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Onstage

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....

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...

News + Politics

Mayor makes smart move with public defender appointment

Tim Redmond - March 11, 2019

The entire Office of the Public Defender was celebrating today with the news that Mayor London Breed has named Manohar Raju to replace the...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Brazilian classics, the Gospel of Eureka, a Silicon Valley scam….

Dennis Harvey - March 11, 2019

SCREEN GRABS Though it doesn’t get the same international nostalgic attention these days accorded similar movements in the US, Europe, and elsewhere, one of...

Onstage

Review: ‘Fiorello!’ sets the LaGuardia legend to rousing music

Elaine Elinson - March 4, 2019

ONSTAGE For those unfamiliar with Fiorello LaGuardia, the friend-of-the-working class Republican who fought Tammany Hall to become the 99th Mayor of New York City, the...

Onstage

Review: The gleaming, steaming ‘Hamilton’ machine

Marke B. - March 4, 2019

ONSTAGE OK, Thomas Jefferson as Slick Rick got me. Dazzlingly embodied by actor Simon Longnight in the latest touring production of Hamilton to hit SF (through...

News + Politics

Breed may not be opposed in November—but her policies will be

Tim Redmond - February 28, 2019

Things can change quickly in San Francisco politics, but for the moment, it appears that Mayor London Breed will not have a serious challenger...

News + Politics

Community celebrates the life of Jeff Adachi

Tim Redmond - February 27, 2019

On Monday, March 4, Mayor London Breed will host a formal City Hall memorial for Public Defender Jeff Adachi. Politicians (some of whom were...

Arts + Culture

Man vs Tammany in classic musical ‘Fiorello!’

Emily Wilson - February 27, 2019

ONSTAGE Here’s something you may not know: There’s a 60-year-old musical about Fiorello La Guardia, who went from being a lawyer to a congressman to...

Campaign Trail

Preston launches campaign with energetic event

Tim Redmond - February 24, 2019

Dean Preston officially launched his campaign for District Five supervisor Friday night with a party that brought together a broad spectrum of the progressive...

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