by Steve Murray - April 02, 2026
For Starra Jones, a baller from rural Plainnole, Arkansas, fulfilling her mother’s dream of basketball glory is her prime motivation. Playing a style of ‘dirty’ ball, her braggadocio will lead her to a foul play in Candrice Jones’ Flex, making its West Coast premiere at SF Playhouse. ...
by Linda Hodges - April 01, 2026
It's easy to see why Beetlejuice, the screen-to-stage adaptation of Tim Burton's beloved 1998 cult-classic film, earned eight 2019 Tony Award nominations including Best Musical. It is to die for. ...
by Steve Murray - March 30, 2026
There are many types of great theatre- light, cheerful, romantic, uplifting, silly, classic. Z Spaces’ co-production of Tadeusz Slobodzianek’s Our Class is unflinchingly dark, emotionally devastating and a tough watch – but it is great theatre, a timely cautionary tale of evil startingly conce...
by Steve Murray - March 23, 2026
I admit I’ve never seen Stephen Sondhiem’s Assassins, nor ever heard the score or read the synopsis. A flop in 1990, the 2004 revival won five Tony awards, and it’s been in theatre rotations since, often causing controversy for its raw language and unsavory content. A play from the perspective...
by Steve Murray - March 23, 2026
The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, the world's first openly gay chorus, continues it’s forty-eighth season with a concert both cheerful and deeply emotional celebrating the music and events of the 1980’s. For the LGBT community, the 80’s was the apocalypse incarnate - a community devastate...
by Jim Munson - March 22, 2026
What did our critic think of DON QUIXOTE at San Francisco Ballet?...
by Steve Murray - March 21, 2026
What did our critic think of AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH LUCIE ARNAZ at Feinstein's At The Nikko?...
by Steve Murray - March 19, 2026
There is plenty of interesting ideas in Eisa Davis’ into the lives of four women, students in a summer music program. The need for arts education drives these girls, partly for parity in a male dominated world of music and secondly as a respite from the dramas of their individual lives....
by Steve Murray - March 15, 2026
What did our critic think of GODS & MONSTERS at New Conservatory Theatre Center?...
by Steve Murray - March 14, 2026
What did our critic think of SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD at Hillbarn Theatre?...
Past Shows
THE HOLLYWOOD MOVIE…ALL THE CLASSIC LINES…LACED WITH ICONIC ’90s TUNES!YOU’LL BE SINGING AND DANCING IN THE AISLES!Based on the Hollywood film starring Reese Witherspoon and...
It may be Summer, but Spring isn’t over yet! Ray of Light Theatre’s production of Spring Awakening is NOW STREAMING ON-DEMAND for a limited time...
Adapted from the play by Frank Wedekind, SPRING AWAKENING is the winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical - told by Duncan Sheik and...
Based on the beloved cult film of the same name, the 10-time Tony Award-nominated musical THE FULL MONTY is filled with honest affection, engaging melodies...
DJ Dank PresentsCOCKETTES ARE GOLDEN!A 50TH Anniversary CelebrationThe Legendary, Genderbending Theatre Troupe Celebrates 50 Years of Music, Art and Mayhem.An Opulent Recreation of Classic Musical...
Now in its fifth year, Ray of Light’s smash Halloween event returns in a newly imagined interpretation that brings new sets, new choreography and new...
Set in Louisiana in 1963, the Tony-nominated Caroline, or Change is a riveting, fantastical and awe-inspiring musical that takes place during one of the most...
July 6 - August 11, 2019Bay Area Musicals presentsHAIRSPRAYInternational Smash Hit (Winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical)Based on the 1988 John Waters filmMusic...
SAN FRANCISCO (11/2/16) – For those who are fans of The Golden Girls, Ice Cream, Cheesecake and Christmas – do we have a new Ice...
Now a full-fledged, eagerly-awaited San Francisco holiday tradition - like the Nutcracker - only with better costumes and with more hilarity on stage than should...
The Golden Girls: The Christmas Episodes - 2016 - Now a full-fledged, eagerly-awaited San Francisco holiday tradition - like the Nutcracker - only with better...
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