Various days, May 10–June 25
450 Post St. (in the Kensington Park Hotel)
In London 1883, a young black American breaks more than the color barrier as he battles the entrenched social and theatrical norms of his day, going on to become a living legend, lauded from the footlights of Stratford to the halls of Saint Petersburg. $15–$125, 415-677-9596, sfplayhouse.org