6+ hour, 1+ min ago  (353+ words) If "Dracula, A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really" is what the title claims it to be, we women are in trouble. Surely our fantasies are more complex, more sophisticated than what playwright Kate Hamill imagines in her overlong mishmash of a…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (226+ words) SFGATE BCNARTS: Best Bets: Ny Comic Maddy Smith Comes To San Jose Improv New York City-based comedian Maddy Smith has dubbed her current trek the "Bad Genes Tour," prompting the notion that the title is a play off the controversy…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (285+ words) FILE: Comedian Stephen'Colbert during "The New York Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase" presented by Comedy Central at the New York Hilton in New York City, Sept. 28, 2002. People wait in hopes of seeing Stephen Colbert outside the Ed Sullivan Theater…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (736+ words) Ashley Padilla'poses for a portrait during the 14th SCAD TVfest at the Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta in Atlanta on'Feb. 5, 2026.' Padilla spent most of her childhood in Livermore, an outer suburb that isn't known as a hotbed for burgeoning comedians. But that…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (646+ words) This month marks the 10th anniversary of "The Nice Guys," Shane Black's 2016 crime caper with Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe. No, it's not exactly the 50th anniversary of "Jaws." But for a movie era where comedies went out of style, it's a…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (152+ words) SFGATE May kicks the Bay Area's festival season into high gear and fortunately, admission to most of these events is free. At Concord's Todos Santos Plaza on Saturday it's the city's fifth annual Spring Fest from noon to 7 p. m. Meanwhile, Mountain…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (120+ words) "The Comedy of Errors," William Shakespeare's tale about two pairs of identical twins who were separated at birth, is getting a new, bilingual treatment, presented by Marin Shakespeare. .. "The Comedy of Errors," William Shakespeare's tale about two pairs of identical…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (179+ words) The fact that the popular "The Golden Girls," the sitcom created in 1985 about four senior women sharing a home in Florida, still draws new fans speaks to just how good it is. Considered. .. The fact that the popular "The Golden…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (125+ words) Vince Vaughn does double duty in the new action comedy "Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice" as a time-traveling hit man who has come back to the past to save his friend. The friend is played by James. .. But ultimately "Mike & Nick…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (870+ words) There was no stage, no spotlight " just Yellow Springs, where he's lived for decades, a place he spent summers as a child while his father worked as dean of students at nearby Antioch College. It's in places like this, away…...