boats’ is wild ride

Elaine Elinson - November 8, 2018

ONSTAGE The first thing you notice about Men on Boats at A.C.T.’s Strand Theater (through December 16) is that there are no men and there are...

Movies

Rami Malek, the man who would be Queen, on ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

Joshua Rotter - October 31, 2018

When Rami Malek was originally cast to play Freddie Mercury in Queen biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody," (opening Friday), he knew little about the lead singer...

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Sisters tell stories of undocumented Filipina caregivers in ‘Chasing Papeles’

Emily Wilson - October 31, 2018

ONSTAGE For her masters’ thesis in Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, Aureen Almario wrote about the stories of undocumented people. Telling those...

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After the mudslides, Kendra McKinley’s musical dispatch from ‘Big Sur Island’

As a queer POC, El Beh finds joy in playing ‘Mary Poppins’

Review: Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Volta’ zaps, then entrances

A rush of that ol’ razzle dazzle in ‘Crazy For You’

‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ as a holiday opera, bumbling angel and all

Holcombe Waller’s timely queer ‘Requiem’ for persecuted LGBTQs

In ‘Pike St.,’ embodying a caring community in crisis mode

No men, no boats, no problem: ACT’s ‘Men on Boats’ is wild ride

Rami Malek, the man who would be Queen, on ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

Sisters tell stories of undocumented Filipina caregivers in ‘Chasing Papeles’

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