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Photos: Get A First Look At The Avett Brothers' Musical SWEPT AWAY; Opens Tomorrow At Berkeley Repby BWW Staff - Broadway
(01/19/2022) - BroadwayWorld has a first look at The Avett Brothers musical Swept Away, as well as a never-before seen set list of the musical numbers performed in the show. The set list is penned by Seth Avett and includes “Lord Lay Your Hand On My Shoulder,” a new song he wrote specifically for the production.
BWW Review: RENT Dazzles at BroadwaySF: Here's to Jonathan Larson's Vision and the Artists that Bring It to Life!by Linda Hodges - San Francisco / Bay Area
(12/05/2021) - For twenty-five years, Jonathan Larson’s RENT has inspired audiences to choose love over fear and to live without regret. But perhaps just as importantly, this Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning phenomenon celebrates artists and the raw courage and commitment they evince in daring to pursue their craft – almost always in a community of like-minded misfits, non-conformists and crazies. -- Linda Hodges
Photos: First Look at TheatreWorks' IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAYby Chloe Rabinowitz - San Francisco / Bay Area
(12/03/2021) - TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will celebrate the holidays with It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. This heartwarming holiday production, adapted by Joe Landry from the screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra, and Jo Swerling, offers the 1946 film as a 1940s era radio play, complete with live foley-style sound effects.
Photos: First Look at Francois Battiste, Nancy Opel & More in A CHRISTMAS CAROLby Chloe Rabinowitz - Broadway
(11/29/2021) - Production photos are now available of the San Francisco company of the Tony Award-winning production of A Christmas Carol led by Obie Award winner Francois Battiste (Ebenezer Scrooge); beloved Broadway veteran Nancy Opel (Ghost of Christmas Past); and award-winning actor, writer, and producer Amber Iman (Ghost of Christmas Present/Mrs. Fezziwig).
BWW Review: HAIRSPRAY SINGS AT BROADWAY SAN JOSE at Broadway San Joseby Linda Hodges - San Francisco / Bay Area
(11/26/2021) - It’s 1962 and perky, pretty and plump teen Tracy Turnblad has dance moves that will never be seen unless she can find a way to get on the local teen dance show, “The Corny Collins Show.” Niki Metcalf shines as the effervescent, strong and kind Tracy Turnblad who dares to cross boundaries (she’s often in detention for her big hair-don’t) to stay true to herself. Playing now thru November 28th at Broadway San Jose, there’s still time to get your tickets and be carried away on dance wave of laughter and music from a phenomenal show with a stellar cast. Review by Linda Hodges
Photos: Berkeley Playhouse Presents INTO THE WOODSby A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(11/24/2021) - Berkeley Playhouse opens its 13th season of musical theater productions with Into the Woods , performing November 19 to December 23, 2021.
Photos: First Look at the National Tour of OKLAHOMA!by Chloe Rabinowitz - Broadway
(11/11/2021) - The North American tour of Rogers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! began performances at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN on November 9, 2021 and will continue to play over 25 cities during the 2021-2022 season including stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Chicago and Nashville, and more.
Photos: 42nd Street Moon Presents A LITTLE NIGHT MUSICby Chloe Rabinowitz - San Francisco / Bay Area
(11/06/2021) - San Francisco’s 42nd Street Moon is presenting A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at the Gateway Theatre (215 Jackson Street, San Francisco, CA 94111) from November 4 – 21, 2021 with an Opening Night on Saturday, November 6, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.
Photos: Get a First Look at the National Tour of THE PROM!by Chloe Rabinowitz - Broadway
(11/02/2021) - The National Tour of the 2019 Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding Musical THE PROM begins performances tonight at Playhouse Square in Cleveland.
PHOTO/VIDEO: Get A First Look At TOOTSIE On Tourby Alan Henry - Broadway
(10/28/2021) - Get a first look at the non-equity national tour of Tootsie in all new photos and videos! The cast includes Drew Becker as Michael Dorsey, Ashley Alexandra as Julie Nichols, Payton Reilly as Sandy Lester, Lukas James Miller as Max Von Horn, Jared David Michael Grant as Jeff Slater, Kathy Halenda as Rita Marshall, Steve Brustien as Stan Fields, and Adam du Plessis as Ron Carlisle.
Photos: Beth Leavel and Taylor Iman Jones Perform at BROADWAY AND VINEby Chloe Rabinowitz - San Francisco / Bay Area
(10/25/2021) - Tony Award Winner Beth Leavel (The Prom, The Drowsy Chaperone, Bandstand, Elf, Mamma Mia!, Baby It's You, 42nd Street) and Taylor Iman Jones (Hamilton, Head Over Heels, Groundhog Day) presented back to back vineyard concerts in Napa, California as part of the Broadway and Vine, concert series.
Photo: First Look At Kyla Stone As Anya In ANASTASIA On Tourby BWW Staff - Broadway
(10/19/2021) - BroadwayWorld has a first look at Kyla Stone as Anya in the non-equity National Tour of ANASTASIA!
Photos: Get A First Look At The New Cast Of RENT On Tourby BWW Staff - Broadway
(10/18/2021) - BroadwayWorld has a first look at the new cast of the RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Non-Equity Tour, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning landmark rock musical written by Jonathan Larson.
BWW Review: Mask UP! HAMILTON Lights Up the Stage as Live Theatre Returns to Broadway San Joseby Linda Hodges - San Francisco / Bay Area
(10/16/2021) - Lin-Manuel Miranda’s HAMILTON triumphantly took the stage at Broadway San Jose, returning to a changed world - as the masked patrons showing proof of vaccination at the door attested to. But more than that, in the intervening years since Miranda and his intrepid band of brothers (Alex Lacamoire, Andy Blankenbuehler and Thomas Kail) created the sound, look and feel of the nation’s origin story, the country today has undergone seismic shifts of great magnitudes.
Photos: San Francisco Playhouse Presents THE GREAT KHANby A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(10/15/2021) - The Great Khan is a National New Play Network rolling world premiere now playing at San Francisco Playhouse.
Photos: San Jose Stage Company Presents THE GREAT LEAPby A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(10/04/2021) - San Jose Stage Company has announced the full cast and creative team for The Stage’s first production in its 39th Season, Lauren Yee’s THE GREAT LEAP. Directed by Jeffrey Lo, THE GREAT LEAP will run from September 29 – October 17, 2021 at San Jose Stage Company.
Photos: First Look at Contra Costa Civic Theatre's OUR TOWNby Nicole Rosky - San Francisco / Bay Area
(10/02/2021) - Contra Costa Civic Theatre (CCCT) will return to live, in-person Main Stage productions this fall with one of the giants of the American theatre, Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. Directed by CCCT’s Executive Artistic Director Marilyn Langbehn, and featuring a diverse ensemble of eight actors who portray the 25-plus citizens of Grover’s Corners, Our Town will play for 15 performances from October 1-31.
Photos: STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW at San Francisco Playhouseby A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(09/08/2021) - Starting Here, Starting Now is a thrilling and touching musical revue using the songs of Richard Maltby, Jr., and David Shire (Big, Baby, Closer Than Ever) now playing at San Francisco Playhouse.
Photos: San Francisco Celebrates Reopening of HAMILTONby Chloe Rabinowitz - San Francisco / Bay Area
(08/12/2021) - HAMILTON's BroadwaySF run began August 10, and will continue through September 5, 2021.
Photos: Transcendence Theatre Company Presents ROAD TRIPby A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(08/10/2021) - Transcendence Theatre Company celebrates the 10th anniversary season of Broadway Under The Stars and the return to Jack London State Historic Park with an all-new concert, ROAD TRIP!, now through August 29th. First production shots have just been released.
Photos: HAMILTON Stages Special Invited Dress Rehearsal at the Orpheum Theatre in San Franciscoby A.A. Cristi - Broadway
(08/09/2021) - On Sunday evening, an excited audience poured through the doors of the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco for a special invited dress rehearsal of the “And Peggy Company” of Hamilton!
Photo Flash: San Francisco Playhouse Celebrates Closing Night Of Jeanne Sakata's HOLD THESE TRUTHSby Stephi Wild - San Francisco / Bay Area
(07/05/2021) - This hybrid co-production of Hold These Truths marked San Francisco Playhouse’s return to in-person performances and was also available for audiences to enjoy at home on-demand. San Francisco Playhouse followed strict health and safety protocols to minimize risks to patrons, actors, and staff.
Photo Flash: First Look at Doris Bumpus as 'Billie Holiday' in 42nd Street Moon's LADY DAY AT EMERSON'S BAR AND GRILLby Stephi Wild - San Francisco / Bay Area
(05/19/2021) - Doris Bumpus is now starring as the legendary Billie Holiday in 42nd Street Mood's virtual production of LADY DAY AT EMERSON’S BAR AND GRILL, written by Lanie Robertson.
Photo Flash: San Francisco Opera Present THE ADLERS: LIVE AT THE DRIVE-INby A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(04/29/2021) - San Francisco Opera presents The Adlers: Live at the Drive-In on the outdoor stage at the Marin Center on April 29, May 6 and May 13.
Photo Flash: First Look at THE BARBER OF SEVILLE at San Francisco Operaby A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(04/23/2021) - Opening on April 23, the eleven performances running through May 15 are the Company’s first live performances in 16 months since the onset of the global pandemic, which caused the cancellation of the Company’s Summer and Fall 2020 seasons.
Photo Flash: First Look at the Cast of ALMOST, MAINE at Chanticleers Theatreby A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(04/20/2021) - Chanticleers Theatre in Castro Valley is opening their 2021 Season with this hysterical comedy!
Photo Flash: Opera San José Kicks Off Spring with LOVE & SECRETS: A DOMESTIC TRILOGYby A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(03/29/2021) - Romance so often conjures images of affectionate gestures grand and small: flowers, chocolates, initials carved in bark. Opera San José’s latest digital offering, Love & Secrets: A Domestic Trilogy, explores what happens below the surface, with three tales of passion and yearning, as couples contend with the tumult, joys, and heartache of love.
Photo Flash: Inside IMMERSIVE VAN GOGH San Francisco Exhibitonby A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(03/18/2021) - Check out brand-new photos from the San Francisco engagement of Immersive Van Gogh—the all-new visually-striking exhibition that invites audiences to step inside post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh’s most incredible works of art.
Photo Flash: San Francisco Playhouse and Lorraine Hansberry Theatre Present [hieroglyph]by A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(03/12/2021) - [hieroglyph] traverses the intersection of environmental racism, sexual violence, and displacement, examining the psychological effects of a state-sanctioned man-made disaster on the most vulnerable members of the Katrina diaspora. This work is part of award-winning playwright Dickerson-Despenza’s planned 10-play Katrina Cycle of plays focused on the effects of Hurricane Katrina in and beyond New Orleans.
Photo Flash: San Francisco Playhouse Presents ART By Yasmina Rezaby A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(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 A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(03/09/2020) - 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 Chloe Rabinowitz - San Francisco / Bay Area
(03/04/2020) - 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 A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(03/03/2020) - 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,
BWW Review: THE LAST SHIP STARRING STING at Golden Gate Theatreby Linda Hodges - San Francisco / Bay Area
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Photo Flash: San Francisco's 42nd Street Moon Presents A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER.by A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(02/28/2020) - 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 A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(02/28/2020) - 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 A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(02/25/2020) - 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 A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(02/21/2020) - 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 A.A. Cristi - San Francisco / Bay Area
(02/21/2020) - 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.
BWW Review: THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL at Golden Gate Theatreby Linda Hodges - San Francisco / Bay Area
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