Arts & Culture :: Theater

Chita Rivera, private dancer

Chita Rivera, private dancer

  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Oct 30, 2018

Chita Rivera will be at it again at Feinstein's at the Nikko next week, singing songs and telling tales from throughout her career in a four-show run of her latest cabaret show (including afternoon matinees on Sat., & Sun., Nov. 10 & 11).

Domestic unrest

Domestic unrest

  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Oct 23, 2018

A world-premiere family drama by Ashlin Halfnight, developed through Magic's own Virgin Play Festival, touches on suicide, homosexuality and pedophilia.

Black mirror

Black mirror

  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Oct 23, 2018

"Fairview," the exquisitely constructed drama now at Berkeley Rep, requires concentrated observation.

'Alice' in La-La Land

'Alice' in La-La Land

  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Oct 23, 2018

"Waitress," the hit Broadway musical now playing at the Golden Gate Theatre on its first national tour, opens with a chiming refrain.

The awesome twosome of 'Be More Chill'

The awesome twosome of 'Be More Chill'

  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Oct 17, 2018

"Be More Chill," an upbeat, offbeat sci-fi high school musical, with songs by Joe Iconis and a fan-fave featured performance by George Salazar, is a viral sensation.

Rachel Bay Jones catches the zeitgeist

Rachel Bay Jones catches the zeitgeist

  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Oct 17, 2018

Rachel Bay Jones' reputation precedes her. Well, sort of.

LGBT leading lights

LGBT leading lights

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Oct 10, 2018

Last week Out There was lucky enough to catch two major figures from contemporary LGBT arts & culture live in performance, and to learn what they're up to these days.

Blue-collar blues in Pennsylvania

Blue-collar blues in Pennsylvania

  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Oct 10, 2018

Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "Sweat" defies initial expectations.

Liberating the heroine

Liberating the heroine

  • by Sari Staver
  • Oct 10, 2018

Choreographer and performer Monique Jenkinson, in the guise of her drag queen persona Fauxnique, and her longtime partner, electronic composer Marc Kate, will premier their first full collaboration, "Girl," at the Joe Goode Annex.

Statecraft & stagecraft

Statecraft & stagecraft

  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Oct 10, 2018

"Oslo" playwright J.T. Rogers is far less interested in heads of state than in the hearts and minds of the people behind them.

A cud time was had by all

A cud time was had by all

  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Oct 3, 2018

Get ready for a barnburner. "The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?," now singeing audience eyebrows at the Custom Made Theatre, is the late Edward Albee's most uproarious, in-your-face play by a long shot.

Pinko patchwork on Sunset Blvd.

Pinko patchwork on Sunset Blvd.

  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Oct 3, 2018

In the wake of last week's unintentionally laughable Kavanaugh Confirmation follies, one might attend "Red Scare on Sunset," Charles Busch's high-camp take on the pinko paranoia of mid-20th century Hollywood, thirsty for a comic tonic.

'Terror Vault' will make SF scream

'Terror Vault' will make SF scream

  • by Sari Staver
  • Oct 3, 2018

"Terror Vault," an immersive haunted journey though the underground vaults at the historic old San Francisco Mint, opens on Oct. 10 for a four-week run.

Innocence & experience

Innocence & experience

  • by Jim Gladstone
  • Sep 26, 2018

After 16 years on the musical theater A-list, Gavin Creel's performance at the Venetian Room on Oct. 14, as part of the Bay Area Cabaret series, will be his first major concert of showtunes.