Ebony Powers: ‘Manifesto’ at Brava
Rotimi Agbabiaka delivers another winning solo show satirizing race, sexuality, and hunger for fame.
2019 Movie Catch-Up
In which Yours Truly tries to recount the few flicks he actually saw these past few months.
Freezing Our Balls Off: ‘Snowed In’ by Killing My Lobster
An impossible SF snowstorm provides the setting for KML’s latest holiday sketch set.
O Horny Night: ‘The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told’ at LCTC
LCTC stages a raucous, and somewhat bloated, retelling of biblical creation from the writer of ‘In & Out’.
Comedia y Muerto in The Mission: ‘Death and The Artist’ by BATCO
The Uruguayan play gets a loud – if uneven – adaptation by SF’s own BATCO.
‘Fair’ Game: ‘Vanity Fair’ at the ACT
Thackeray’s classic novel keeps the Victorian setting and adds modern gender politics in ACT’s lavish new production.
Complicated Maneuver: ‘Yoga Play’ at SF Playhouse
Solid direction elevates Dipika Guha’s “okay” script about the endless cycle of cultural commodification.
Jingle Shells: ‘Lobster, Actually’ by Killing My Lobster
The Lobster’s claws go after holiday rom-coms in their latest hilarious show.
Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing: ‘Women Laughing Alone with Salad’ at Shotgun
Shotgun’s latest falls flat with a deafening roar of self-important, casually racist “satire”.
‘Clash’-ing Lights and Civil Rights: Culture Clash ‘(Still) in America’ World Premiere at Berkeley Rep
The Latin trio return to the Berkeley Rep with their latest entertaining document of our country’s kookiest characters.