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Jeanne Sakata's documentary solo play reopened mainstream, live in-person theater to San Francisco. The production runs through July 3.
Miranda says when he saw Ramos as Usnavi for the first time, "it was sort of like watching your kid try on your childhood clothes, and it fits him better."
The story of Gordon Hirabayashi, who fought his World War II internment all the way to the Supreme Court, is no mere artifact.
"Communion" celebrates that we can still believe and commune against the odds, even when we're told not to.
California Shakespeare Theater's program, which sent its first checks to artists in January, is among the first of its kind.
"We're excited that 'Hamilton' is coming back to the Orpheum Theatre," said S.F. Mayor London N. Breed.
Suttles began working for the Marin Theatre Company in April, collaborating with its longtime artistic director Jasson Minadakis.
The production utilizes digital gadgetry that enhances storytelling in inventive ways, including a texting component that engages audiences.
If you discover a proscenium arch, try to break the fourth wall, but other warning signs might be more subtle.
Club Fugazi Experiences plans to make the by 7 Fingers show a love letter to San Francisco for both tourists and locals.
The Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice musical is going to be BroadwaySF's first production in the fall.
If you're comfortable going on a fully masked walk in a park, you'll likely feel safe at "Psychopomp."
"If all goes well in the world, our first production will open in person on Addison Street," says Josh Costello.
Being meta isn't the same thing as spending 94 minutes searching for something to be meta about.
In "Countercoup," Mark McGoldrick recounts being a reckless youth who suffered a paralyzing accident and then went to Harvard Law School so he could fight for others.
What distinct qualities would I get out of each separate medium, and what experiences would hold true across both?
Ironically, if Circus Bella had waited to reclassify its workers, it might not be in this mess.
San José plans to continue to be a part of Campo Santo, the venerable theater company he co-founded in 1996.
Now the company presents its second public performance, "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot," hosted by the Streaming Theatre.
San Francisco actor Liam Vincent has gotten three groups of theater workers vaccinated.
David Templeton's "Galatea," which was to premiere at Spreckels Performing Arts Center, nabs honorable mention.
The whole project, which began construction in September, is funded with a $2.2 million capital campaign.
Guaranteed income programs, no matter whom they support, must frequently battle the same zombie ideas.
The adaptation of T. S. Eliot's poem doesn't always live up to its innovative concept or Herculean effort.
The playwright had to choose what the play was about, "how young girls can't be safe, because of racism."
