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Drama Talk & Drinks: The Boys From Syracuse “Looked like James Franco”
Once on a road trip back from Yosemite, Brittany and friends Chad and Thais got on the subject of musical theater. During the course of that conversation the lesser known 1930s Rodgers and Hart...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: An Act of God “the writer has to be an atheist, right?”
This show had me at two words “Sean Hayes” (I’m a big Will and Grace fan). I actually didn’t know much about the show going in, so it was fun to learn that the writer David Javerbaum was a head writer...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: The Capulet Ball –“There was still a boy to kill!”
DT&D has reviewed a We Players show before. Last summer we loved their site-specific Ondine at Sutro Baths. So when we heard about their season kick-off party, The Capulet Ball, we were intrigued....
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Drama Talk & Drinks: You’re Gonna Cry –“A piece about gentrification in the...
Gentrification is a frequent topic of conversation around these parts. However, recently it’s felt like the tone of these conversations has shifted, from one of righteous indignation, to that of...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: Maggie’s Riff –“He went through some crazy shit”
We always love going to Pianofight. Great food, drinks and theater. What’s not to like? We also love San Francisco, so plays that touch on SF history usually make it to the top of our list. When we saw...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: West Side Story “Nothing says gang violence like grand...
We’re suckers for the Stern Grove Festival (which, PSA starts next weekend). Epic picnics, redwoods, and culture all in one place. A trip to Stern Grove also means layers though. No matter how warm it...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: Cabaret “I mean, what good is sitting alone in your room?”
I love me some classic, yet ahead of its time theater and one of my favorites is Cabaret. Even if you have never seen this musical, I’m sure you have heard one or two of its iconic songs. [HERE is...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: Beauty and the Beast “I’m the BEEEAAST. You are YOOOU!”
There’s something about summer that makes a person nostalgic for childhood. Maybe it’s a pining for the good-ol’-days of summer vacation, or the longer hours of sunlight awaken something inside, but...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: Adventures in Tech (with Pillow Talk on the Side) “You...
A former co-worker of Brittany’s was in a new show at Piano Fight, Adventures in Tech (with Pillow Talk on the Side). Katie was busy, but Brittany wanted to see the show, so she rounded up a group of...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: Low Hanging Fruit “it was depressing…it was supposed to be”
After seeing Victoria Beckham’s feminist revamp of Wannabe, our girl-power was feeling particularly…powerful. So when we heard local women-led company, 3Girls Theatre Company, had a new show, written...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: Schooled “the liberals couldn’t get their shit together”
Summer time in San Francisco means free theater in the park from the long running (57 year old) SF Mime Troupe. No, they’re not silent mimes. They’re a troupe committed to creating socially relevant...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: Need a Date Night? Beautiful – The Carole King Musical
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is coming back to San Francisco! We saw it here before it went onto Broadway victory, winning two Tony’s and a Grammy. We have to miss it this time around but that...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: The Ice Cream Sandwich Incident –“someone ate my goddamn...
We try not to miss our chance to see a show at PianoFight, after all what’s better than food, drinks and theater all in one place? We are particularly glad we didn’t miss The Ice Cream Sandwich...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: Interview with Lena Hall of Hedwig and the Angry Inch...
A rock musical about a genderqueer East German singer named Hedwig is coming to town, and we think you should know about it. If you were a moody aughts theater kid like us, you probably saw the movie...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: The Shipment “Laughter is a place to start”
It’s not often you hear about a hilarious black identity-politics play. So when we heard that Crowded Fire Theater was doing the Bay Area premiere of Korean-American playwright Young Jean Lee’s play,...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: The Brothers Size “There was a lot of yelling”
We love seeing theater that challenges the norm and we had a feeling that Theatre Rhino’s production of The Brothers Size, which is a play about two brothers, the Louisiana bayou, and West African...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: Hedwig and the Angry Inch “a wild interactive rock...
When Hedwig and the Angry Inch was on Broadway in 2014 with Neil Patrick Harris as Hedwig, we had friends who flew to New York just to see it. These aren’t super theatre nerds either, just people who...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: Shocktoberfest 17: Pyramid of Freaks –“Let your freak...
Halloween season is here! That means it’s time for another year of Thrillpeddlers’ annual Shocktoberfest; a festival of Grand Guignol horror theatre. Shocktoberfest 17: Pyramid of Freaks promises an...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: The Lion King –“I have some great feedback but...
The Lion King was my favorite movie as a kid. I’ll admit, I even performed it in the back yard with my brother and sister. So when the stage musical version hit Broadway in 1997 I desperately wanted to...
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Drama Talk & Drinks: Our Enemies: Lively Scenes of Love and Combat –“It was...
Golden Thread Productions has been on the DT&D radar for a while, but bad timing has stopped us from reviewing one of their shows…until now. They’re wrapping up their 20th season with a West-Coast...
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