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Best Plays in San Francisco

A John Waters Christmas at Great American Music Hall

A John Waters Christmas

John Waters loves Christmas, and he wants you to know. The legendary cult-filmmaker takes to the stage with his traditional one-man monologue, extolling the virtues of everyone's favorite holiday, from offering advice on Christmas films and music to asking the important questions you've always wanted to be answered by the people's pervert, such as 'Is Santa erotic?'

Clue at Curran Theatre

Clue

Based on the board game and the cult movie classic, Clue is a fiendishly funny murder mystery, where everyone is a suspect, and the next potential victim! Featuring all the colorful characters from the game, from Colonel Mustard to Mrs. White, Clue leads us from room to room in a whirlwind of slapstick comedy and real theatrical verve.

The Play That Goes Wrong at San Francisco Playhouse

The Play That Goes Wrong

The runaway comedy success that hails from the multi-award-winning Mischief Theatre, this Broadway and West End hit finally lands in San Franciso, ready to unravel as it kicks off the San Francisco Playhouse's 2024/25 season! Following the unlucky fortunes of an amateur dramatic society as they attempt to stage a murder mystery, this laugh-out-loud play is a madcap adventure that channels the zaniness of Monty Python with the intricacy of Sherlock Holmes. Now celebrating over a decade of going wrong on both sides of the Atlantic, don't miss your chance to enjoy this much anticipated West Coast staging, directed by SFP's own Susi Damilano.

Fat Ham at San Francisco Playhouse

Fat Ham

James Ijames' Pulitzer Prize-winning play comes to the San Francisco Playhouse, continuing their fantastic 2024/25. A wildly imaginative and socially-charged reimagining of Shakespeare's Hamlet, Fat Ham transforms the Prince of Demark's dour castle into a place at a BBQ cookout in the South, where Juicy, a queer college student, must decide whether to avenge his father's death or carve a new path for his future.

Exotic Deadly or The MSG Play at San Francisco Playhouse

Exotic Deadly or The MSG Play

From playwright Keiko Green comes this rollercoaster time-traveling play that first transports us back to the heady days of 1999 where Asian American highschooler Ami discovers a shocking secret - her family is responsible for the flavor enhancer - the dreaded Monosodium Glutamate, AKA MSG! Responsible for that delicious taste in instant ramen, but with an addictive kick. Deciding something must be done, Ami teams up with the cool new girl in class to take on MSG and its effects - once and for all!

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at San Francisco Playhouse

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Illuminating San Francisco's 2024/25 season, Simon Stephens's thought-provoking adaptation of Mark Haddon's bestselling novel is a groundbreaking play that looks through the eyes of Christopher, a neuro-divergent teenager. On a detective mission after his neighbor's dog is found murdered in mysterious circumstances, his world is opened up in ways he could never have imagined as he follows the clues to the culprit.