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 Photo Flash: San Francisco Playhouse Presents ART By Yasmina Rezaby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (10/19/2020) - San Francisco Playhouse were given the green light to film their production of Art by Yasmina Reza on stage at San Francisco Playhouse. The announcement makes San Francisco Playhouse one of the first theatres in the United States to get approval for on-stage filming.  Photo Flash: First Look at TONI STONE at American Conservatory Theaterby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (3/9/2020) - Making its West Coast premiere, Toni Stone is the extraordinary, real-life story of a trail-blazing Bay Area baseball player. Check out photos  Photo Flash: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's THEY PROMISED HER THE MOONby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (3/4/2020) - TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents the Northern California Premiere of Laurel Ollstein's They Promised Her the Moon. This riveting play shares the incredible, true story of Jerrie Cobb, a world record-holding female aviator who dreamt of flying among the stars. At the height of the Space Race, Cobb and her female peers in the Mercury 13 program trained to become astronauts, ready to join their male counterparts in space and change history, but they never got the chance.  Photo Flash: Magic Theatre Presents the World Premiere of Ricardo Pérez González's DON'T EAT THE MANGOSby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (3/3/2020) - Magic Theatrer presents the company's first production of 2020, the World Premiere of Ricardo Pérez González's DON'T EAT THE MANGOS. Directed by David Mendizábal,  Photo Flash: San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon Presents A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER.by BWW News Desk - San Francisco (2/28/2020) - San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon presents the critically-acclaimed Tony Award-winning “Best Musical” A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER.  Photo Flash: Foothill Music Theatre Presents THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROODby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (2/28/2020) - Multi-award winning Foothill Music Theatre presents the Tony Award-winning musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood.  Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY at Berkeley Repby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (2/25/2020) - Berkeley Repertory Theatre presents School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play by Jocelyn Bioh, directed by Awoye Timpo.  Photo Flash: Culture Clash Retrusn to Berkeley Rep with CULTURE CLASH (STILL) IN AMERICAby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (2/21/2020) - Bay Area natives and provocateurs, Culture Clash, return to Berkeley Rep with their latest production, Culture Clash (Still) in America. The play, written and performed by Culture Clash and directed by Obie Award winner Lisa Peterson, marks the fifth time the satirical group has performed at Berkeley Rep.  Photo Flash: TheatreWorks Launches 50th Anniversary Campaignby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (2/21/2020) - Last night, supporters of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley gathered to hear the 2019 Regional Theatre Tony Award-winning company and its Board of Trustees announce the launch of its 50th Anniversary Campaign, a $5 million fundraising campaign to ensure the future success of the nationally-acclaimed theatre, including commissions for new plays and musicals.  Photo Flash: THE FULL MONTY Strips Down at Bay Area Musicalsby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (2/14/2020) - Bay Area Musicals presents the 10-time Tony Award-nominee THE FULL MONTY.  Photo Flash: San Jose Stage Company Presents CHICAGOby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (2/10/2020) - San Jose Stage Company presents Broadway's longest-running American musical CHICAGO.  Photo Flash: First Look at Chanticleers Theatre's STEEL MAGNOLIASby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (2/7/2020) - Chanticleers Theatre presents Steel Magnolias, a play by Robert Harling. The show will run from February 7, 2020 through March 1, 2020: Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm. All performances will take place at Chanticleers Theater, 3683 Quail Avenue, Castro Valley Community Center Park, Castro Valley, California. Tickets are $22-$27 each and may be purchased online at https://chanticleers.org/ or by calling 510-SEE-LIVE (510-733-5483). Group discounts also available.  Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of Bay Area Musicals' THE FULL MONTYby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (1/28/2020) - Bay Area Musicals presents the Company's first 2020 production, the 10-time Tony Award-nominee THE FULL MONTY.  Photo Flash: South Bay Musical Theatre Presents SHE LOVES MEby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (1/27/2020) - South Bay Musical Theatre (SBMT) is pleased the announce the full cast and creative team for the Company's first 2020 production, the charming musical comedy SHE LOVES ME. Described by The New York Times as “a bonbon of a musical” and a “tasty tale of love lost and found at the workplace,” the original Broadway production of SHE LOVES ME was nominated for five 1964 Tony Awards; the show has since enjoyed two successful Broadway revivals, in 1993 (Winner, Tony Award “Best Revival of a Musical”) and 2016. SHE LOVES ME features a book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick. It is based on the play Parfumerie by Miklós László (which has also served as the basis for the films The Shop Around the Corner, In the Good Old Summertime and You've Got Mail).  Photo Flash: Get a First Look at Tony Hale and More in WAKEY, WAKEY at A.C.T.'s Geary Theaterby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (1/27/2020) - The curtain rises. Everyone's listening. What do you say? Eno (The Realistic Joneses) crafts an intimate comedy drama that takes audiences on a theatrical journey that's surprising, yet familiar. Starring two-time Emmy Award winner Tony Hale (HBO's Veep and Fox's/Netflix's Arrested Development) with Kathryn Smith-McGlynn, Wakey, Wakey is a remarkable combination of the everyday and the extraordinary that invites you to share the pleasure, humor, and beautiful mystery of life. Experience the play that has everyone talking—plus The Substitution, a never-before-seen companion play commissioned and developed by A.C.T. and written by Eno featuring Kathryn Smith-McGlynn alongside students from A.C.T.'s acclaimed MFA program, and refreshments to follow the show.  Photo Flash: SACTeen Blasts From The Past In ZOMBIE PROMby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (1/15/2020) - The Selma Arts Center Teen Company presents their production of Zombie Prom, running two weekends. Friday, January 10th at 7:30PM, Saturday, January 11th at 2PM & 7:30PM, Sunday, January 12th at 2PM, Thursday, January 16th at 7:30PM, Friday, January 17th at 7:30PM, Saturday, January 18th at 2PM & 7:30PM at the Selma Arts Center, 1935 High Street, Selma, CA, 93662.  Photos/Video: First Look at THE PIANIST OF WILLESDEN LANE at TheatreWorksby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (1/15/2020) - TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents the internationally-acclaimed The Pianist of Willesden Lane. Starring celebrated pianist Mona Golabek, this triumphant tour de force recounts the inspiring true story of Golabek's mother, Lisa Jura, a young Jewish musician.  Photo Flash: Berkeley Repertory Theatre Presents BECKY NURSE OF SALEMby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (12/17/2019) - Berkeley Repertory Theatre presents Becky Nurse of Salem. The play, written by Tony-nominated playwright Sarah Ruhl and directed by Anne Kauffman, marks Sarah's sixth production at Berkeley Rep.  Photo Flash: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD at Foothill Music Theatreby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (12/13/2019) - Multi-award winning Foothill Music Theatre presents the Tony Award-winning musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Adapted from Charles Dicken's unfinished novel of the same name, this hilarious whodunit invites audiences to solve its main mystery by identifying the murderer of its title character.  Photo Flash: Take a Look at Photos from MORE GUNS! THE NRA MUSICALby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (12/6/2019) - MORE GUNS! A Musical Comedy About The NRA – currently playing to sell-out audiences at The Second City in Hollywood – will play a limited engagement at San Francisco's Z Space (450 Florida Street, San Francisco, CA 94110) from January 30 - February 1, 2020.  Photo Flash: First Look at PRIDE AND PREJUDICE at TheatreWorks Silicon Valleyby BWW News Desk - San Francisco (12/6/2019) - TheatreWorks Silicon Valley rings in the holidays with the new musical Pride and Prejudice, the 2019 Tony-winning company's 70th World Premiere.  Photo Flash: Check Out Production Photos for 42nd Street Moon's SCROOGE IN LOVE!by BWW News Desk - San Francisco (12/5/2019) - San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon (Daren A.C. Carollo and Daniel Thomas, Co-Executive Directors) just announced the full cast and creative team for the 2019 return production of the beloved Holiday musical SCROOGE IN LOVE! A smash-hit sell-out in 2015 (World Premiere) and 2016, SCROOGE IN LOVE! is back by popular demand to delight Moon audiences of all ages. Featuring music by Larry Grossman, lyrics by Kellen Blair and a book by Duane Poole, the 2019 production of SCROOGE IN LOVE! will once again star Broadway's Jason Graae* (currently appearing as the Wizard in the National Tour of WICKED) as 'Ebenezer Scrooge.' Moon favorite Dyan McBride returns as Director, with Ken Brill as Music Director and Choreography by Staci Arriaga. 42nd Street Moon's production of SCROOGE IN LOVE! runs from December 4 - 22, 2019 and will perform at San Francisco's Gateway Theatre (215 Jackson St, San Francisco, CA 94111). The press opening will take place on Saturday, December 7 at 6:00 p.m. Tickets range from $31 - $72 and can be purchased through the Box Office at (415) 255-8207 or online at www.42ndstmoon.org. |
