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Lorne" review: Even SNL" stars barely know him. This film gets closer
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (501+ words) Saturday Night Live" creator Lorne Michaels overlooks the set in Studio 8 H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York in a scene from Morgan Neville's documentary Lorne." Documentarian Morgan Neville won an Oscar for a film about backup singers called 20 Feet…...
Aging is chaos: San Francisco performer Fauxnique returns with a daring solo show
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (676+ words) Fauxnique, aka'Monique Jenkinson,'contemplates aging as an artist in "How Do I Look?" Somewhere within the undulating fabric is Monique Jenkinson. During a recent rehearsal at a studio in the ODC Annex, she manipulated swaths of cloth as combination set…...
Inside the San Francisco Mint, a family drama unfolds in "Finnegan's Wake'
1+ week, 1+ day ago (757+ words) Cast members (at right) perform their roles in a scene that takes place in the family kitchen as audience members (at left) look on during a performance of 13th Floor Theater's immersive play "Finnegan's Wake: An Immersive Irish Ghost Story" at…...
Best Easter events in the Bay Area for 2026, from sunrise services to drag shows
2+ week, 5+ day ago (620+ words) San Francisco Chronicle Spring has arrived, bringing a super bloom of Easter and spring-related events for all ages. From a solemn Good Friday chamber concert at Grace Cathedral to the annual return of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence's irreverent Easter…...
Bob's Burgers' fans won't want to miss Dan Mintz live in San Francisco
3+ week, 7+ hour ago (368+ words) Actors John Roberts, from left, Dan'Mintz, Eugene Mirman, Kristen Schaal, producers Jim Dauterive and Loren Bouchard of "Bob's'Burgers' sit onstage during a press tour panel'in Pasadena in 2011. Fans of "Bob's Burgers" will want to mark their calendars to catch one…...
Can We Laugh at That?" review: New book digs into the backlash reshaping stand-up
3+ week, 15+ hour ago (434+ words) Author Jaques Berlinerblau, a Georgetown University professor shown here talking with a student in his office. Few things feel as indulgent as a good laugh, particularly now when it's hard to see what's so funny about the divisiveness, the aggression,…...
San Francisco's ACT reveals 2026-27 season with Hitchcock adaptation, new musical
4+ week, 21+ hour ago (408+ words) ACT reveals 2026-27 season with Hitchcock adaptation, new musical'San Francisco Chronicle Pam Mac Kinnon might be in her last few months as artistic director of American Conservatory Theater, but the 2026-27 season she's leaving in her wake bears her distinctive imprint. The…...
Tim Curry, Lesley Ann Warren coming to San Francisco for "Clue" 40th anniversary screening
4+ week, 1+ day ago (360+ words) Tim Curry stars as Wadsworth the butler in the comedy cult classic mystery "Clue" (1985)." After largely staying out of the public eye following a 2012 stroke,"Tim Curry will soon make a special in-person appearance in San Francisco. "Clue: The Movie…...