Arts & Culture :: Theater

Pre-Frozen

Pre-Frozen

  • by Richard Dodds
  • Nov 8, 2017

Caissie Levy was invited to a princess party a few years back, and the hosts asked her to sing that great princess anthem "Let It Go."

Spirituality in Silent Retreat

Spirituality in Silent Retreat

  • by Richard Dodds
  • Nov 1, 2017

Not many words are spoken at all in Bess Wohl's "Small Mouth Sounds."

Out There :: Human Misbehavior

Out There :: Human Misbehavior

  • by Roberto Friedman
  • Oct 28, 2017

42nd Street Moon is currently opening its 25th anniversary season by presenting "Ain't Misbehavin'," the musical revue devoted to songs that Fats Waller made famous.

The many ways & means of temptation

The many ways & means of temptation

  • by Richard Dodds
  • Oct 25, 2017

The dragon is still on the loose, having breathed fire in Scotland, Los Angeles, and all over the Bay Area.

Holy Moses

Holy Moses

  • by Richard Dodds
  • Oct 25, 2017

One Sunday, in a decade far, far away, our Sunday school class trooped down to a second-run theater to see Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments."

Cho Business!

Cho Business!

  • by Sari Staver
  • Oct 18, 2017

Margaret Cho says that life is going "really, really well" these days. There's her new show "Fresh off the Bloat," selling out in most cities, coming to the Castro Theatre on Oct. 21.

Haunted by rabbits - and stories

Haunted by rabbits - and stories

  • by Richard Dodds
  • Oct 18, 2017

Someday we'll laugh about this - a phrase often spoken about a mortifying social event in an effort to defuse it in the moment. In other words, it will become a good story.

Unmistakable voice

Unmistakable voice

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Oct 18, 2017

In "Finding My Voice," film and Broadway star Kathleen Turner will take to the stage of Feinstein's at the Hotel Nikko for an evening of music from the Great American Songbook.

Musical Headliners

Musical Headliners

  • by Richard Dodds
  • Oct 12, 2017

And the Tony Award for best performance by an actress in a leading role in a musical goes to - all three headliners in the latest Broadway @ the Herbst series.

The Golden Age of Bambi Lake

The Golden Age of Bambi Lake

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Oct 15, 2017

Decades ago, when she was part of San Francisco's queer art scene, Bambi performed with the legendary Cockettes. She has also been a transgender street hustler, a porn actor and a solo cabaret singer.

Interventions & complications galore

Interventions & complications galore

  • by Richard Dodds
  • Oct 12, 2017

Robert O'Hara's play now at San Francisco Playhouse is nearly impossible to review without making unconscionable revelations.

Six Degrees of Political Involvement

Six Degrees of Political Involvement

  • by Richard Dodds
  • Oct 8, 2017

In this sharply written world premiere at New Conservatory Theatre Center, a character's call is answered before the line goes dead. Whatever optimism that can be rekindled will be hard-earned going forward.

Danish modern

Danish modern

  • by Richard Dodds
  • Oct 5, 2017

"To thine own self be true." "The lady doth protest too much." "The play's the thing."

Black Gay Plays Matter

Black Gay Plays Matter

  • by Richard Dodds
  • Oct 1, 2017

He may not have been kicking and screaming, but Harrison David Rivers was definitely dragged to the Million Hoodie March.The event figures into his new play.