Tony Awards

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

The Summer Movie Rises: Twenty Films to Watch Out For

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

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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

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