What begins in darkness ends about an hour later on a bleak shiver of hope.Will Eno’s "Thom Pain (based on nothing)" is many things: a...
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Theatergoing in the San Francisco Bay Area is one of life’s treats. No question about it. If you love theater, this is a wonderland. In this...
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Clever, colorful, tuneful and sweet – that’s “Zanna, Don’t!” in a nutshell.You’ve heard of “Xanadu,”...
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Aaron Loeb’s world-premiere play “Abraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party” at the SF Playhouse embraces adventurous...
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American Conservatory Theater's annual production of "A Christmas Carol" is in full swing in downtown San Francisco. Rather than reviewing...
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Echoes, parallels and holes fill the work of Suzan-Lori Parks, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright behind “Topdog/Underdog” and...
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Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera” dazzled me once.I was on an exchange program in London during my sophomore year of...
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Decked out in his glittery, color-splattered Ed Hardy shirt, Carlo D’Amore is a little like animation come to life in his energetic solo show...
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[Show extended again! Now through Jan. 18]Thanks to Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Bay Area audiences are sort of expert in the art of Mary...
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[NOW EXTENDED THROUGH DEC. 14]The first holiday show of the season is upon us, and it’s overflowing with booze, poker and a visit from ol’...
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