Stage Fog: Dumber & Smarter
From the best of the Bushisms to the best of Butoh, this week offers performance covering both ends of the spectrum.
The Dick 'n Dubya Show at The Marsh
Republicans need love, too. Especially in San Francisco, where even Barbara Boxer practically gets assaulted by protestors. So, performers and SF Mime Troupe veterans Amos Glick and Ed Holmes, playing the leaders of the free world, attempt to infiltrate one of the last liberal strongholds of the country in hopes of converting the lefties to the Dark Side right. This "Republican Outreach Cabaret" features Dubya's vocal talents, Dick's soft-shoes moves, and even Dubya's very own speeches, written all by himself without any help from anyone. (Now that's something you won't see on tonight's State of the Union.) Wow, mommy must be so proud! In fact, it's rumored that Barbara may help out with her son's show. If nothing else, she may be able to keep those hecklers out of the audience during the press conference.
Playing February 2 through 25
Photo: Amos Glick and Ed Holmes.
3 Drops of Blood at Project Artaud Theater
In what looks like one of the week's more intriguing shows, Nanos Operetta presents "installment nine" of its ongoing series of music, dance, and physical performance. The big name here is Paul Dresher, who performs music from a collaboration in progress with the amazing Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Slipping Glimpse, using one of his invented instruments, the quadrachord. Electronic percussionist Joel Davel joins him in this piece and also for a performance of "Jaisalmer," one of the sections from a full-length dance by Nancy Karp + Dancers. Butoh masters Koichi and Hiroko Tamano along with Nanos Operetta perform "Our Breath Is as Thin as a Humming Bird," an excerpt from Nanos' The Spoon on the Table. Edmund Welles, who heads up the world's only original composing band of four bass clarinets, performs a section of music inspired by occult philosophy and heavy metal music, while Nanos returns with more excerpts from Spoon, this time with aerialist Abigail Munn, along with selections from its score of the film Persian Garden. Attend once for your monthly requirement of thought-provoking alternative performance.
Playing February 3 & 4
For more stage options, check out the listings at the Guardian, the Express, the SF Weekly, and the calendar on Theatre Bay Area's website.