CHINGLISH, THE PILLOWMAN & More Among TBA Awards Recommended Shows in San Francisco This Week
By: BWW News Desk
Each week, hundreds of adjudicators attend and evaluate eligible productions from all over the Bay Area on behalf of the TBA Awards. Based on the "overall production" scores from their peers, Theatre Bay Area issues a weekly list of productions still running that have reached a minimum threshold of scoring to be deemed "recommended."
This week, five productions are recommended through the Theatre Bay Area awards process, which involves more than 250 industry volunteers attending shows and logging scores within 48 hours of viewing the performances.Productions receiving recommendations this week are: Black Virgins Are Not for Hipsters / The Marsh / San Francisco(tickets available at www.tixbayarea.org) Chinglish / Palo Alto Players / Palo Alto
(www.awards.theatrebayarea.org) Love and Information / American Conservatory Theater / San Francisco
(tickets available at www.tixbayarea.org) The Addams Family / San Jose Stage / San Jose
(tickets available at www.tixbayarea.org) The Pillowman / The Breadbox / San Francisco
(www.awards.theatrebayarea.org)Theatre Bay Area adjudicators have also previously recommended these shows which continue playing: Choir Boy / Marin Theatre Company / Mill Valley
(tickets available at www.tixbayarea.org) Fallen Angels / TheatreWorks / Mountain View
(tickets available at www.tixbayarea.org) Farragut North / Masquers Playhouse / Point Richmond
(www.awards.theatrebayarea.org)
(tickets available at www.tixbayarea.org) The Birthday Party / Off Broadway West Theatre Company / San Francisco
(tickets available at www.tixbayarea.org) Trouble Cometh / San Francisco Playhouse / San Francisco
(tickets available at www.tixbayarea.org) Lear's Shadow / The Marsh / San Francisco
(tickets available at www.tixbayarea.org) One Man, Two Guvnors / Berkeley Repertory Theatre / Berkeley
(www.awards.theatrebayarea.org) More information about the awards program can be found at:
www.theatrebayarea.org/awards. Theatre Bay Area supports more than 300 theatre companies in the Bay Area. Founded in 1976, Theatre Bay Area's mission is to unite, strengthen, promote and advance the theatre community in the San Francisco Bay Area, working on behalf of our conviction that the performing arts are an essential public good, critical to a healthy and truly democratic society, and invaluable as a source of personal enrichment and growth. For more information: theatrebayarea.org.
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Best Sound Design - Top 3
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Adam Fisher - The Lost Boys
30.3% of votes
2.
John Shivers - Chess
15.5% of votes
3.
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8.2% of votes
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The 1940s Radio Hour City Lights Theater Company (11/19-12/20) |
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Madison Beer Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (6/23-6/23) |
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Golden Gate Park Band Golden Gate Bandshell (4/26-9/27) |
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