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Review: Anderson .Paak’s rap showmanship lights up Bill Graham

Daniel Bromfield - July 2, 2019

MUSIC REVIEW More than four decades into rap’s existence, the genre still struggles with how to present itself live. The bulk of rap shows...

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Playing a skinned cat: John William Watkins of MTC’s ‘Wink’

Emily Wilson - July 1, 2019

ONSTAGE John Williams Watkins, who plays the title role of the cat, Wink, in the play premiering at the Marin Theatre Company (through July...

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Matteo Lane gets Clusterfested

Joshua Rotter - June 19, 2019

ONSTAGE Out New York-based comedian Matteo Lane didn’t dream of a career in comedy, growing up. In fact, the “Moving On” (2015), “Crashing” (2018), and...

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In Rotimi Agbabiaka’s ‘Manifesto,’ a call to visionary black, queer ambition

Emily Wilson - June 18, 2019

ONSTAGE Waiting after school for his mother to pick him up after a high school French club meeting, Rotimi Agbabiaka—whose new show Manifesto plays at...

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

Emily Wilson - June 14, 2019

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...

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

Dennis Harvey - June 13, 2019

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

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Tracing how Silicon Valley treats women in ‘The Fit’

Emily Wilson - June 12, 2019

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...

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

Elaine Elinson - June 12, 2019

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...

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

Elaine Elinson - June 11, 2019

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

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‘Oedipus’ incarcerated: Esteban Carmona plays imprisoned tragic hero

Emily Wilson - June 6, 2019

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...

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Review: Anderson .Paak’s rap showmanship lights up Bill Graham

Playing a skinned cat: John William Watkins of MTC’s ‘Wink’

Matteo Lane gets Clusterfested

In Rotimi Agbabiaka’s ‘Manifesto,’ a call to visionary black, queer ambition

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

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

Tracing how Silicon Valley treats women in ‘The Fit’

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

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

‘Oedipus’ incarcerated: Esteban Carmona plays imprisoned tragic hero

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