Carole Shorenstein Hays News

SHN's Founder and President Carole Shorenstein Hays revealed today that Cameron Mackintosh's Spectacular New Production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will be the 5th and final production of the SHN 2014-2015 Season.

Diana Ross' magical and record breaking sell out in San Francisco in 2011 marked her first performance in the city by the bay since she performed with The Supremes in 1969 at The Fairmont Hotel. To celebrate her triumphant return to San Francisco 40 years later, Mayor Ed Lee proclaimed September 16, 2011 Diana Ross Day in the City and County of San Francisco. Now the magic returns to San Francisco with two exclusive Northern California performances by Diana Ross, tonight and tomorrow, August 6 & 7, 2013 at the historic SHN Golden Gate Theatre.

Diana Ross' magical and record breaking sell out in San Francisco in 2011 marked her first performance in the city by the bay since she performed with The Supremes in 1969 at The Fairmont Hotel. To celebrate her triumphant return to San Francisco 40 years later, Mayor Ed Lee proclaimed September 16, 2011 Diana Ross Day in the City and County of San Francisco. Now the magic returns to San Francisco with two exclusive Northern California performances by Diana Ross, August 6 & 7, 2013 at the historic SHN Golden Gate Theatre.

SHN's Founder and President Carole Shorenstein Hays announced that PIPPIN, last night's Tony Award- Winner for BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL, plus 3 more Tony Awards, will be the 5th and final production of SHN's 2013-2014 Season. PIPPIN will play a four-week engagement at the SHN Golden Gate Theatre September 24-October 19, 2014. Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz's beloved coming-of-age musical comedy PIPPIN is directed by Tony Award-Winner Diane Paulus, featuring choreography by Chet Walker in the style of Bob Fosse, and circus creation by Gypsy Snider of the Montreal-based circus company Les 7 doigts de la main(also known as 7 Fingers).

The SHN 2013-2014 season was announced today by Founder and President Carole Shorenstein Hays, featuring five productions at the SHN Curran, SHN Golden Gate, and SHN Orpheum Theatres in San Francisco. Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON which played a record-breaking 5-week run in the winter of 2012 will return for a limited engagement November 27, 2013 - January 19, 2014.

BroadwayWorld brings you the Best of San Francisco in the year 2012. Check out the Top Theatre Stories from each month during in the year 2012. We look forward to another exciting year of theatre in 2013!

The North American tour of Disney's The Lion King broke the SHN Orpheum Theatre box office record (for the highest grossing week of a Broadway engagement), grossing $1,674,059 for eight performances the week ending November 25.

Marin Theatre Company continues its 2012/13 Season with Suzan-Lori Parks's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Topdog/Underdog, which runs from tonight, September 27 to October 21.

Marin Theatre Company continues its 2012/13 Season with Suzan-Lori Parks's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Topdog/Underdog, which runs from September 27 to October 21.

Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT returns to the Bay Area beginning June 12. A limited number of $25 orchestra pit rush seats will be available for all performances.

Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT returns to the Bay Area beginning tonight, June 12. A limited number of $25 orchestra pit rush seats will be available for all performances.

Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT returns to the Bay Area beginning June 12. A limited number of $25 orchestra pit rush seats will be available for all performances.

Two-time Golden Globe® winner, Academy Award® & Tony Award® nominee Kathleen Turner returns to San Francisco in Matthew Lombardo's play HIGH, for a limited engagement, through March 25, 2012 at the SHN Curran Theatre.

Two-time Golden Globe® winner, Academy Award® & Tony Award® nominee Kathleen Turner returns to San Francisco in Matthew Lombardo's play HIGH, for a limited engagement, March 21-25, 2012 at the SHN Curran Theatre.

SHN today announced the complete five-show 2012-2013 Season under the direction of Carole Shorenstein Hays. Productions joining the previously announced engagement of 2011 Tony Award-Winning Best Musical - THE BOOK OF MORMON are: the pre-Broadway world premiere of DINER, Disney's THE LION KING, the Tony Award-winning revival of ANYTHING GOES and Bay Area favorite WICKED.

Labyrinth Theater Company (Co-Artistic Directors Stephen Adly Guirgis, Mimi O'Donnell, Yul Vázquez, and Managing Director Danny Feldman), Off-Broadway's home of exhilarating and incendiary theater, presents its annual signature benefit Celebrity Charades 2011: Down and Derby on Monday, November 14th at the Highline Ballroom (431 West 16th Street).

Labyrinth Theater Company (Co-Artistic Directors Stephen Adly Guirgis, Mimi O'Donnell, Yul Vázquez, and Managing Director Danny Feldman) will present its annual signature benefit Celebrity Charades 2011: Down and Derby on Monday, November 14th at the Highline Ballroom (431 West 16th Street). Four celebrity teams will jockey their way to the Winner's Circle in a fearsome and hilarious speed charades competition to support Labyrinth Theater Company's 2011/12 season. Celebrity Charades, Labyrinth Theater Company's annual star-studded fundraising event, remains one of the most popular ‘happenings' of the year in New York City.