Browse photos from theatre in San Francisco / Bay Area including opening nights, red carpets, production shots, concerts & special events.
Orinda Starlight Village Players will present Noel Coward's classic comedy PRESENT LAUGHTER, directed by Patrick Atkinson and starring Matt Cardigan-Smith, at the Orinda Community Park Amphitheater.
The Playground Free Play Festival will present Waterfall, a new fully scored opera by composer Lisa Scola Prosek, at Potrero Stage in San Francisco.
Playful People Productions, a San Jose theater education nonprofit, will present Madagascar — A Musical Adventure at Historic Hoover Theatre, featuring five casts of performers ages 6 to 15.
San Francisco Playhouse announced tickets are on sale for all seven productions in its upcoming season, including RENT, PETER PAN GOES WRONG, and the world premiere of R.
The EXIT Theatre Fringe Festival, the second oldest fringe festival in the United States, will return for its 35th annual edition in Arcata, California, with applications open to all artists via public lottery.
New Conservatory Theatre Center will present LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, directed by Artistic Director Ben Villegas Randle, to kick off its 2026-2027 season of queer theatre in San Francisco.
The San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle revealed a new leadership team, with Isa Chu named President, as the organization enters its 50th season of reviewing and honoring Bay Area theatre.
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival will present ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA at Redwood City's Red Morton Park, marking the company's first-ever staging of the play in its 44 years of free outdoor performances.
San Francisco’s Merola Opera Program is continuing its 2026 season with La Tragédie de Carmen.
Music at Kohl Mansion and Executive Director Patricia Kristof Moy have been named Chamber Music America's 2026 Community Impact/Presenter of the Year.
Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the first North American touring production of the musical presented by Disney in over 25 years, will celebrate its one-year anniversary, and welcome new cast members.
Contemporary Asian Theater Scene will present its third annual AAPI Playwright Festival at San Jose Stage, featuring staged readings of six newly commissioned short plays and original monologues by local AAPI playwrights.
Telos Ensemble will bring its developmental reading series Purgatory to Little Boxes Theater in San Francisco, featuring new works by co-founder Dan Blick, as part of a two-city West Coast run.
The Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation will present its 32nd annual HELP IS ON THE WAY: BROADWAY & BEYOND concert and gala at Marines' Memorial Theatre in San Francisco, benefiting Project Open Hand and REAF's Small Emergency Grants Program.
The Royal Players will present Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella Youth Edition at The Royal Theatre in Benton, with performances, a Royal Tea Party, carriage rides, and a Glass Slipper Hunt.
The Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation will present the 32nd annual Help Is on the Way: Broadway & Beyond benefit concert on August 2 at San Francisco's Marines' Memorial Theatre.
Single tickets for the San Francisco Symphony's 2026–27 season are set to go on sale, with newly added programs including a memorial concert for Michael Tilson Thomas, Lang Lang in Recital, and Carmina burana.
Broadway and Vine kicked off its 2026 season with a sunset concert by Tony and Olivier Award Winner Lea Salonga on Carneros Resort’s Vineyard Lawn in Napa Valley.
Cabrillo Stage announced its 2026 summer production of SISTER ACT, running at the Crocker Theater in Aptos, CA, with Karriyma Pekary leading the cast as Deloris Van Cartier under director Rebecca Haley Clark.
The San Francisco Symphony will present a memorial concert honoring Michael Tilson Thomas, featuring Audra McDonald, Yuja Wang, and others, with tributes, archival footage, and performances.
Carnegie Hall's NYO JAZZ will tour Asia this summer under bandleader Kris Johnson, with Grammy-winning vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater as special guest, following concerts at Carnegie Hall and SFJAZZ.
Festival Napa Valley's 20th anniversary season will feature three world premieres, including THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS, a new opera by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer, plus new works by John Corigliano and Michael Thurber.
OrSVP's production of THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD, the first Bay Area staging of Agatha Christie's story adapted by Mark Shanahan, wraps its run in Orinda with two remaining performances.
Marin Theatre will launch its 60th season with the Bay Area Premiere of THE WHITE CHIP, Sean Daniels' semi-autobiographical comedy about addiction and recovery, directed by Executive Artistic Director Lance Gardner.
Opera Parallèle and the San Francisco Transgender District will present the 5th annual EXPANSIVE concert at A.
Red Barn Productions, creators of The Great Dickens Christmas Fair, will present the San Francisco Historium Spotlight at Pier 35, a one-weekend immersive theatrical event recreating Gold Rush-era San Francisco.
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Laurie Anderson will bring The Republic Of Love, featuring Sexmob to ATG San Francisco's Curran Theatre, performing songs and stories about the current state of America.
The full cast has been revealed for the North American Tour of Dirty Dancing: The Musical, a new stage production based on the beloved film Dirty Dancing.
Festival Opera will present Donizetti's THE ELIXIR OF LOVE in two free outdoor performances in Orinda and Walnut Creek, followed by a Salon Series at Piedmont Center for the Arts featuring a commissioned song cycle.
Tenderloin Museum will present special performances of THE COMPTON'S CAFETERIA RIOT this August, honoring the 60th anniversary of the 1966 uprising and California Transgender History Month, with guest appearances by local activists and drag legend Peaches Christ.
The Actors' Reading Collective announced a Summer Reading Series, bringing staged readings to Bay Area audiences.
ODC/Dance announced its annual Summer Sampler program, featuring world premieres by Co-Artistic Director Mia J.
The Blasting Company announced a North American tour performing the Emmy Award-winning animated series' soundtrack live, with composers Joshua Kaufman and Justin Rubenstein joined by musicians from the California Feetwarmers.
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The Still Point: An Immersive Experience SOMArts Cultural Center (7/16-7/25) |
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark SPARC (7/03-7/26) |
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The Marsh Berkeley, 2120 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA The Marsh Berkeley (7/10-8/07) |
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Josh Kornbluth’s What Is To Be Done?: Fighting Fascism and Depression The Marsh San Francisco (6/19-7/31) |
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Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Fri July 17 7:30pm Elbo Room Jack London (7/17-7/17) |
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The Phantom of the Opera San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (10/07-10/18) |
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Pearl Ong’s Night Driver The Marsh Berkeley (7/11-8/08) |
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Dan Hoyle’s Takes All Kinds The Marsh San Francisco (8/01-8/07) |
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Dear San Francisco Club Fugazi (9/16-9/30) |
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Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Thu July 16 8pm Elbo Room Jack London (7/16-7/16) |
