Get Eddie’s recommendations for shows on stage now that you should be sure not to miss.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
With a touch that has proven time and again in past productions to be as golden as Midas’, Susi Damilano has reached yet another peak in her career directing an electrically charged, beautifully conceived, and thoroughly heartwarming The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. With a cast that is to a person incredibly talented and a creative team that soars with their ingenuous and skilled touches galore, San Francisco Playhouse once again has a hit on its hands that probably will see weeks of sold-out performances as word spreads from the run’s initial, standing ovation audiences.
Yellow Face
After Trump’s first term’s railing against the Chinese’s role in COVID, anti-Chinese, anti-Asian feelings have reemerged in 2025 with vengeance, led by second-term Trump as cheerleader. What better moment for Shotgun Players to open a fast-paced, visually fascinating, and totally engrossing production of David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face in which the fear and distrust of anything Chinese bumps up against opposing views about theatrical casting based on race.
Crumbs from the Table of Joy
In the intimate setting of Aurora Theatre, the sometimes hilarious, often gripping, and always heart-warming Crumbs from the Table of Joy by Lynn Nottage is graced by a spot-on cast whose excellence is inspired by both a poetically rich script and the ingenuous creativity and emotional depth of Elizabeth Carter’s direction. This teenager’s coming-of-age story is rich with a period’s history that often feels current in nature — a time when being a woman, a Black, a person advocating for the down-and-out, or a recent immigrant could mean limited opportunities and plenty of hate-filled prejudice, whether in Jim Crow South or in the New York North.
