This is Drama Masks, a Bay Area performing arts column from a born San Franciscan and longtime theatre artist in an N95 mask.

First used in performance in the theatres of Greek and Roman antiquity ... “In modern music, just as in ancient and medieval theatre, the mask is about adopting a persona,” Dr. Elizabeth ...

The musical comedy troupe’s 'Joan of Arkansas' was the first electrical recording ever released. Here's why that's a big deal ...

The stunning, sweeping views of the blue-green waters of the Aegean Sea, the constant balmy breeze and the endlessly ...

On April 9, 1925, the 78 rpm record of “Joan Of Arkansas — Medley,” credited to the Mask and Wig Glee Chorus, with “Joan of ...

When their young son Alfie bites another boy at school it prompts an explosive meeting between Mia and his teacher Ana (a ...

Academic freedom, therefore, acts as a constraint upon free expression. They are not the same. Protest is inappropriate where ...

Josef Nadj and his seven dancers take us on a journey back to the very roots of dance in a frenetic, absorbing performance ...

Los Gatos Pageant History Tour: Join museum staff and historian Alan Feinberg for a tour of the Los Gatos History Hall with a ...

The Roman Empire has never ceased to fascinate the world, even after the fall of its western half 1½ millennia ago. And with ...

The star of "Flamin' Hot" appears in new Disney flick "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip," ...

Sailor Moon is an epic fantasy classic for a reason and its full of thoughtfully crafted lore from the magical mind of mangaka Naoko Tekeuchi.