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When Saints Come Out

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Sibling Tension Runs Amok in Rhino's Production of The Two-Character Play

"Tennessee Williams has outdone himself." That's hard to fathom. Consider the sexual tension, violence, and denial of A Streetcar Named Desire. Consider the years of family dysfunction and sexual repression in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Consider the violated social and religious taboos in The Night of t ... More >>

Two Far Gone

"Tennessee Williams has outdone himself." That's hard to fathom. Consider the sexual tension, violence, and denial of A Streetcar Named Desire. Consider the years of family dysfunction and sexual repression in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Consider the violated social and religious taboos in The Night of t ... More >>

Before Harvey's Time

"Tennessee Williams has outdone himself." That's hard to fathom. Consider the sexual tension, violence, and denial of A Streetcar Named Desire. Consider the years of family dysfunction and sexual repression in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Consider the violated social and religious taboos in The Night of t ... More >>

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Theatre Rhinoceros Secedes from State of California

Say what?!! Theatre Rhinoceros (a.k.a. the "oldest queer theater in America") is so disappointed in the way California voted on Prop. 8 that its mainstage is seceding from the state. And you're all invited to the freebie secession party tomorrow night. Executive Director John Fisher writes: For thi ... More >>

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Say what?!! Theatre Rhinoceros (a.k.a. the "oldest queer theater in America") is so disappointed in the way California voted on Prop. 8 that its mainstage is seceding from the state. And you're all invited to the freebie secession party tomorrow night. Executive Director John Fisher writes: For thi ... More >>

Fall Into the Cash

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Prim, Proper, Gay

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Special Forces

The Iraq war is the setting for ... high camp?

Bent

This Holocaust story starts a bit glibly, but soon erupts into a powerhouse

Flirting With the Times

Shaw's Victorian-era comedy speaks to modern gay issues

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Not About Nightingales

This Tennessee Williams production packs a punch, but it's too loud

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A queered-up Dinner is funny, but loses its subtlety

"Single Spies"

A pair of talky plays about official hypocrisy in Cold War England

Slumming

The underbelly of San Francisco's bar scene

Insane Clown Posse

Opera, fun? Golden Gate Opera takes the stuffing out of I Pagliacci

Queer Theory

A comedy about gender, identity, gender, gender, identity, and gender identity

Carved in Stone

Four famous, dead, gay writers stage a hilarious catfight when a new young ghost arrives in their midst

Mediterranean Spring

Why are Bay Area stages so classically minded this season?

Cleopatra, the Musical

John Fisher's parody

The Fisher Queen

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Cartoon of the Playwright as a Gay Man

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Night + Day

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Back to School

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Combat! Zone

Though impressively entertaining, John Fisher's latest work often battles its own polemics

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Though impressively entertaining, John Fisher's latest work often battles its own polemics

Aisle Seat

Though impressively entertaining, John Fisher's latest work often battles its own polemics

Comparing Notes

Medea, the Musical fractures the Greek tale; Jelly's Last Jam recounts the life of a jazz pioneer

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Slight of hand

June Bride" only hints at Sara Felder's juggling genius; "History of Homosexuality" plays like a series of frat-house skits Writer-performer Sara Felder's work centers on her ex