Sam Shepard

Now Playing

Now Playing

Now Playing

Now Playing

Now Playing

"In the Red and Brown Water" is worth the hype

Magic Theatre on Verge of Shutting Down

Theater critic Chloe Veltman wrote this week that the recession is taking its toll on the performing arts. As the Weekly was about to go to press, more bad news emerged: San Francisco's famed Magic Theatre may have to cancel its 2009 season if it can't raise $350,000 by Jan. 9. A statement pos ... More >>

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Edna O’Brien’s Tir na nÓg Loses Its Magic

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Like a Complete Unknown

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Magic Theatre Loses Artistic Director

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Creepy Brilliance

The Pillowman is playwright Martin McDonagh at his best

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Bombs & Bikinis

Stealth aims low but hits its mark

Still Hybrid After All These Years

Intersection for the Arts turns 40, right at home in the Mission

Tears in Heaven

Need a love story to cry over? Leaf through The Notebook.

Reps Etc.

Need a love story to cry over? Leaf through The Notebook.

Reps Etc.

Need a love story to cry over? Leaf through The Notebook.

Angst in Their Pants

The girls of Thirteen get their freak on

All Quiet on the Western Front

At local indie houses: Anti-Bush docs and, uh, "Sing-Along West Side Story"

Octavio Grande

Thick Description's operatic Dreamlandia strains to realize its complex vision

Sound Advice

British Asian electronica, Czech surrealist film, and American jazz/dance storytelling

Attention, Shoppers

Denis Johnson's latest play takes us halfway to hell

Texas

The inaugural play of the R/Evolution Theater Company is an imaginative, poetic tale about the psychological struggle between two brothers

House of Lucky

Frank Wortham's odyssey

Side Dish

Mingling With the Famous

By His Own Creed

Ethan Hawke stars in Hamlet

Capsule Reviews

April; Beau Travail; But Forever in My Mind; Bye Bye Africa; Charisma; Darkness and Light; First Person Plural; Hamlet; Journey to the Sun; Kikujiro; The Letter; Missing Boy; Moloch; Set Me Free

Stage Capsules

Presto Pronto and Cat's Paw, Doing Durang, The House of Mirth

The Way They Were

Simpatico

White Out Online Exclusive

Snow Falling on Cedars

The House of Tudor

Snow Falling on Cedars

Night + Day

Snow Falling on Cedars

Night+Day

Snow Falling on Cedars

Night+Day

Snow Falling on Cedars

Stage

Snow Falling on Cedars

Speech Effects

Snow Falling on Cedars

Night+Day

Snow Falling on Cedars

Gypped

Independence Day Directed by Roland Emmerich. Starring Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, and Will Smith. Courage Under Fire Directed by Edward Zwick. Starring Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan.

Aisle Seat

Independence Day Directed by Roland Emmerich. Starring Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, and Will Smith. Courage Under Fire Directed by Edward Zwick. Starring Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan.

Night+Day

Independence Day Directed by Roland Emmerich. Starring Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, and Will Smith. Courage Under Fire Directed by Edward Zwick. Starring Denzel Washington and Meg Ryan.