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Two stage must-sees: Magic Theater's riveting Oedipus el Rey and Fauxnique's glorious Luxury Items

02.09.10 - 8:25 pm | Robert Avila |

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Joshua Torrez stars as the conflicted hero of Luis Alfaro's Oedipus el Rey.

PHOTO BY JENNIFER REILEY

If this makes drag sound like a drag, all the more reason to laud what Jenkinson is crafting here. It retains all requisite insouciance and wit even while deconstructing, in compellingly personal and historical terms, the "real" material bargain being made in every rarified, Chanel-clouded embrace of precious materialism.

OEDIPUS EL REY

Through Feb. 28

Wed.–Sat., 8 p.m. (also Sat., 2:30 p.m.);

Sun., 2:30 p.m.; Tues., 7 p.m., $20-$55

Magic Theatre

Bldg B, Fort Mason Center, SF

(415) 441-8822

www.magictheatre.org

LUXURY ITEMS

Through Feb. 21

Thurs.–Sat., 8 p.m. (except Feb. 20, 10 p.m.), $20

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