Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: You Voted, Now Go to the Theater at La Val's Subterranean Theater OK, before we get into explaining the crazy title of this play, the disclaimers: SFist editor at large Cheshire Dave is involved with producing company Impact Theatre, and
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Your Pre-Halloween Party Hey, the party's not till Monday, so check out some crazy characters hitting SF stages this weekend. Sure, go ahead and dress up: They've got bandits, Hollywood stars, a boy that looks like
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Dance and Theater Stage Fog doesn't have anything against dancers, and to prove it we're featuring some of our favorite companies this week, letting them mix it up with theater. After all, San Francisco is a
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: The Establishment Meets the Hip at the Geary Theater We know, we know: we always lead with an American Conservatory Theater production, if it's opening. Well, we like their photos. OK, we like how easy it is to
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: New and Reinvented This week we bring you a crucifixion, ghetto Shakespeare and mean people in love. Because why get vanilla ice cream when you can get, say, caramel ice cream with fudge chunks and cookie
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: A Smorgasbord This week we take you from Orinda to Fort Mason to the Artaud Building for Shakespeare, an Irish story and a reimagined Greek myth. at Bruns Amphitheater It's your last chance to catch
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Bigger, Longer and Mostly Uncut at the Curran Theatre Cirque du Soleil isn't the only artsy circus company around, and unfortunately, for all the other companies like Cirque Eloize, they'll all be compared to those commercialized French-Canadians taking
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Hurricane Relief Considering that these past few years haven't been economically kind to the arts, we want to applaud the companies that have stepped up to help the Hurricane Katrina victims. While many events happened
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Fringe Festival Reviews #2-4 Like we said before, you never really quite know what you’re going to get at the San Francisco Fringe Festival. But last night we did a marathon Fringe, seeing three shows between
Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Fringe Festival Review #1: <I>Show Me Where it Hurts</I> Thursday night was night number two of the San Francisco Fringe Festival. The Exit Café, Fringe headquarters, wasn't very busy, but they had the beer and free pretzels ready (you can eat and
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: The San Francisco Fringe Festival Edition Get your running shoes, because it's time for the San Francisco Fringe Festival: 42 theater companies, 12 days and 7 venues. Started 14 years ago by the Exit Theatre, the San Francisco Fringe
Arts & Entertainment Theater Review: <I>When God Winked</I> at The Marsh Berkeley In fact, the real story here is that marks the inaugural production of The Marsh's newest space in Berkeley's Gaia Building. The Marsh has created quite a reputation as a breeding ground for
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: The "I'm Not Going to Burning Man" Edition at Impact Theatre Yes, as in Nicky Hilton. You know, the one that's always upstaged by her big sister Paris? Well, this time she takes center stage in Elizabeth Meriwether's comedy. A hit
Arts & Entertainment Theater Review: <I>Blood Bucket Ballyhoo</I> Producer and director Russell Blackwood is an expert on stage blood. He knows how to make it dribble or spray, or flow from actors' mouths. He also knows how to poke out an
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Hot Theater in Small Spaces at Exit Stage Left Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: There’s this mad ruler, his country’s citizens hate him, and he’s totally hell-bent on invading other countries
