One Woman Show

Miss Coco Peru Has Some Advice For You

George Heymont | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Coco Peru, Film, There Comes a Time, Clinton Leupp, Jonathan Larson, One-Woman Show, Drag, Video, Arts News
George Heymont

Beloved performer and gay activist Miss Coco Peru returned to S.F. for a double header with a new wig and good reason to celebrate. This year marks Clinton Leupp's 20th anniversary as Coco, bringing truth and sarcasm to people everywhere.

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A Strange And Beautiful One Woman Show

Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Women's Empowerment, Yoga, Choreography, Video, Performance Piece, One Woman Show, Kickstarter, Aurora Lagattuta, Performance Art, Female Artists, Arts News

We spend too much time scouring Kickstarter, looking to feature the next big artists. In our most recent search, dancer, artist, yogi and writer Auror...

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"Marga Gomez Is Not Getting Any Younger" Extended

Erika Milvy | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Aging, Marga Gomez, The Marsh, Boomer, Theatre, Theater, San Francisco Around Town, San Francisco, Comedy, One-Woman Show, Comedy Show, San Francisco News
Erika Milvy

Marga Gomez lies about composting and flossing, sure. But the chronically desperate, manic comedian is willing to go to even greater lengths to ward of the impression that she is getting older.

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Gains And Losses

Anna Deavere Smith | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Rwanda, New Orleans, One-Woman Show, Let Me Down Easy, AIDS Activism, Africa, Resilience, Rwandan Genocide, Anna Deavere Smith, Hurricane Katrina, Capetown, Video, Black Voices News
Anna Deavere Smith

When I conducted my research for my latest one-woman show, Let Me Down Easy, I was concerned by images I saw of Black African people in distress in major U.S. publications. Were these photos engendering action, or merely pity or worst apathy?

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"Exotic Observations": Zenobia Shroff Joins SPANK at the UCB Theater

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Bombay, Exotic Observations, Nyc, Zenobia Shroff, Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, Little Zizou, One-Woman Show, Comedy, New York News
E. Nina Rothe

On Thursdays, the UCB Theater hosts a series called SPANK, which features two to three new solo or sketch shows. In their own words, courtesy of the UCB website, "It's comedy just out of the womb."

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Still Crazy After All of These Years: An Interview With Carrie Fisher

Ashley Van Buren | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debbie Reynolds, One-Woman Show, Wishful Drinking, Eddie Fisher, Bryan Lourd, Warren Beatty, Paul Simon, Theater, Carrie Fisher, Broadway, Entertainment News
Ashley Van Buren

Carrie Fisher has been called a lot of things in her life: an actress; an author; a wife (twice); an alcoholic; bipolar; the Princess of Alderaan; and a product of Hollywood inbreeding.

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Julia Sweeney on The Interview Show

Mark Bazer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Letting Go of God, One-Woman Show, Saturday Night Live, It's Pat, Julia Sweeney, Groundlings, Chicago News
Mark Bazer

Julia Sweeney stopped by The Interview Show to discuss her one-woman show (now on Showtime) Letting Go of God, her career, her move to Chicago and the character Pat and more.

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