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Bay Area Children’s Theatre’s abrupt shuttering is only the latest blow to local theater’s struggle to recover from the pandemic.

OPEN AIR is now ON THE ARTS. The name's new, but it is still KALW’s weekly magazine of the performing arts in the Bay Area hosted by David Latulippe. ON THE ARTS features live interviews with musicians, choreographers, and actors, with occasional in-studio performances and ticket giveaways. Produced by Niels Swinkels.For segment/guest suggestions, email david@kalw.org

Malvina Reynolds's "Little Boxes" expands to a performance arty stage event, while SF Playhouse's one-act version of Shakespeare comedy of errors is colorfully anachronistic.

Malvina Reynolds's "Little Boxes" expands to a performance arty stage event, while SF Playhouse's one-act version of Shakespeare comedy of errors is colorfully anachronistic.

This 2021 musical adaptation combines elements of New Orleans jazz, ’80s pop and traditional show tunes for a whirlwind journey through the mythical city of Illyria.

Perhaps Shakespeare's most playful — and musical — comedy, Twelfth Night is ripe for modern adaptation, though it has not been as often put to film as some other Shakespeare. And with its themes of attraction, hedonism, deception, and gender fluidity, what's not to like?

With the Living Document, would theater finally evolve to live up to the progressive ideals so many of its leaders preach?