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PLAYS, MUSICALS, SHOWS >> Update: January 29, 2023

PLAYS, MUSICALS, SHOWS >> Update: January 29, 2023

Play Lists

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Coming Soon

“Clyde’s” – Lynn Nottage #BLM #DinerDreams – BerkeleyRep

“Getting There” – Dipika Guha #Lesbians/Paris – NCTC

“Dear Evan Hansen” #TeenTrauma/Musical – BroadwaySF

“Assassins” – Weidman/Sondheim #Musical – Hillbarn

“Cashed Out” – Claude Jackson, Jr. #NativeAmerican – SFPlayhouse

“Paradise Blue” – Dominique Morisseau #BLM – Aurora

“Mean Girls” – Tina Fey #Musical – BroadwaySF

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Playing Now

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“Slow Food” – Wendy MacLeod
#Comedy #WryWaiter
Altarena
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“The Indigo Room” – Timothy White Eagle & The Violet Triangle
#GenuineRitual #IndigenousTales
La MaMa, New York
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“The Never Too Late Show” – Don Reed
#Comedy #Oakland/Hollywood #BLM
TheMarsh-Berkeley
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“Poetic Justice” – Lynne Kaufman
#PoetsConfess #CreativeActs
TheMarsh-SF
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“Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812″ – Dave Malloy
#Musical #Russia #Rich/Poor #Decadence
ShotgunPlayers
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“Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812″ – Dave Malloy
#Musical #Russia #Rich/Poor #Decadence
ShotgunPlayers
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“A Raisin in the Sun” – Lorraine Hansberry
#BLM #ClassicRevived #RaceIssues
PublicTheater, N.Y.
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“Grandma & Me”– Brian Copeland
#Solo #FamilyMatters #BLM
TheMarsh-SF
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“Talk to Your People” 
–  Dan Hoyle
#JournoDrama #BLM #FacingRace
TheMarsh, Berkeley – returns Feb 11
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“In Every Generation” – Ali Viterbi #PassoverRituals – TheatreWorks

“Ennio” – Ennio Marcheito #PaperDivas – ClubFugazi
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“Banalities, Jerzy Grotowski & Me” – John Fisher #FREE/Online –TheRhino

“San Juan” – John Fisher #FREE/Online – TheRhino
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“Tragedy of Macbeth”
– Shakespeare/Coen
#ShakesNoir #Denzel/Frances
Theaters & Apple TV+
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“Dear San Francisco: A High Flying Love Story”
#ClubFugazi #AmazingAcrobats
ClubFugaziSF
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“Bedroom”
– John Fisher #FREE/Online – Sassymouth

“Fredi” – John Fisher #WWII #FREE/Online – Sassymouth

“Standing Room” – John Fisher #GayLife #FREE/Online – Sassymouth
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“Central Park Jogger”
– John Fisher
#NYC #BLM #FREE/Online
Sassymouth
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“Essential Services Project” – Patricia L. Morin
#JohnFisher #GayHeroes #Interview
Theatre Rhinoceros
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“Seeing Red: Time-Traveling Musical”
#Revolution #Audio #Updated!
SF Mime Troupe – FREE
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“Shadow/Land” – Erika Dickerson-Despenza
#AudioPlay #BLM
#HurricaneKatrina
PublicTheater.NY
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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – August Wilson 
#JazzAge #BLM #BluesMother  
Netflix
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“I Am Sending You the Sacred Face” – Heather Christian
#DragOpera #MotherTeresaExplains – FREE
Theater in Quarantine
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“What the Constitution Means to Me” – Heidi Schreck
#Women’sRights  #Comedy/Politics #BLM
AmazonPrime
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“The Farm”
– John Fisher
#1%University #PrivilegedCrime #FREE/Online
TheRhino

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“In the Heights”
– Lin-Manual Miranda #Musical #Latinx – HBO

“Angels in America” – Tony Kushner #GayEpic –NationalTh.UK
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Twilight: Los Angeles – Anna Deavere Smith
#WitnessesTestify  #ProtestersSpeak
#BLM – PBS.org
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“Gloria: A Life” – Emily Mann
#Gloria Steinem #Christine Lahti
#BLM – PBS
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“Hamilton” – Lin-Manuel Miranda
#BLM – #RevolutionLives!
DisneyPlus – $6.99
♦♦♦“Notes from the Field” – Anna Deavere Smith
#BLM  #School to Prison Pipeline
Amazon/HBO
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“Pipeline” – Dominique Morisseau
#BLM  #Mother’sFears  #School>Prison Pipeline
LincolnCenter.NY – $8.99
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“PRIDE: Frank Kameny, Eyes on the Stars” – John Fisher
#Soldier/Astronomer #GayRebel #FREE/Online
TheRhino.org
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“West Side Story” – Bernstein & Sondheim
#MovieMusical #Latinx&Gender
Netflix, Hulu, Amazon
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“A Box Without A Bottom” – David Hirata
#Race, Illusion, and Magic
TheMarsh.org
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“Fiddler on the Roof” – Musical w/ Topel
#RussianJews  #FaithChallenged
Netflix.com
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“Ann” – Holland Taylor
#AnnRichards  #WonderWoman
PBS.org

♦♦♦“Sunday in the Park with George” – Sondheim
#Musical  #Painting&Art  #GeorgesSeurat
PBS.org

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“A Murder in Hawaii”  –  John Fisher
#Mystery#BLM #FREE/Online
TheRhino.org
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“The Afterlife” – Gary Soto
#
LatinxTeens #FREE/Online
S.F.YouthTheatre
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Current Shows

  • “Slow Food”: Three Superb Actors Serve Up Quick Laughs—at Altarena
  • “The Indigo Room” Magically Translates Indigenous Stories—at La MaMa, N.Y.
  • “The Never Too Late Show”: Tales of Hilarious Homeboy in Hollywood—at The Marsh
  • “Poetic Justice” Exalts Passionate Modern Poets—at The Marsh
  • “As You Like It”: Weaves Past & Future in Magical Forest—at SF Playhouse
  • “Beetlejuice, The Musical” Parties Hard and Fast—at BroadwaySF
  • “Hailie!” Celebrates the Queen of Gospel’s Triumphs—at Lorraine Hansberry
  • “Little Shop of Horrors”: Killer Plant Blooms in Chinatown—at TheatreWorks
  • “Ham for the Holidays” Lightens the Heart—at Main Stage West 
  • “Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski” Is Unforgettable—at Berkeley Rep
  • “A Year with Frog and Toad”: Episodes of Woodland Friendship—at BACT
  • “Shoshana in December”: A Holiday Musical for Jews & Polyamors—at Custom Made
  • “Wuthering Heights” Takes Us from Darkness to Light—at Berkeley Rep
  • “Natasha, Pierre & Great Comet of 1812”: A Musical Triumph—at Shotgun
  • “Two Trains Running” Celebrates Civil Rights Era Black Bravery—at MTC

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