Stories about Theater
Review: Tuskegee Airmen take flight again in ‘Black Eagles’
African-American Shakespeare Company production views heroic saga of segregated WWII squadron through poetic lens.
San Pablo’s Los Cenzontles ramps up its Mexican rhythms
A new sound system and renovated space, a collaboration with Linda Ronstadt, youth programs, a cross-border documentary—what can't this cultural academy (and band) do?
Tracking the human condition through a Nigerian family epic
Two installments of playwright Mfoniso Udofia's acclaimed nine-play Ufot Family Cycle—'In Old Age" and 'Her Portmanteau'—come to the Magic Theatre and ACT Strand.
In ‘La Ronde,’ a merry-go-round of trysts—with a twist
Cutting Ball Theatre's Ariel Craft on the pleasures and challenges of staging a 100-year-old play about sex—including hiring an 'intimacy coordinator.'
Exploring consent—and its conversations—in ‘Actually’
Michael A. Curry plays a Black freshman under pressure at Princeton in Anna Ziegler's play about a fraught encounter.
Sean Dorsey Dance continues to shatter boundaries, 15 years on
Celebrating his company's 15th season, the pioneering transgender choreographer speaks about the SF arts scene and what's coming next.
In ‘Yoga Play,’ Dipika Guha twists commerce into comedy
The playwright's latest, at San Francisco Playhouse, joyfully takes on mindfulness and commercialism.
Review: Carrying the weight of diaspora in ‘Her Portmanteau’
Mfoniso Udofia's play at ACT Strand explores the complexity of mother-daughter relationships once circumstances have torn them apart.
Screen Grabs: Berlin & Beyond, Woman at War, The Mystery of Picasso ….
Mapplethorpe, Styx, Giant Little Ones, tributes to Delphine Seyrig and Hirokazu Kore-eda, and more in cinemas this week.
Review: ‘Fiorello!’ sets the LaGuardia legend to rousing music
A union-backing, immigrant-boosting, Tammany-busting mayor to inspire a new generation in 42nd Street Moon's latest.