Review: OH, MARY! at Curran Theatre
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Review: DRACULA at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
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Review: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Broadway San Jose
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Review: GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! at Hillbarn Theatre
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Review: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST at Actors Ensemble Of Berkeley
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Actors Ensemble of Berkeley fills the Live Oak Theater with cheeky humor.
Review: PETER PAN GOES WRONG at SF Playhouse
Co-founder and producing director Susi Damilano is at it again.
Review: KING LEAR at Oakland Theater Project
Transformative, innovative, and hauntingly memorable.
Review: KING LEAR at Z Space
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Review: LEGALLY BLONDE at Berkeley Playhouse
LEGALLY BLONDE explodes onto the stage at Berkeley Playhouse with a joie de vivre that lights up the house.
Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at New Conservatory Theatre Center
What did our critic think of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at New Conservatory Theatre Center? Little Shop of Horrors, whose star is a bloodthirsty flora, plants its roots at the New Conservatory for the opening of its 26-27 season and it’s an energetic, darkly comic, gender bending allegory for all that
Review: NORTH BY NORTHWEST at American Conservatory Theatre
From across the pond, acclaimed director Emma Rice’s latest adaptation North by Northwest makes its West Coast debut, turning Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 suspense film on its ear with her whimsical, comic stylings.
Review: THE GLASS MENAGERIE at Center Rep
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Review: AFRICAN STEW at Lorraine Hansberry Theatre
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Review: CRUSHING at A.C.T. Strand
Stories of romantic love are delivered by a variety of interdisciplinary artists in the second Bay Area incarnation of Crushing, and it’s a winner for the art of spoken word.
Review: THE COOK at Berkeley Rep
A love of food sustains houseworker Gladys over a forty-year arc that coincides with the social, economic and political changes wrought by the Cuban revolution of 1959 in Eduardo Machado’s The Cook, opening Berkeley Rep’s 59th season.
Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Gets a Spectacular New Life at Broadway San Jose
Review of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at Broadway San Jose, where dazzling stagecraft, spectacular choreography and standout performances make the new touring production a theatrical feast.
Review: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE at Masquers Playhouse
VANYA and SONIA and MASHA and SPIKE is a delightful romp with equal measures of nostalgia and hope for the future.
Review: THE WHITE CHIP at Marin Theatre
Marin Theatre opens its 60th season with a bang – a sobering dark comedy from director, writer and former California Shakespeare Theatre Associate Artistic Director Sean Daniels.
Review: RUMORS at Woodminster Summer Musicals
RUMORS at Woodminster Summer Musicals is full of laughs and gaffs, and is a jolly good time.
Review: PICKLEBALL at Hillbarn Theatre
Pickleball at Hillbarn Theatre, written by Jeff Daniels, takes one of the country’s fastest-growing sports and serves it up as an unabashedly silly comedy filled with eccentric players, romantic entanglements, and plenty of physical humor.
Review: FALLEN ANGELS at Altarena Playhouse
Altarena Playhouse brings Noël Coward’s FALLEN ANGELS to life with wit and charm.
Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS 40TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR WITH ELLEN GREENE at Curran Theatre
The Little Shop of Horrors 40th Anniversary Tour with Ellen Greene at San Francisco’s Curran Theatre answered that question with an evening overflowing with nostalgia, laughter, and plenty of love for one of musical theatre’s most enduringly strange creations.
Review: THE SOILED DOVE at Alameda Point's Big Top Tent At Radium Railway
What happens when dinner, circus, cabaret, and a trip back in time all collide under one tent?
Review: R.O.I. (RETURN ON INVESTMENT) at San Francisco Playhouse At Creativity Theater
What happens when innovation moves faster than our ability to understand its consequences?
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The Madness of Lady Bright Venue: iMPACt Center for Art & Dance (10/16-10/25) |
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Gutenberg! The Musical! Hillbarn Theatre (10/08-11/01) |
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Dear San Francisco Club Fugazi (9/16-4/30) |
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“HOME” San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Bowes Center (4/09-4/09) |
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Secret Improv VICE Halloween edition shelton theater (10/25-10/25) |
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Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches Theatre Rhinoceros (11/05-11/29) |
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Legally Blonde The Musical Berkeley Playhouse (9/11-10/18) |
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The Secret Garden Marin Shakespeare Company’s Downtown Theatre (11/27-12/20) |
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Dream Hou$e City Lights Theater Company (5/13-6/06) |
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Knockoff Broadway: The Improvised Musical All Out Comedy Theater (7/25-12/26) |
