Professional Theater Companies

Are we human or are we dancer? Burn the Floor is both

The recession is hurting A.C.T. and others

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Our critics weigh in on local theater

The K of D is pure magic

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Roger Rees reps Shakespeare at A.C.T.

Our critics weigh in on local theater

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Our critics weigh in on local theater

Election, Stage Left

Political theater may preach to the converted, but it can still teach us something about the world

You Tubed at The Climate Theater

Political theater may preach to the converted, but it can still teach us something about the world

A.C.T., SF Ballet and SF Opera Change Horses Midstream

Political theater may preach to the converted, but it can still teach us something about the world

Magic Theatre Loses Artistic Director

Political theater may preach to the converted, but it can still teach us something about the world

Match Play

Theater Out of Order is proof that DIY performance could benefit from a pro's touch

SoMach Going On

High rents and noise complaints pushed SoMa arts organizations out during the dot-com boom. Now they're back.

Ghetto Effect

High rents and noise complaints pushed SoMa arts organizations out during the dot-com boom. Now they're back.

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Anna Bella Eema

Professional Suicide

Mark Jackson's play attempts to expose mediocrity, but winds up being mediocre itself

Only Disconnect

A long-simmering play about the ties that bind tells us nothing new

Fresh Meat's Queer Feast

Gender-blending performances

Lipstick Thespians

This year's DIVAfest isn't all about lip gloss and halter tops

Vanishing Act

"The audience has seen a lot of me, and maybe they need a break."

Parboiled

Anne Galjour needs to cook Okra a little longer

Dance, Dance, Dance

Robert Altman's love letter to ballet is beautiful but empty

Best Reason Not to Kill Your TV

Spark

Stepping Out

An electrifying experiment: a night of new choreography by not-yet-household names

Drama Queen

A festival of one-acts pays tribute to perhaps America's greatest playwright, Tennessee Williams

Laugh Factory

"One Hundred & Six Years of Comedy" is a condensed history of comic theater

Twelfth Night

A fresh, fun interpretation, set in the 1930s, at the California Shakespeare Festival

Bard by the Bay

Summer is the season for Shakespeare festivals

Best Rental-Market-Defying Theater

The Exit Theater

Mediterranean Spring

Why are Bay Area stages so classically minded this season?

Most Overrated Theater Company

American Conservatory Theater

Best Way to See a Musical

42nd Street Moon Theater Company

The Devil Gets His Due

Faustathon

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Faustathon

Stage

Faustathon

Stage

Faustathon

Theater Sports

The first SF Weekly Black Box Awards

Stage 1996

Five notable productions

Heavenly

Five notable productions

Aisle Seat

Five notable productions

Aisle Seat

Five notable productions

Love's Labors

Changes of Heart plumbs the unexpected depths of dreams and desires

Aisle Seat

Changes of Heart plumbs the unexpected depths of dreams and desires

Carey Nation

As ACT returns to its home at the restored Geary, Artistic Director Carey Perloff stages a coup de theatre for her fourth season

Aisle Seat

As ACT returns to its home at the restored Geary, Artistic Director Carey Perloff stages a coup de theatre for her fourth season

Aisle Seat

As ACT returns to its home at the restored Geary, Artistic Director Carey Perloff stages a coup de theatre for her fourth season

Aisle Seat

As ACT returns to its home at the restored Geary, Artistic Director Carey Perloff stages a coup de theatre for her fourth season

Aisle Seat

As ACT returns to its home at the restored Geary, Artistic Director Carey Perloff stages a coup de theatre for her fourth season

Aisle Seat

As ACT returns to its home at the restored Geary, Artistic Director Carey Perloff stages a coup de theatre for her fourth season

Night+Day

As ACT returns to its home at the restored Geary, Artistic Director Carey Perloff stages a coup de theatre for her fourth season