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Review: DEAL WITH THE DRAGON at Magic Theatre Weaves an Unforgettable Magical Spell
What did our critic think of DEAL WITH THE DRAGON at Magic Theatre? BroadwayWorld reviews Kevin Rolston's spellbinding 'Deal with the Dragon' playing live at Magic Theatre through August 13th....
Review: DREAM HOU$E at Shotgun Players
What did our critic think of DREAM HOU$E at Shotgun Players?...
Review: FOLLIES at SF Playhouse
What did our critic think of FOLLIES at SF Playhouse? Director Bill English and his troupe of collaborators have waited three long years to present San Francisco's first fully staged, professional production of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim's seven-time Tony Award winning musical.
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Review: NAN AND THE LOWER BODY at Lucie Stern Theatre
What did our critic think of NAN AND THE LOWER BODY at Lucie Stern Theatre? A crowd favorite at the 2019 New Works Festival, Jessica Dickey's very personal homage to her grandmother, an early pioneer in female reproductive rights, couldn't have its World Premiere at a more opportune time with SCOTUS...
Review: SANCTUARY CITY at Berkeley Repertory
What did our critic think of SANCTUARY CITY at Berkeley Repertory? 2018 Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok (Cost of Living) paints a bleak, gritty and totally authentic portrayal of the effects of immigration inequalities on two young Dreamers fighting to establish a life for themselves in Berkeley...
Review: COME FROM AWAY at Broadway San Jose
What did our critic think of COME FROM AWAY at Broadway San Jose? Broadway San Jose's Come From Away is far and away a show of delight, laughter, pathos and altogether great story-telling. The show - with book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein - 'tells the true story of 38 planes and...
Review: COME FROM AWAY at San Jose Center For The Perfoming Arts
What did our critic think of COME FROM AWAY at San Jose Center For The Perfoming Arts? Without a single showtune you'll be humming long after, this national touring production of Come From Away is moving, triumphant, engaging and endearing. Too bad this stunningly staged run is so surprisingly short...
Review: Laura Benanti in Concert at the Lesher Center for the Arts Delivered Heart, Humor and High Notes
What did our critic think of Laura Benanti in Concert at Lesher Center For The Arts? BroadwayWorld reviews Benanti's wildly entertaining show full of heart, humor and high notes....
Review: THE PROM at Golden Gate Theatre
What did our critic think of THE PROM at Golden Gate Theatre?...
BWW Review: Transcendence Theatre's 'Let's Dance' Celebrates Diversity Through Dance
California Wine Country's award-winning Transcendence Theatre Company returned once again to the incomparable Jack London State Historic Park to celebrate its 11th season. And what better way to celebrate than through dance. Directed by acclaimed international director and choreographer Luis Salgado...
Review: DANA H. at Berkeley Rep Recounts a Harrowing True Tale to Startlingly Theatrical Effect
What did our critic think of DANA H. at Berkeley Rep? BroadwayWorld reviews Lucas Hnath's fascinating and deeply unsettling play, now running in a pitch-perfect production through July 10th. ...
BWW Review: DANA H. at Berkeley Repertory
What did our critic think of DANA H. at Berkeley Repertory?...
BWW Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Broadway San Jose
What did our critic think of DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Broadway San Jose? ...
BWW Review: HADESTOWN at Orpheum Theatre
What did our critic think of HADESTOWN at Orpheum Theatre?...
BWW Review: HADESTOWN Is Out-Of-This-World Spectacular at BroadwaySF's Orpheum Theatre
What did our critic Linda Hodges think of HADESTOWN at Orpheum Theatre? Right now, before reading the rest of this review, go online and buy your BroadwaySF tickets for Hadestown before the show sells out. It is that good. Playing now through July 3, 2022, Hadestown is song and story woven together ...
BWW Review: Tony Award-Winner Stephanie J. Block at The Venetian Room
Three years in the making due to the COVID pandemic, Stephanie Block got her opportunity to showcase her considerable talent and share her congenial and personal anecdotes through a repertoire that bridged her meteoric career and personal mentors. ...
BWW Review: THE SOUND INSIDE at Marin Theatre Company
Two loners meet, bond, and become integrally entangled in Adam Rapp's beautiful tribute to authors and the spoken word in Marin Theatre Company's season closer The Sound Inside. This introspective two-hander, a West Coast premiere of Rapp's six-time 2020 Tony nominated drama, excels through director...
BWW Review: A SMALL FIRE at Shotgun Players
Adam Bock's fifth production at Shotgun Players involves a poignant story of a powerful woman losing control and the effects on her immediate family. Its tough stuff and will appeal to almost every audience member. Notwithstanding a stellar performance by Desiree Rogers, the play as presented here i...
BWW Review: DEAR SAN FRANCISCO: A HIGH FLYING LOVE STORY at Club Fugazi
How can the historic Club Fugazi follow up on Beach Blanket Babylon, the world's longest-running musical revue, which played for more than 17,200 performances and to over 6.5 million? With yet another crowd-pleasing San Francisco specific immersive experience currently packing em in and likely to ru...
BWW Review: HART'S DESIRE at Theatre Rhino
Award-winning entertainer Mark Nadler (2015 Broadway World Editor's Choice Award for Entertainer of the Year) blew into town for a brief 4-performance run of his new show Hart's Desire, a very gay imagined collaboration between Moss Hart and Lorenz Hart had they not been closeted in the 1930's and 4...
BWW Review: THE PAPER DREAMS OF HARRY CHIN at SF Playhouse
Award-winning playwright Jessica Huang's powerful story of the repercussions of the Chinese Exclusion Act is superbly realized by Director Jeffrey Lo (The Language Archive, The Santaland Diaries, Vietgone) and a stellar cast including my local fave Jomar Tagatac in another outstanding performance. M...
BWW Review: FUN HOME at 42nd Street Moon Beautifully Explores a Daughter's Longing to Come to Terms with Her Family History
BroadwayWorld reviews 42nd Street Moon's gloriously heart-rending and humorous new production of the Tony-winning musical 'Fun Home' running live in San Francisco through May 8th only....
BWW Review: SWAN LAKE at San Francisco Ballet Brings the 2022 Season to a Spectacular Close
BroadwayWorld reviews San Francisco Ballet's glorious production of Helgi Tomasson's 'Swan Lake' running through May 8th. It also marks the end of Tomasson's wildly successful 37-year run as SFB Artistic Director....
BWW Review: AIROTIC SOIREE at Great Star Theatre
Built in 1925, the revived 500-seat Great Star Theater is the only remaining theater in San Francisco's Chinatown and now has the hottest show in town with AirOtic Soiree, a sensationally seductive evening of aerial circus artistry and burlesque cabaret at its finest....
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Anastasia the Musical Douglas Morrisson Theatre (5/22-5/31) |
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C.S. Lewis On Stage: Further Up and Further In Irvine Barclay Theatre (7/09-7/10) |
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La Cage aux Folles Theatre Rhinoceros (5/14-6/07) |
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Sister Act Cabrillo Crocker Theater (7/09-8/02) |
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Mamma Mia! San Jose Center for the Performing Arts (6/08-6/13) |
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Dream Hou$e City Lights Theater Company (5/13-6/06) |
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Comedy Oakland Late Show at Quinn's Lighthouse Sat May 30 9pm Quinn's Lighthouse (5/30-5/30) |
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Pictures from Home Marin Theatre (5/07-5/31) |
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Napa Pride 2026: Rocky Horror Live + Screening Uptown Theatre Napa (6/18-6/18) |
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San Francisco Boys Chorus Spring Concert: Coming Together to Sing - Saturday, June 6 Calvary Presbyterian Church (6/06-6/06) |
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