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PerformanceStage Review

Stage Review

Drama Masks: Aurora Theatre suspends season—after putting on a hell of a show

'Crumbs from the Table of Joy' delivers, as does Berkeley Rep's 'the aves' and 'Compton's Cafeteria Riot.'

Drama Masks: All ABBA the myths of stage critics

'Mamma Mia!' does its crowd-pleasing thing, while 'Ironbound' goes deep with carefully textured take on houselessness.

Drama Masks: The fight is just beginning

SF Mime Troupe needs our help. Plus: 'Simple Mexican Pleasures,' 'The Last of the Love Letters,' 'Shameless Hussy' reviewed.

From Kennedy Center to Berkeley Rep, W. Kamau Bell still rides ‘that curiosity thing’

'Going in there to be myself and make my positions clear is my way of protesting,' says the comedian on 'Who's With Me?' tour

Drama Masks: ‘Two Trains Running’ is an electrifying triumph

August Wilson's dialog drives an epic critique of Black capitalism at ACT. Plus: Hilarious heathens of Killing My Lobster go all in for sin.

After a shattering loss, Alvin Ailey danced to revelatory heights at Zellerbach

The company's 57th annual Berkeley run was dedicated to legendary dancer-director Judith Jamison, and polished off some true gems.

Drama Masks: Walking in circles

Shocking banality of evil in 'Here There Are Blueberries' and an Armenian cry against injustice, with puppets, in 'Azad.'

Drama Masks: Performative politics

SF Ballet's 'Van Manen' renders the art form accessible and Izzard crunches 'Hamlet,' while 'the boiling' offers a magnetic pandemic tale.

Drama Masks: Hypnotic maritime flamenco, messages in a bottle

Dance tells a yarn in 'Songs from a Sinking Ship.' Plus: How did the city's stages acknowledge Trans Visibility Day?

Drama Masks: Dreamlike delivery of prim-and-proper trans history in ‘I Am My Own Wife’

Plus: SF Ballet's 'Frankenstein' was a Gothic, if not great, delight and Killing My Lobster's new 'fun run' rips and roars.

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