San Francisco / Bay Area Theatre Newsroom

Opera Parallèle and Presidio Theatre will salute the upcoming LGBTQ+ Pride Month with the West Coast premiere of Fellow Travelers, the highly acclaimed musical drama by composer Gregory Spears and librettist Greg Pierce for three performances June 21 – 23 at the intimate Presidio Theatre.

On June 7–9, Music Director Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony partner with two creative visionaries—director Peter Sellars and choreographer Alonzo King—for a multidisciplinary program highlighting opera and dance.  

Marin Theatre reveals its 24/25 season featuring two U.S. premieres and more.

BroadwayWorld talks to director Jeffrey Lo about his poetic and visually striking production of the Tennessee Williams classic 'The Glass Menagerie' running at San Francisco Playhouse through June 15th.

Experience the magic of PETER PAN as it soars into Broadway San Jose. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Conductor Gemma New will step in for Marta Gardolińska for the San Francisco Symphony’s upcoming May 10 & 12 performances at Davies Symphony Hall and the Symphony’s May 11 performance at UC Davis’ Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.

In the video here, Katerina McCrimmon (Fanny Brice) and Melissa Manchester (Mrs. Brice) sit down with ABC7 News Bay Area to discuss the FUNNY GIRL national tour, making a stop at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco through May 26, 2024.

What did our critic think of FUNNY GIRL at Orpheum Theatre?

American Conservatory Theater will close its 2023/24 season with the National Theatre and Neal Street Productions’ critically acclaimed, five-time Tony Award winning production, The Lehman Trilogy. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Explore the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival with Playwrights Foundation's on-demand readings and events. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Experience the chilling tale of LA LLORONA, a Mexican folklore brought to life in a musical drama by Ópera Cultura. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Discover the 46th Bay Area Playwrights Festival's on-demand readings and events, released by Playwrights Foundation.

Berkeley Rep has revealed the cast and creative team for the upcoming production of MOTHER ROAD. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Joe Landini Dance will reprise two dance pieces for in-person audiences three Saturday evenings, June 8, 15 and 22, 2024, at SAFEhouse for the Performing Arts, 145 Eddy Street, San Francisco.

The San Francisco Symphony has announced programming for its summer season, running July 4–August 4 with concerts at Davies Symphony Hall and outdoor performances at Stanford Live’s Frost Amphitheater, Shoreline Amphitheatre, and Sigmund Stern Grove.  

New Conservatory Theatre Center will bring tick, tick... BOOM! to the NCTC stage this May.

San Francisco Playhouse will stage Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady as the final show in its 21st season. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets.

Comedian and solo performer Adam Strauss continues at The Marsh San Francisco with a revised and extended run of his newest show Something Is Wrong with Adam Strauss. Also, while in the Bay Area, he will perform his renowned show, The Mushroom Cure,inspired by a scientific study showing that hallucinogenic mushrooms may cure obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Smuin Contemporary Ballet has announced the lineup for its 31st season, co-curated by departing Smuin Artistic Director Celia Fushille in concert with incoming Artistic Director Amy Seiwert, who will take the helm in July. Learn more about the lineup here!

Merola Opera Program will continue its 2024 Summer Festival with a fully staged production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

See first look photos of Bitch Slap!, performing at Oasis (298 11th St., San Francisco) now through Saturday, May 18, 2024. 

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will close its 53rd season with the World Premiere of a new musical tribute honoring Stephen Sondheim, Being Alive: A Sondheim Celebration. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, best known for its annual Free Shakespeare in the Park production and its rich array of arts education programs, raised over $90,000 at their ‘2024 All the World’s a Stage Gala’ held on Saturday, April 20 at the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club on Washington Square in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco.

Claire Woolner blows hard on the brutalist edges of performance art and swims into surrealist clown in this intimate evening of clown confessional.

In less than two weeks, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will host its spring fundraiser Blue Sky Bacchanalia.