The latest reviews and critic recommendations from San Francisco / Bay Area.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
What did our critic think of THE PROM at Golden Gate Theatre?
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.
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What did our critic think of DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Broadway San Jose?
What did our critic think of HADESTOWN at 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
BroadwayWorld reviews San Francisco Ballet's glorious production of Helgi Tomasson's 'Swan Lake' running through May 8th.
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.
BroadwayWorld reviews Berkeley Rep's pitch-perfect production of Dave Malloy's beguiling acapella musical 'Octet' running live through May 29th
Tootsie made its Northern California premiere at San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts and will be there now through April 24.
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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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Disney's Frozen Berkeley Playhouse (11/13-12/23) |
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Escher String Quartet Kohl Mansion (10/18-10/18) |
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Eureka Day City Lights Theater Company (9/24-10/18) |
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Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches Theatre Rhinoceros (11/05-11/29) |
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Hadestown: Teen Edition Dougherty Valley Performing Arts Center (10/30-11/02) |
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Bay Area Musical Improv Festival - Saturday 4:30PM Show All Out Comedy (10/24-10/24) |
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Hello, Dolly! Hillbarn Theatre (4/15-5/09) |
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The Secret Garden Marin Shakespeare Company’s Downtown Theatre (11/27-12/20) |
