Millennial Notes Lerner & Loewe’s Songs Renew Dream of “A Room Somewhere” by Isa S. Chu At SF Playhouse, “My Fair Lady” sings a new tune—full of laughter, sharp commentary, and a knowing nod to the politics of speech. Lerner and Loewe’s beloved musical gets a buoyant, comedic revival with subtle comments on language,…
Dan Hoyle Channels Citizens Across America, Amazingly by Corey Finnegan & Barry David Horwitz The Great Dan Hoyle is taking it on the road. For his TOUR KICK-OFF, he is performing a last San Francisco show for ONE NIGHT ONLY on Thursday, July 10, at 7:30 pm, at The Marsh, S.F. It’s time again…
Luis Alfaro’s Epic Speeds from Aztec Splendor to U.S. Sacrifice by Robert M. Gardner “Aztlán” covers centuries of Aztec and Mexican stories, spanning thousands of miles from ancient Aztlán and the temple of Teotihuacan to Tulare in California. The time travel between kingdoms in Mexico and the Central Valley becomes a whirlwind which boggle…
The Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe (SFMT) launches its 66th season with “DISRUPTION – A Musical Farce,” an incisive and timely new work that blends song, satire, and spectacle to ask a critical question: As the U.S. veers toward authoritarianism, will San Francisco stand in resistance—or become Silicon Valley’s newest accessory?
The four-person ensemble and spirited live band guide the audience through a whirlwind of tech-driven “progress,” bureaucratic absurdity, and fiery resistance. The show—FREE to audiences all summer long in parks across the Bay Area—continues SFMT’s legacy of delivering socially conscious theater that makes us laugh, sing, and squirm in all the right ways.