Tag: theater

  • Backrooms at the AMC Metreon

      The original version of the Metreon in San Francisco — before the second floor was renovated into a Target store — was a quirky place. Stores on the first two floors tended to focus on food and entertainment, and were often unusually shaped due to the aggressively ’90s architecture of the place. Years after…

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  • The Cortège

    The Cortège bills itself as “a festive funeral for our times.” But what does that mean?

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  • HOLE by the San Francisco Neo-Futurists

    Today I was lucky enough to see one of the few performances of the limited run of HOLE by the San Francisco Neo-Futurists, a local experimental theater group. The first step once you have tickets is a small adventure: you’re only provided the exact location a couple days in advance. All I can say is…

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  • Review: Southern Gothic from Windy City Playhouse

    Production photo; audience photography is not allowed   In Chicago I made a point to see Windy City Playhouse’s immersive theater play “Southern Gothic.” It’s only my second experience seeing an immersive theater show, the first being Wonderland in San Francisco. This one is very different; the audience is expected to be a fly on…

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  • Review: Wonderland from Epic Immersive

    This is the final month for an immersive theater show in San Francisco titled Wonderland. It’s a story based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. As the audience is sworn to secrecy and forbidden (wisely, I think) from taking photos, this will be a tight-lipped review. I’m not going to discuss details about the story…

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