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34 Composers and Librettists Revealed as Ivor Novello Award Nominees
by Stephi Wild - Oct 14, 2025

The Ivors Academy has announced the 34 composers and librettists who have been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award. The winners will be announced at The Ivors Classical Awards in November, celebrating the best of contemporary classical music.  

BBC Proms Makes Its Sunderland Debut At The Fire Station
by Stephi Wild - Jul 8, 2025

This summer, the BBC Proms will make history in the North East. For the first time, the world-famous festival comes to Sunderland. Over four days, audiences can enjoy live music across Gateshead and Sunderland in a unique regional programme. 

Review: DO YOU FEEL ANGER? at Marin Theatre
by Steve Murray - Jun 18, 2025

Marin Theatre concludes its 24-25 season with Mara Nelson Greenberg’s Do You Feel Anger?, about an empathy coach hired to train workers at a debt collection agency facing major lawsuits for their abusive communication skills.

Photos: Meet the Cast of DO YOU FEEL ANGER? At Marin Theatre
by A.A. Cristi - May 13, 2025

Marin Theatre will close its 2024/25 season with the Bay Area Premiere of the hilarious workplace comedy Do You Feel Anger? by Mara Nelson-Greenberg. Check out photos from the cast.

The BBC Proms Reveals Lineup For 2025 Edition
by Stephi Wild - Apr 24, 2025

The BBC Proms has announced the lineup for its 2025 edition. The BBC Proms will present an eight-week celebration of  music featuring over 3,000 artists, the first overnight Prom  in almost half a century and more than 80 solo debuts.

Workplace Comedy DO YOU FEEL ANGER? is Coming to Marin Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 23, 2025

Marin Theatre will close its 2024/25 season with the Bay Area Premiere of the hilarious workplace comedy Do You Feel Anger? by Mara Nelson-Greenberg. Learn more!

Guitarist Dave Hanson Returns To The Stage At Blues Bar In Harrogate For First Live Performance In Over 6 Years
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 26, 2024

Guitarist Dave Hanson will take the stage at Blues Bar in Harrogate on January 30th, 2025.

California Shakespeare Theater Launches Fundraising Campaign to Complete 50th Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 29, 2024

California Shakespeare Theater is launching a $350,000 fundraising campaign in order to complete their production of As You Like It, directed by Elizabeth Carter. Learn how to join!

BBC PROMS To Include Works From Rufus Wainwright, Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Self Esteem
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 20, 2023

The BBC Proms 2023 launches with a programme bursting with opera, oratorio and large-scale choral work and the first ever weekend-long Proms festival rooted in the North-East at Sage Gateshead.

Photos: First Look at FUN HOME at Berkeley Playhouse
by Blair Ingenthron - Feb 25, 2023

Berkeley Playhouse has released production photos for Fun Home, running through April 2, 2023. Fun Home’s book and lyrics are by Lisa Kron, with music by Jeanine Tesori, and is based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel. Fun Home is directed by William Thomas Hodgson, assistant directed by Sam Jackson, and music directed by Michael Patrick Wiles. Check out the photos here!

Review: THE HEADLANDS at A.C.T. Tells a True Crime Tale That Hits Close to Home
by Jim Munson - Feb 17, 2023

What did our critic think of THE HEADLANDS at A.C.T.? BroadwayWorld Christopher Chen's beguiling true crime tale that also serves as a love letter to San Francisco, running now through March 5th.

Review: THE HEADLANDS at American Conservatory Theatre
by Steve Murray - Feb 17, 2023

What did our critic think of THE HEADLANDS at American Conservatory Theatre?

Photos: Get a First Look at Christopher Chen's THE HEADLANDS at American Conservatory Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 11, 2023

Get a first look at photos from the West Coast premiere of Christopher Chen's The Headlands, performing at American Conservatory Theater through March 5, 2023. 

Berkeley Playhouse To Present FUN HOME Beginning Next Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Jan 21, 2023

Berkeley Playhouse will continue its 22/23 Season with Fun Home, performing February 24 to April 2, 2023. Fun Home's book and lyrics are by Lisa Kron, with music by Jeanine Tesori, and is based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel. Fun Home is directed by William Thomas Hodgson, assistant directed by Sam Jackson, and music directed by Michael Patrick Wiles.

West Coast Premiere of THE HEADLANDS to be Presented at American Conservatory Theater in February
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 15, 2022

American Conservatory Theater has announced the full cast and creative team for the West Coast premiere of Obie Award-winning Bay Area playwright Christopher Chen’s The Headlands.

Cast and Creative Team Announced for TWO TRAINS RUNNING at Marin Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 19, 2022

Marin Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for August Wilson’s Two Trains Running. Directed by Dawn Monique Williams, August Wilson’s Two Trains Running is the seventh play in The American Century Cycle chronicling the African American experience in the 20th century.

Review: LEAR By Marcus Gardley At Cal Shakes
by Steve Murray - Sep 15, 2022

What did our critic think of LEAR at Cal Shakes?

Full Cast & Creative Team Announced for World Premiere of Marcus Gardley's Modern Verse Translation of KING LEAR
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 29, 2022

California Shakespeare Theater has announced the full cast and creative team for LEAR, the world premiere modern verse translation of Williams Shakespeare’s King Lear by playwright and Oakland-native Marcus Gardley.

Leading Actors/Directors Will Headline 2022 Bay Area Playwrights Festival This Month
by Stephi Wild - Jul 14, 2022

Playwrights Foundation has announced the artistic teams for this summer's 45th Annual Bay Area Playwrights Festival (BAPF) which will be presented as a hybrid (in-person and streamed) festival July 29 - August 7, 2022.

Full Cast & Creative Team Announced For THE WILD PARTY At Blank Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 7, 2022

Blank Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for the final show of their 2022 season, 'The Wild Party'. 'The Wild Party' with book, music, lyrics by Andrew Lippa.