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Hairspray – A Note from the Artistic Director
When Hairspray burst onto movie screens in 1988, John Waters hid a razor-sharp social critique inside a gloriously outrageous comedy. Beneath the...
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Play Reading Series: (The) Foundation
(The) Foundation Monday, April 6th, 7:00 p.m. By Jeffrey Lo Directed by Featuring 450 Post Street (San Francisco Playhouse Mainstage), San...
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2025 Backstage Cabaret - Photo Highlights On Sunday, December 7th, we held our annual Backstage Cabaret event at San Francisco Playhouse. With...
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Into the Woods – A Note from Artistic Director Bill English
We live in a world built on stories: fairy tales, myths, and inherited narratives that shape what we believe is possible. Many of these myths are...
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Noises Off – A Note from Artistic Director Bill English
At first glance, Noises Off is pure farce—slamming doors, dropping trousers, flying sardines, and backstage mayhem. But beneath the perfectly timed...
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Fat Ham – A Note from the Artistic Director
Adaptations of Shakespeare abound from West Side Story to Romanoff and Juliet to & Juliet. The composer of Hair wrote a musical adaptation of Two...
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Exotic Deadly: Or The MSG Play – A Note from the Artistic Director
Exotic Deadly: Or The MSG Play is one of those rare scripts that became a front-runner for season selection before I even finished reading it. The...
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Watch: The video trailer for Waitress is here
The official trailer for Waitress is here! Watch the video below. Performances of Waitress continue through January 18, 2024. Featuring a...
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Is MSG bad for you? What chefs say about monosodium glutamate
Is monosodium glutamate, the oft-vilified umami-boosting seasoning better known as MSG, dangerous to your health? Exotic Deadly: Or The MSG Play...
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