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BWW Review: [HIEROGLYPH] at SF Playhouse
BWW Review: [HIEROGLYPH] at SF Playhouse
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BWW Review: San Francisco Opera Presents Virtual DIE WALKUERE
On the weekend of March 13 and 14, San Francisco Opera streamed its 2018 production of Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre to opera lovers around the world.
BWW Review: INTERLUDE at New Conservatory Theatre Center
It's the dark ugly days of August 2020 and COVID isolation and the specter of a 2nd Trump election loom large over writer Jesse Howard who's hunkered down at his childhood home in Manhattan, Kansas with his conservative Christian parents.
BWW Review: PROGRAM 03 at San Francisco Ballet Delivers Terrific Performances in Some Striking Ballets
There is a lot to love in San Francisco Ballet’s recently unveiled Program 03 of mixed repertoire, even if it takes a bit of a dip in the middle.
BWW Review: DAS RHEINGOLD at Home Computer Screens
On Saturday, March 6, 2021, San Francisco Opera did a wonderful thing.
BWW Review: PROGRAM 02 at San Francisco Ballet Shows How Thrilling Contemporary Dance Can Be
San Francisco Ballet just released the second program of its 2021 digital season and it’s a knockout.
BWW Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at San Francisco Ballet Enchants & Delights
We may be in the doldrums of winter right now – with nippy temperatures, dark skies and some much-needed rain – but January also means that San Francisco Ballet (SFB) is back in season for the next several months and, to me, that signifies all’s right with the world.
BWW Review: A Red Carol at SF Mime Troupe
Ah the simple holiday joys of benevolent capitalism! Probably the most popular of the Xmas productions, Dicken's novella A Christmas Carol has been praised by socialists for its anti-capitalist sentiments.
BWW Review: NUTCRACKER ONLINE at San Francisco Ballet Delivers Some Much-Needed Holiday Cheer
If your spirits could use an extra little lift, and frankly whose couldn’t these days(?!), San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker Online may be just the tonic you need.
BWW Review: THE LIGHT at Shotgun Players
Chicago-based Loy A.
BWW Review: THE JEWELRY BOX at SF Playhouse
SF Playhouse continues its steaming on demand season with its 2nd re-telling of Brian Copeland's 2013 alt-Xmas tale The Jewelry Box.
BWW Review: AMERICAN DREAMS at Marin Theatre Company
Marin Theatre Company partners with Working Theatre (NYC) and five other theatre companies in presenting the West Coast Digital Debut of Leila Buck's interactive theatrical experience, American Dreams.
BWW Review: Yasmina Reza's ART at SF Playhouse
One friend's purchase of an expensive painting is the catalyst for darkly comic examination of friendships and how easily the bonds can be stretched and broken.
BWW Review: LUCAS AND IRINA MEACHEM RECITAL
Baritone Lucas Meachem and his wife, pianist Irina Meachem, sang an aria-filled recital on to open the Merola Opera Program Recital Series September 27, 2020.
Transcendence Theatre Company Mobile Unit Offers Art Curriculum Ebooks To Underserved Youth In Sonoma County
For the second year in a row, Transcendence Theatre Company will offer a Mobile Unit Arts Curriculum program to participating community partners in Sonoma County.
BWW Review: LOOKING OVER PRESIDENT'S SHOULDERS at Tabard Theater, San Jose
Drama revolving around the behind-the-scenes White House from the perspective of the Butler.
BWW Review: LOVE at Marin Theatre Company
Straight out of recent headlines of #metoo, Bill Cosby, Jeffrey Epstein and Harvey Weinstein comes the World Premiere of Kate Cortesi's Love, a clever, well-acted examination of sexual abuse from the perspective of abuser and victim that challenges the black and white image of right and wrong by add
BWW Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at San Francisco Ballet Delivers Triumphantly on a Balanchine Classic
Opening night of San Francisco Ballet's triumphant production of George Balanchine's a?oeA Midsummer Night's Dreama?? was both a thrilling and heartbreaking occasion.
BWW Review: DON'T EAT THE MANGOS at Magic Theatre Uncovers a Puerto Rican Family's Dark Legacy in a Gorgeous Production
There are some plays, even enjoyable ones, that you forget almost instantly after seeing them.
BWW Review: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD at Foothill Music Theatre Provides a Rollicking Good Time
Sometimes it IS enough just to be entertained, ya know? I don't care how socio-politically engaged you are, I think everyone needs at least an occasional break from all the angst and mishegas out there, and that's exactly what Foothill Music Theatre provides with its antic musical comedy 'The Myster
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark SPARC (7/03-7/26) |
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Company City Lights Theater Company (7/15-8/22) |
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3rd Annual AAPI Playwright Festival San Jose Stage (7/11-7/11) |
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Comedy Oakland at Elbo Room Thu July 23 8pm Elbo Room Jack London (7/23-7/23) |