Arts & Culture :: Theater
Going Out, July 17-25, 2025 arts & nightlife events
If you're doubting whether it's appropriate to seek out joy and pleasure in arts and nightlife, then you're not alone. However, if you do seek it out, you won't be alone, because many people are enjoying events like this week's selections in Going Out.
‘Luigi the Musical’ – The popular yet panned play satirizes a headline crime
SF nightclub The Independent now hosts the new staging of “Luigi the Musical,” the controversial 90-minute one-act that satirizes the fate of alleged healthcare CEO murderer Luigi Mangione, and his media-frenzied imprisonment.
Going Out, July 10-18, 2025 arts & nightlife events
Summer is the time to take advantage of fewer crowds, lively outdoor concerts, breezy afternoon fog and quiet museum exhibits; all this and more, in between rebellions, in Going Out.
‘& Juliet’ opens a can of earworms: Bangers and mashups at the Orpheum
A woke and wacky take on Shakespeare’s star-crossed young lovers, “& Juliet” has the delirious feel of a dorm room party game played by English majors on gummies, featuring a stack of pop songs by Swedish hitmaker Max Martin.
‘Theater Kid’ – Jeffrey Seller’s gay Broadway success story
From producing hits like 'Rent' and 'Hamilton,' to coming out and finding love, Jeffrey Seller's candid, fast-moving, and engaging autobiography is filled with stories about his life and career ups and downs.
Going Out, July 3-11, 2025 arts & nightlife events
While the rainbow bouquet of pride may have faded, there are still plenty of events, coming up in both arts and nightlife for you to enjoy. Check out this week's Going Out.
‘Jurassiq Parq: A Musiqal Parody’ – classic sci-fi dinosaur film gets the Oasis treatment
“Jurassiq Parq: A Musiqal Parody” will give the popular 1993 film a queer twist, with drag queens and drag kings performing catchy musical numbers, with dinosaurs!
Absurdly honest: Olivia Bratko on the complex comedy of ‘Kyles’’
“The new show is called ‘Kyles’ K-Y-L-E-S-apostrophe,’’ explained writer/performer Olivia Bratko, who brings her singular stage persona to Theatre Rhinoceros from July 3-18. “Kyle is more of a vessel for language than a character," said Bratko.
Marga Gomez comes full circle: SF’s favorite lesbian comic stars in “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe” at the Aurora
Marga Gomez steps into the role made famous by Lily Tomlin in “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe,” written by Tomlin’s long-time partner Jane Wagner, at Berkeley’s Aurora Theatre Company, from July 12 through August 10.
Going Out, June 26-July 5, 2025 arts & nightlife events
As Pride events reach a peak, we defiantly celebrate while keeping a suspicious eye on what the July 4 holiday means these days. Either way, we've got arts and nightlife events in every color of the rainbow, right here in Going Out.
Going Out, June 19-28, 2025 arts & nightlife events
Pride events are crawling out of the woodwork like fairies on parade. You can be sure that there's some rainbow edge to pretty much everything through June, but here are select choices in arts and nightlife events, each week in Going Out.
‘Co-Founders’ celebrates music, tech, and community: Hip-hop sounds and ingenious stagecraft animate A.C.T.'s world premiere
“Co-Founders,” a locally created hip-hop-meets-high-tech musical now in its premiere production at A.C.T.’s Strand Theater, is jubilantly humane. The characters and performances are big and bright, the toe-tapping beats infectious.
‘The Copacabana Supper Club’ – a sensory journey through Brazilian romance
Bay Area cultural sophistication meets authentic Brazilian traditions in “The Copacabana Supper Club,” a fabulous and uniquely immersive Bossa Nova entertainment experience gracing the newly renovated Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts in Oakland.
2025 Fresh Meat Festival – performers resist trans and queer erasure
From June 19-21 Z Space will host the 2025 Fresh Meat Festival of Transgender and Queer Performance. The show is the brainchild of Sean Dorsey, a transgender choreographer standing tall and proud in the face of the current vicious anti-trans backlash.