Arts & Culture :: Theater
Going Out, Oct. 10-18, 2024 arts & nightlife events
Whether you're hiding in the shade to beat the (thankfully passed) heat or daring to celebrate under the sun at events like Flagging in the Park this Saturday, we've got plenty of indoor and outdoor nightlife and arts entertainment in Going Out.
Cher shares her new memoir: Singer-actress discusses her life at the Golden Gate Theatre
Oscar-winning actress and award-winning singer Cher will be at the Golden Gate Theatre on December 4, 7:30pm to discuss her new memoir. Her life is so fabulous, this is only part one of two memoirs.
'Choir Boy' sings out strong: Shotgun Players presents drama by 'Moonlight' screenwriter
Saturated in hormones and harmonies, Shotgun Players' production of "Choir Boy," is a bracing entertainment, as endearing, self-serious, and gloriously florid as the blossoming minds of the teenage boarding school boys it portrays.
Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day is October 8
News Is Out, a collaboration of six LGBTQ+ media representing more than 250 collective years of experience covering the community, is launching the first Local LGBTQ+ Media Giving Day Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 during LGBTQ History Month.
Randy Rainbow is full-spectrum funny
Can we all agree that there's nothing worse than reading a book by a humorist and not laughing? Fear not, as gay humorist and performer Randy Rainbow more than exceeded our expectations, as he will yours, with his hilarious new book "Low-Hanging Fruit."
Going Out, Oct. 3-11, 2024 arts & nightlife events
While the very popular Castro Street Fair will take over that district on Sunday, October 6, you can be sure we have plenty more arts and nightlife events all around the Bay Area in Going Out.
Justin Vivian Bond receives MacArthur 'Genius' Grant
Known to San Franciscans as a nightlife and theater regular in the 1990s, Justin Vivian Bond has been awarded a MacArthur Grant. The performer's wacky Kiki & Herb cabaret show is only one part of Mx.'s extensive performance achievements.
A Rocky road through October - 'Rocky Horror' haunts Oasis, the Curran, and Feinstein's
Hey, boo! It's spooky season. Here in San Francisco, the Ray of Light Theatre and Oasis Arts production of "The Rocky Horror Show" is back for another year. Two additional "Rocky Horror" tributes also arrive at the Curran Theatre and Feinstein's.
Patricia Quinn does the Time Warp again - 'Rocky Horror' star at the Curran Theater
Patricia Quinn has had a long and varied career. But it is one role that she's best known for and will be remembered for, Magenta in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Quinn will discuss that and more at a screening of the film with a Q&A.
Terror Vault's 'Fatal Abduction' promises thrills & chills
Peaches Christ loves horror, and returns with the latest incarnation of her popular attraction, Terror Vault's "Fatal Abduction," a creepy sci-fi alien experience, at the SF Mint, Oct. 4-Nov. 3.
Disco, rediscovered in a new Vegas show, a book and documentaries
Disco is having another moment. Two powerful documentary films, a definitive coffee table book, and a $14 million high-tech Las Vegas experience have arrived in recent months to celebrate the music that dominated the 1970s.
Ray of Light Theatre relitigates 'Legally Blonde: The Musical'
Director Phaedra Tillery-Broughton and co-director ShawnJ West have put a new spin on "Legally Blonde: The Musical" in Ray of Light Theatre's production of the bright and amusing, if not profound, stage adaptation.
'Ride the Cyclone' debuts at NCTC - Night of the living, singing, dancing dead
San Francisco stages will offer a three-ring circus of hormonal horror in the coming months kicking off (and kicking the bucket) with "Ride the Cyclone" at New Conservatory Theatre Center on September 20.
Center Rep's 'Arsenic and Old Lace' - Vintage comic play's gender switch
With their current mounting of "Arsenic and Old Lace," Center Rep pulls off a type of theater that often proves elusive: the Style Piece, a heightened reality in which every member of the acting company is on the same page.