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11 Artists to See at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

There are lots of great things about Hardly Strictly Bluegrass -- but one of them isn't having to make the difficult choices that the massive, free roots music festival presents. To help you sort through this year's massive lineup, we've gathered 11 artists especially worth catching at the three-day ... More >>

A Clever Kind of Non-Theater

There are lots of great things about Hardly Strictly Bluegrass -- but one of them isn't having to make the difficult choices that the massive, free roots music festival presents. To help you sort through this year's massive lineup, we've gathered 11 artists especially worth catching at the three-day ... More >>

"The Normal Heart": Larry Kramer Looks Back in Anger

There are lots of great things about Hardly Strictly Bluegrass -- but one of them isn't having to make the difficult choices that the massive, free roots music festival presents. To help you sort through this year's massive lineup, we've gathered 11 artists especially worth catching at the three-day ... More >>

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There are lots of great things about Hardly Strictly Bluegrass -- but one of them isn't having to make the difficult choices that the massive, free roots music festival presents. To help you sort through this year's massive lineup, we've gathered 11 artists especially worth catching at the three-day ... More >>

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There are lots of great things about Hardly Strictly Bluegrass -- but one of them isn't having to make the difficult choices that the massive, free roots music festival presents. To help you sort through this year's massive lineup, we've gathered 11 artists especially worth catching at the three-day ... More >>

Mime or Reason

There are lots of great things about Hardly Strictly Bluegrass -- but one of them isn't having to make the difficult choices that the massive, free roots music festival presents. To help you sort through this year's massive lineup, we've gathered 11 artists especially worth catching at the three-day ... More >>

"Endgame" and "Play": Just Like Being Stuck in a Room

There are lots of great things about Hardly Strictly Bluegrass -- but one of them isn't having to make the difficult choices that the massive, free roots music festival presents. To help you sort through this year's massive lineup, we've gathered 11 artists especially worth catching at the three-day ... More >>

The Summer Movie Rises: Twenty Films to Watch Out For

There are lots of great things about Hardly Strictly Bluegrass -- but one of them isn't having to make the difficult choices that the massive, free roots music festival presents. To help you sort through this year's massive lineup, we've gathered 11 artists especially worth catching at the three-day ... More >>

Cupcake Wars: The Problem With a Cupcake Show Is That It's a Cupcake Show

Each week, we take a quick, cautious look at what's going on with food TV. This week, Cupcake Wars, an hour-long show about one thing, over and over, until death comes, Sundays at 8 p.m. on the Food Network. Cupcake Wars has been on the air just two years, but they're already finishing up their fif ... More >>

R.I.P. Davy Jones, 1945 - 2012

​Davy Jones of the Monkees, who sang such widely known hits as "Daydream Believer," "Last Train to Clarksville," and "Valleri," died of a heart attack this morning. He was 66. Already a renowned stage performer who'd scored a Tony nomination, Jones auditioned in 1965 to be on a TV show based on t ... More >>

How Bill T. Jones Turned Radical African Music Into the Broadway Hit Fela!

It's easy to take for granted that Fela! would be a smash Broadway musical -- that it would make its big-stage debut to critical acclaim ("music that gets into your bloodstream," said the New York Times), that it would garner a slew of 2010 Tony nominations, and that it would revive interest in the ... More >>

Get Stewed with Stew and The Negro Problem's Making It

​Listen to this while high: Stew and the Negro Problem's Making it. Stew and Heidi Rodewald​ Behind the buzz: Before decamping for Broadway and glory, Stew was among L.A.'s most puckish live performers and the Negro Problem the focus of a devoted local cult. Post Minstrel Syndrome  ... More >>

"Clybourne Park" and "Next to Normal": Grief Hits Home

​Listen to this while high: Stew and the Negro Problem's Making it. Stew and Heidi Rodewald​ Behind the buzz: Before decamping for Broadway and glory, Stew was among L.A.'s most puckish live performers and the Negro Problem the focus of a devoted local cult. Post Minstrel Syndrome  ... More >>

Ten Must-See Spring Season Bay Area Plays

​Listen to this while high: Stew and the Negro Problem's Making it. Stew and Heidi Rodewald​ Behind the buzz: Before decamping for Broadway and glory, Stew was among L.A.'s most puckish live performers and the Negro Problem the focus of a devoted local cult. Post Minstrel Syndrome  ... More >>

El Rio's Birthday Party, Moon Duo, Autobahn, Mission Dolores Fiesta and More

Cody T WilliamsDiamond Daggers will perform at El Rio this Saturday​If you don't have tickets to Giants playoffs games this weekend, didn't want to pay the jacked-up prices, or simply do not care about baseball, check out every other cheap event in the city. There are many. Here's our list of 10 t ... More >>

The Afrobeat Goes On

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"In the Heights" stumbles but "Peter Pan" soars

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"Tell It Slant": So studious and earnest it's practically inert

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"... and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi" falls short of epic ambitions

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Nine: Fantasy meets harsh reality as Rob Marshall takes on a Fellini classic

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Passing Strange: The Movie

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Rent Boy Ave: A Fairy's Tale confronts realities of urban life, '90s-style

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Familiarity with Monty Python's movies doesn't breed fondness for Spamalot

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And the Band Played On

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And You, Too?

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G is for Gorey

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Encore

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Test My Balls of Fury

Answer all correctly and win a Def Leppard album

Doing It Her Way

Answer all correctly and win a Def Leppard album

Double Play

Dinner at Acme Chophouse followed by a swell game in the world's most beautiful baseball stadium -- score!

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

Comparing Notes

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

Death Trap

A fine ensemble of actors can't save The Shadow Box; a deadly dull Galaxy