"If I had to define myself as more of a performer or a writer, I'd choose writer," says the thoughtful 52-year-old who will appear at Oasis on Sunday, December 17, as his outrageous alter-ego, drag star Jackie Beat.

In song and style, the musical "The Secret garden" can be a somber affair.

If audiences saw how the regal class could rise to an occasion in "Watch on the Rhine," perhaps they could emulate that behavior.

The Puritans didn't approve of its celebration, and for part of the 17th century, Christmas was banned in Boston as a public nuisance. But we seem pretty much hardwired to drink from the cup of cheer at this time of the year.

"Bright Star" has arrived at the Curran Theatre in a touring production, and it very much wants to be liked.

The definition of a holiday show has been stretched wide beyond "A Christmas Carol."

The Tony-nominated actor-singer brings his new cabaret show, "Norm Lewis Wishes You a Swingin' Christmas," to Feinstein's at the Nikko December 8 - 10.

"ReOrient 2017" is a biennial festival of short plays devoted to Middle Eastern issues.

The prolific filmmaker, bestselling author, and master raconteur is back in town, and he'll share the latest edition of his Christmas show on Tuesday, November 28 at Great American Music Hall.

A brick thrown from a window nearly ended Carmen Cusack's previous San Francisco appearance.

If you're going to do one thing really well, and the show you're doing is "42nd Street," it had better be propulsive tap-dance routines.

In "Le Switch," the thirtysomething David is a professor of library sciences who thinks of himself as a queer outlier.

"Deal with the Dragon" at first seems a variation on Faustian bargains.

Larry Kramer's play "The Normal Heart" was an angry call to arms, pitched to the moment.