Ebony Powers: ‘Manifesto’ at Brava
Rotimi Agbabiaka delivers another winning solo show satirizing race, sexuality, and hunger for fame.
Better off Broken: ‘Bull in a China Shop’ Bay Area Premiere at Aurora Theatre
Aurora’s final 2019 is a winning dramatic-comedy set during the Women’s Suffrage Movement.
With Attitude: ‘Nigga-Roo’ at The EXIT
Dazié Grego-Sykes’ incendiary Fringe solo show gets a full staging (such as it is) at EXIT Stage Left.
Failing Grade: ‘Transfers’ West Coast premiere at Crowded Fire
Lucy Thurber’s latest is the sort of ill-thought-out treatise on Affirmative Action you’d expect from Fox News.
Funny and Fabulous: ‘Queering My Lobster’ by Killing My Lobster
KML’s first-ever Pride show masterfully lampoons everything from hompophobic tech bros & Gay dating sites to str8 actors being awarded for playing LGBTQ+ characters.
Missed its Stop: ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ at Ubuntu Theater
Ubuntu’s attempt to deconstruct Tennessee Williams’ classic paradoxically reveals how little they understand of the material.
‘Folles’-ies: ‘La Cage aux Folles’ at SF Playhouse
SF Playhouse goes over-the-top (and then some) with their production of the beloved French comedy.
Trying to be ‘Everything’ at New Conservatory
A mediocre script is just one problem with this world premiere Transgender tale by New Conservatory Theatre.
Old-Fashioned ‘Waltz’ at The Magic Theatre
The AIDS-era satire gets a somewhat uneven revival as part of Magic’s Legacy Series.
Walkin’ by the ‘Moonlight’
This heartbreaking coming-of-age tale challenges ingrained perceptions of Black masculinity.
