Theater

Seamlessly weaving movement with sound, poetry and projections, the multimedia experience—a restaging of the 2017 site-specific production by the Lenora Lee Dance Company—follows nine Chinese immigrants through their time at the Angel Island Immigration Station.

At the Gateway Theatre in San Francisco, Cole Porter’s award-winning musical “Anything Goes,” delights with a lively performance, brimming with heart and bursting with energy.

Premiering March 2 at San Francisco’s Presidio Theater, the play intertwines the shadow puppetry of ShadowLight Productions and the invented instruments of Paul Dresher Ensemble.

Distinctly invested in the intricacies of generational memory, the American Conservatory Theater’s “The Headlands” is an alluring, hilarious and ever-tangled take on the Asian American experience.

Dynamic and confident, Epps channeled this energy into the Pasadena Playhouse, steering the historic venue into new waters with resounding success.

San Francisco Playhouse’s “Cashed Out” spins a bold, blistering tale of resilience — one intent on dissecting the harmful rippling effects of addiction in the home.

A breath of fresh air, the two-hander play centers itself on the whole human experience — love, hardship, humor and an exploration of gender identity — of two brothers during the Pueblo Revolt in the 1680s. 

“Exodus to Eden” may not be your happy-go-lucky slice of theater, but it deserves applause for braving creative risk. It doesn’t pretend to solve the problems it addresses; it simply puts them out there for the audience to pay attention to.

Broadway SF is known for its high production value, and this Bay Area revival of the Broadway original “Mean Girls” is just, like, so fetch.

With masterful command over these personal nuances, author Steve Levenson, composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul and the 2023 touring cast of “Dear Evan Hansen” bring the audience to tears on several occasions.