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| San Francisco Taiko Dojo, founded by Seiichi Tanaka, celebrates its 40th anniversary at the International Taiko Festival, which also honors Tanaka's teacher, who died this year. |
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Fall Arts Preview The Chronicle looks ahead to this autumn's arts calendar. November |
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No So She Says Dame Edna Everage, San Francisco's favorite Australian, is coming back to the city for the last time. |
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Full Of Magic
Diablo Ballet kicks off the holidays with "Coppelia."
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Spring In Its Step All-women Oakland company Dimensions Dance Theater celebrates its 35th year. |
Sexed-Up Appeal
Benjamin Levy's whiplash choreography plays out in a semi-secluded alley in SoMa.
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Who's An Enemy? "Delinquent" incorporates nine performers who have been in the juvenile justice system. |
Followed His Heart
L. Jay Kuo's comedy, "Insignificant Others," went from being read in a church to performed at Theatre 39.
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Potent Means "100 Years of Queer Theatre" is a rotating repertory of eight short plays at Theatre Rhinoceros. |
A Take On Racism
W. Kamau Bell straddles the line between stand-up comedy and scripted solo show in "W. Kamau Bell Curve."
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Brand Of Humor British comic Russell Brand lands at Cobb's Comedy Club this week. |
Cultural Milestone
Cambodia's first rock opera will premiere in Phnom Penh next month.
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Wax Works Moving Arts Dance's newest production, "Night Visions" is set in wax museum. |
An Excercise In Tolerance
Jane Anderson's new play, "Quality," is set in the Berkeley hills after a major fire.
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A Meditation In Song Laurie Anderson's "Homeland" has songs about security lines and Underwear Gods. |
A Tale Of Hip-Hop
Dan Wolf's dramatization of "Angry Black White Boy" is a richly transgressive and comic tale.
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A Landmark Legacy Columbia and the Apollo Theater Foundation plan to create an oral history of the famed Harlem theater. |
The Many Faces Of 'Macbeth'
Robert Hurwitt talks to Victoria Evans Erville, Mark Jackson and Erin Merritt about Shakespeare's Scottish play.
The Cycle Continues
Written over 23 years and covering 10 decades of African American life, August Wilson's 10-play cycle, "Century Cycle," is an astonishing achievement.
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Edie Adams Dead At 81 Tony Award-winning actress and singer died Tuesday from pneumonia and cancer. |
Work Doesn't Pay
"Nickel and Dimed" follows its author's real-life quest to try to survive on a minimum wage.
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A Cause For Celebration Mezzo-soprano Alice Coote makes a long-awaited return to the S.F. Opera in Mozart's "Idomeneo." |
A Time Of Transition
Michael Smuin protege Amy Seiwert talks about her latest work, "Been Through Diamonds."
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A Teenage Sensation "Spring Awakening" has struck a chord with teens, some of whom have seen it multiple times. |
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Worth Checking Out Brava Theater's "Friends" is a dark comedy by existentialist Japanese playwright Kobo Abe. |
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Focused Success The "La Boh¸me" revival at the War Memorial Opera House is full of vigor and panache. | Opera director Gockley addresses money matters. |
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A Revelation The stories in multimedia drama "Continuous City" unfold with mesmerizing complexity. |
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Humor Of The Blues Berkeley Rep's "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" couldn't be more timely. |
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Bright Entertainment "Victims of Duty" is a bundle of absurdist takes on middlebrow theatrical tradition. |
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A Magnetic Work American Conservatory Theater's comedy-drama "The Quality of Life" is beautifully acted. |
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Incredible Energy "Angry Black White Boy" blasts through what could have been a tired debate on racial identity politics. |
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Beauty Of Sheer Form Cal Performances does right by Merce Cunningham Dance Company with two weeks of events. |
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Physical Determination Axis Dance Company takes a daring new turn with "To Color Me Different." Plus: Axis' timeline. |
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Back In Balance The reborn Oakland Ballet dances like a company without need for allowances. |
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A Gifted Talent Michael Smuin protege Amy Seiwert tests her range in "Been Through Diamonds." |
Gracefully Polished
Jorma Elo's "Double Evil" was the electrifying highlight of the S.F. Ballet's Program C, in New York.
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Where's The Humanity? Kirov Ballet's pursuit of perfection makes for a mechanical performance. |
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Saucy And Sweet Sunbeams arrived with Opera San Jose's production "The Elixir of Love." |
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Musical Menu Oakland Opera Theater's all-Stravinsky double bill makes sense once you think in culinary terms. |
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Raw, Rewarding S.F. Opera mounts a largely powerful production of Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov." |
